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Spc. Mackenzie L. Shay, 20, was killed in a crash. on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. The accident occurred at Fort Indiantown Gap in southeastern Pennsylvania, involving a pair of cargo vehicles during …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-10-24/1-killed-military-training-accident-7797096.html

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Jul 1, 2024BAE Systems of York, Pa., developed the ACV under a $67 million contract in June 2019. The following year, the company received a $184 million contract for the vehicle’s full production.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-07-01/marines-on-okinawa-offload-amphibious-combat-vehicles-14352384.html

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Jan 30, 2024The ACV, first developed by BAE Systems of York, Pa., under a $67 million contract in June 2019, replaces the amphibious assault vehicles whose use by the Corps concluded not long after the …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-01-29/marines-new-amphibious-combat-vehicle-12837410.html

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WASHINGTON — The 14th command sergeant major of the Army Reserve will be Sgt. Maj. Andrew Lombardo, the Army Reserve announced Monday. Lombardo is a Desert Storm, Iraq, and Afghanistan War …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/army-reserve-appoints-sgt-maj-andrew-lombardo-as-its-14th-command-sergeant-major-1.635608

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May 18, 2023Existing airmen and guardians can earn as many as three medals for referring recruits and new enlistees can earn quick promotions if they refer friends.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-05-18/air-space-force-recruiting-incentives-10162702.html

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Sep 19, 2024German Col. Michael Von Block, front right, briefs Gen. Darryl A. Williams, U.S. Army Europe and Africa commander, during Exercise Avenger Triad 24 in the United Kingdom on Sept. 15, 2024.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-09-19/us-army-nato-triad-avenger-war-game-15231636.html

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A man was killed Friday at Luke Air Force Base when his vehicle crashed into automated barriers that were deployed after he tried to run the gates at the Arizona installation. The Glendale Police …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-04-23/gate-runner-killed-at-luke-air-force-base-5774651.html

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VILSECK, Germany — About 200 2nd Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment soldiers returned from Iraq on Sunday in two waves to a post decorated with hundreds of signs welcoming the troops home.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/2-63-armor-regiment-soldiers-return-to-vilseck-from-iraq-1.29763

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Lt. Kevin Mullins, Surface Warfare Officer School surface navigator course leader, instructs Lt. Corey Schulz on proper sextant procedures, Dec. 10, 2015, in Newport …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/break-out-the-sextant-navy-teaching-celestial-navigation-again-1.391219

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Jul 18, 2024The three parades are the hallmark of Fussa’s Tanabata Festival. The mikoshi and float parade is scheduled from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday. A mikoshi is a palanquin, or enclosed litter carried …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-07-18/tanabata-festival-fussa-yokota-japan-14524874.html

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The police spokesman said Rush was walking by himself at 1:38 a.m. near a JR Sanyo Honsen railroad crossing in Shingu-cho after drinking with his friends in Shunan city.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/iwakuni-marine-dies-after-being-hit-by-train-in-shunan-1.48536

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A Marine salutes during a remembrance ceremony Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, for 13 Marines killed in a fire at Camp Fuji, Japan, in October 1979. (Christian Lopez/Stars and Stripes)

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/camp-fuji-remembers-marines-killed-in-1979-blaze-ignited-by-largest-typhoon-on-record-1.552496

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Feb 15, 2024Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough testifies Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, before a House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs hearing on whether the VA ignore and perpetrate sexual …

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2024-02-15/veterans-affairs-house-republican-sexual-harassment-mcdonough-13011474.html

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Dec 16, 2022Spc. Shay A. Wilson, 28, an infantryman assigned to the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Ga., has been charged with one count of murder in the shooting death …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-12-16/fort-stewart-soldier-killed-shooter-8443385.html

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A British court on Nov. 7, 2024, sentenced Spc. Isac Alejandro Calderon, a Texas Army National Guard soldier, to over two years in prison for causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-11-07/calderon-army-guard-sentence-england-15770628.html

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https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-11-18/pier-five-yokosuka-naval-base-japan-8098472.html

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The person Heath identified as his torturer was Reynaldo Hernández, an agent of the Directorate General of Military Counterintelligence, DGCIM for its initials in Spanish, in Falcón state.

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2022-02-08/marine-veteran-accused-botched-venezuela-coup-torture-4843346.html

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U.S. troops salute during an opening ceremony for the Resolute Dragon at Camp Kengun in Kumamoto, Japan, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. The 12th Marine Regiment, soon to be known as the 12th Marine …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2023-10-17/marines-littoral-regiment-okinawa-11732639.html

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A former enlisted Navy SEAL, decorated Iraq veteran and Harvard Medical School graduate just added NASA astronaut to his resume. Navy Reserve Lt. Jonny Kim, 35, who completed astronaut training …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/navy-seal-with-harvard-medical-degree-becomes-nasa-astronaut-1.614854

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Mar 22, 2023The Navy last week approved plans to keep the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke in service another five years, meaning the first-in-class ship will have sailed for four decades before its …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2023-03-22/navy-destroyer-arleigh-burke-9568960.html

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