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The wreckage of Navy helicopter after making an emergency landing in Isle of Wight County, Va. The helicopter hit several trees as it made an emergency landing, leaving passenger with minor injuries, Virginia State Police said.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-01-12/navy-helicopter-emergency-landing-virginia-4270349.html

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That conclusion, Judge Julius Richardson noted in dissent joined by four of his colleagues, ignored the self-defense advantages of AR-15s, including better accuracy, greater recoil absorption and more stopping power than handguns.

https://townhall.com/columnists/jacobsullum/2024/08/14/two-contradictory-decisions-on-ar-15-bans-reflect-clashing-views-of-supreme-court-precedents-does-the-second-amendment-allow-the-government-to-ban-guns-in-common-use…

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Dutch CV90 infantry fighting vehicle awaits movement during maneuvers at the Hohenfels Training Area in Hohenfels, Germany, in 2020. Dutch officer was killed Tuesday, March 12, 2024, during NATO exercise at Hohenfels, the Dutch Defense Ministry said in statement.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2024-03-13/dutch-soldier-killed-allied-spirit-13302981.html

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During your time in Bahrain, the need may arise for you to visit the Naval Branch Health Clinic (NBHC) Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Unit (NMRTU). If there are any questions about healthcare, please refer to your established health insurance plan.

https://europe.stripes.com/military-life/medical-and-dental-care-in-bahrain.html

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin gives opening remarks next to his Ukrainian counterpart, Rustem Umerov, during the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meetings at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Other immediate assistance will come from the Czech Republic, which recently procured 800,000 “urgently needed” artillery shells, Austin said at the outset of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-03-19/austin-ramstein-ukraine-contact-group-13362958.html

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Army Ranger Joe Thach didn’t expect to come across burning car with man trapped inside Friday while driving down Interstate in Tacoma, Washington. knew that if didn’t act immediately that it would probably get worse, given the danger of the fire in the car and the traffic,” Thach said. As soon as he pulled the man from the car, Thach says the two shared touching moment.

https://www.newschannel10.com/2024/08/15/army-ranger-pulls-military-brother-burning-car-if-not-me-then-who/

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Army Europe and Africa team near Overasselt, Netherlands during the Four Days. Army Europe and Africa team near Overasselt, Netherlands during the Four Days March Nijmegen on July 19, 2024.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2024-07-20/nijmegen-military-march-space-force-14543626.html

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Senior Airman Christopher Rocha died earlier this month after being injured in car crash in August near Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Forces Police Squadron at Vogelweh Air Station, Rocha died Sept.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-09-27/rocha-memorial-service-ramstein-11507577.html

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Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen launched barrage of missiles and drones at the shipping lanes of the Red Sea, the Pentagon confirmed Friday. Navy ships shot down barrage of missiles and drones launched by Houthi rebels from Yemen at the shipping lanes of the Red Sea, the Pentagon said Sept.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/2024-09-27/navy-houthis-red-sea-missiles-drones-15325212.html

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Kaiserslautern, Germany, where she writes about the Air Force, Army and DODEA schools. She’s had previous assignments for Stars and Stripes in Japan, reporting from Yokota and Misawa air bases.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/air-force-recognizes-drone-pilots-with-new-medal-1.605089

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Bogota was sentenced this week to just shy of 49 years in prison, according to the Justice Department. Jeffersson Arango Castellanos, 36, who court documents say is also known as Harry Potter, targeted the soldiers along with co-conspirators Kenny Julieth Uribe-Chiran and Pedro Jose Silva-Ochoa, who also were named in the indictment.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/americas/2024-05-31/jeffersson-arango-castellanos-sentenced-abduction-us-soldiers-colombia-14037899.html

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China for minerals necessary to build litany of civilian and military goods: from electric-vehicle batteries, to electronics, to weapons systems. Linda Fagan, an ex-Coast Guard commandant who was also the first female leader of military branch, was evicted from her home at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling by the Department of Homeland Security after she was fired by President Donald Trump on Inauguration Day. After nearly five hours of shouting at each other over how to legislate the president’s campaign promises, they emerged.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/u-military-announces-20m-us-231505017.html

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American personnel “have been asked to perform at tempo and at level that our Navy has not operated in since at least the Tanker War of the ’80s,” Vice Adm. She has reported for variety of publications in Montana, Nevada and Louisiana, and served as editor of newspapers in Louisiana, Oregon and Washington.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-03-04/navy-houthi-red-sea-wikoff-13204419.html

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Martin Meiners, seventh right, poses for photo with Dutch reenactors on Thursday, Sept. The reenactors — including Jan-Thijs Koppen, second left — were dressed as soldiers from the 30th Infantry Division, which liberated the village 80 years ago.

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2024-09-12/netherlands-anniversary-wwii-liberation-army-15153344.html

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social media fitness influencer who served as staff sergeant in the Arizona Army National Guard died by suicide last week in Prescott, Ariz. Michelle Young, 34, assigned to the 98th Aviation Troop Command, died Friday, Prescott Police Lt.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-01-22/michelle-young-death-army-influencer-12764005.html

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The Olympic-sized swimming pool and Chili’s restaurant were popular spots for those resting and recuperating at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar in 2004. The installation, known among many service members for its Rest and Recuperation Pass Program, which gave some 200,000 deployed troops four-day vacation, was shuttered in June 2021.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-07-01/us-military-closes-qatar-camps-in-move-that-could-play-into-iran-policy-2009140.html

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An F-22 Raptor assigned to the 1st Fighter Wing, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. Northern Lightning exercise conducted at Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Wisconsin, Aug.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2021-08-12/northern-lightning-counterland-returns-volk-field-2535717.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/marine_corps/2024-08-20/marine-osprey-crash-australia-okinawa-14929302.html

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Aranakigaa, spring about quarter-mile from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma’s southwestern fence line, is pictured in Ginowan city, Okinawa, on Aug. PFAS per liter, 22 times the provisional standard, according to an annual report released by the Okinawa prefecture’s Environmental Protection Division in April.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-08-01/marine-corps-okinawa-pfas-wells-14688719.html

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Brandon Caserta, sailor who died by suicide in 2018, shown here at age 3. She reports from Congress, the White House, the Department of Veterans Affairs and throughout the country about issues affecting veterans, service members and their families.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/lawmaker-introduces-brandon-act-to-improve-troops-access-to-mental-health-care-1.635251

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