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Wyatt Olson is based in the Honolulu bureau, where he has reported on military and security issues in the Indo-Pacific since 2014. Wreckage of airplane in rice field in Maguindanao del Sur province, Philippines.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-02-01/army-green-service-uniform-nameplate-pinks-and-greens-4506819.html

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Charles Kuhfahl, to the courtroom at Kleber Kaserne in Kaiserslautern, Germany, for the opening day of his court-martial. Johnson pleaded guilty to 15 of 27 specifications, including bigamy, adultery and fraud.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/former-army-commander-pleads-guilty-to-charges-of-bigamy-adultery-fraud-1.179986

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Gabriel Mowry, right, cyberspace warfare operators assigned to the 8th Communication Battalion, work on computers at Camp Nett in Niantic, Conn. The Marine Corps is the only branch without any service obligations after cyber training, which is often over year long and costs the military hundreds of thousands of dollars per person.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-12-29/cyber-military-marine-army-8575847.html

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The Marines spent 18 months and some $28 million completing the renovation of the airfield on Camp Lejeune’s Greater Sandy Run Training Area, service officials at the sprawling North Carolina installation said this week. Wreckage of airplane in rice field in Maguindanao del Sur province, Philippines.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-08-30/camp-lejeune-wwii-airfield-training-marines-15025082.html

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Four active-duty Army bands are disbanding as the service adjusts what kinds of troops are needed most as the force struggles with recruitment and prepares for potential conflicts with China, Russia and Iran. The Army Field Band performs during ceremony at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-10-24/army-bands-soldiers-musicians-wars-recruitment-15614539.html

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An Army civilian who fought off home invaders with kitchen knife during an attempted robbery in Landstuhl, Germany, says he was fighting for his life and his family’s lives. Based in Stuttgart, Germany, he previously worked for newspapers in New Jersey, North Carolina and Maryland.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/army-civilian-in-landstuhl-says-he-fought-like-hell-during-home-invasion-that-left-one-intruder-dead-1.568452

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Culinary soldiers prepare meal kits to sell as to-go option in dining kiosks at Fort Carson, Colo. Alex Kupratty, senior enlisted leader for the 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson, and Chief Warrant Officer Amanda N.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-03-21/army-meals-enlisted-soldiers-food-kiosks-13383321.html

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Naha District Court in Naha city, Okinawa, is pictured Oct. Brian McElhiney is reporter for Stars and Stripes based in Okinawa, Japan.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-10-28/marine-synthetic-drugs-okinawa-15651118.html

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Brian McElhiney is reporter for Stars and Stripes based in Okinawa, Japan. He has worked as music reporter and editor for publications in New Hampshire, Vermont, New York and Oregon.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-01-09/first-female-pilots-combat-missions-12611057.html

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Adam Chalkley, outgoing commander of the 3rd Marine Logistics Group, embraces his successor, Brig. Kevin Collins, during ceremony at Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Thursday, Aug.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-08-29/marine-corps-logistics-okinawa-guam-15010013.html

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Nearly 10 months after an Army officer faced an administrative hearing for allegations that he raped his children’s live-in nanny more than decade ago, he remains in the service working at the Army Surgeon General’s Office, according to service officials. Chris Warner, 48, is psychiatrist who is no longer seeing patients and has no leadership role as he awaits final approval to remove him from the Army — decision made during an administrative hearing in late September by three-member panel of general officers, known as board of inquiry, according to the service and documents from the victim in the case.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-07-14/army-colonel-rape-discharge-nanny-6650029.html

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The Guard’s response in the state is expected to grow from about 6,500 troops to some 8,000 Guard members by this weekend. An additional 1,500 National Guard troops could deploy to Florida during the coming days as the military responds to Hurricane Milton, the second major hurricane to strike the state in two weeks. The Guard’s response in the state is expected to grow from about 6,500 troops to some 8,000 Guard members by this weekend.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-10-11/national-guard-florida-hurricane-milton-helene-15478533.html

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The squadron selected two F/A-18E/F Super Hornet pilots, C-130J Super Hercules pilot, an events coordinator and flight surgeon to replace outgoing team members. They were selected during interviews last week at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-07-15/blue-angels-officers-2025-season-14494317.html

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Marines in uniform run in the sand, with one carrying missile launcher. Celestino Arellano, left, who sank target boat with Stinger ground-to-air missile from Palawan, Philippines, Oct.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-10-22/marines-stinger-missile-philippines-15597764.html

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Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan steams through the Puget Sound toward its new homeport Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Wash. Wreckage of airplane in rice field in Maguindanao del Sur province, Philippines.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-08-14/navy-reagan-carrier-kitsap-sailors-14864093.html

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Brendan Nicholas, an infantryman assigned to the 25th Infantry Division, prepares to launch Skydio X10D drone at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, on Oct. Those light units possess highly “organic” see-sense-strike capabilities, qualities employed in the culminating scenario of massive two-week exercise in Hawaii that ended Thursday, Maj.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-10-21/army-hunter-killer-platoons-15585371.html

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Kenneth Bonn, combat engineer with the 753rd Engineering Brigade, conducts pre-mission inspection on search-and-rescue vessel at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Fla. Bonn is part of the Florida National Guard’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological/Nuclear, and Explosive-Enhanced Response Force Package.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-09-27/hurricane-ian-military-bases-florida-7493179.html

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The Buffalo Soldier Gate at Fort Bliss, Texas. Before that she was reporter for Killeen Daily Herald and freelance journalist for publications including The Alcalde, Texas Highways and the Austin American-Statesman.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-02-21/fort-bliss-soldier-murder-mexico-13075272.html

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It is with heavy Airborne heart that we announce the death of one of our Paratroopers in training accident,” Lt. Wreckage of airplane in rice field in Maguindanao del Sur province, Philippines.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/fort-bragg-paratrooper-dies-during-airborne-training-1.644496

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Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Carroll, 22, boatswain’s mate from Alabama, died Jan. Sunset Memorial Park in Midland City, Ala.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2023-02-17/navy-suicide-theodore-roosevelt-carrier-9170991.html

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