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The city’s namesake, built by a team led by Lockheed Martin, was commissioned Sept. 22, 2012, from Galveston with thousands of boosters in attendance from Fort Worth. It is homeported in San Diego.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-04-14/navy-scrap-uss-fort-worth-rep-kay-granger-5686530.html

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An AH-64D Apache attack helicopter is prepped for flight at Robert Gray Army Air Field, Fort Hood, Texas, on Aug. 26, 2008. The Army announced Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016, that two National Guardsmen …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/army-identifies-guardsmen-killed-in-texas-apache-crash-1.446467

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The crew of the USS Fort Worth during its commissioning in Galveston, Texas, on Sept. 22, 2012. (Lockheed Martin Corporation/TNS)

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Sep 27, 2023A recent incident involving a Coast Guard Air Station Houston helicopter crew, which swiftly rescued a tanker crewman 10 miles off the coast of Galveston, Texas, is a poignant reminder of the life …

https://www.stripes.com/opinion/2023-09-27/ted-cruz-coast-guard-must-stay-funded-11510480.html

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Pfc. Denisha Montgomery, shown during a military exercise in an undated photo from social media, was found dead in her barracks room in Wiesbaden, Germany, Aug. 9, 2022. Her death is under …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-08-15/wiesbaden-soldier-found-dead-6989208.html

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The city supplies drinking water to more than 400,000 customers in Dayton and Montgomery County. So it’s imperative that the issue is addressed now, Powell said, and delaying could affect human …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2021-06-06/Why-Dayton-says-it-had-to-file-300-million-lawsuit-against-Wright-Patterson-over-water-contamination-1646322.html

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Apr 8, 2024The Blue Angels perform at the Beyond the Horizon Air and Space Show at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Ala., Sunday, April 7, 2024. (Darius Hutton/U.S. Air Force) … Reigning Miss Alabama …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-04-08/beyond-the-horizon-maxwell-afb-13512277.html

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Oct 25, 2023The Massachusetts native and UMass Amherst alumnus previously covered Okinawa, Sasebo Naval Base and Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, for the news organization. His work has also appeared …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-10-25/marines-japan-island-defense-okinawa-11824351.html

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Nov 1, 2022His father, Col. Lowell Erskine Austin Jr., was an A-4 and OV-10 pilot who later took on various leadership roles, and deployed to Okinawa “multiple” times, his son said. … The Massachusetts …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2022-11-01/marine-air-power-indo-pacific-7881252.html

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The film was a surprise hit, making $46 million on a budget of $400,000. Snarr is still acting and recently played Vincent Van Gogh in the movie “The Green Fairy,” and a cowboy in the TV …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-12-30/napoleon-dynamite-air-force-8520308.html

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Guzman was temporarily assigned to the Texas base from his normal posting at Fort Drum in New York to attend the Army’s Advanced Leadership Course and has been charged with attempted enticement …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/fort-drum-soldier-charged-with-trying-to-lure-14-year-old-into-having-sex-in-texas-1.495451

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Training for Navy dental technicians was held at a joint military school at Shepherd Air Force Base, Texas. Seaman April Rogers, a dental technician at U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, said the merger …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/merger-of-dental-techs-into-navy-s-hospital-corpsman-field-set-for-oct-1-1.38005

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Hythe’s mission had been to maintain 60 ships that were essentially contingency vessels, according to Binder, a 43-year-old Lorain, Ohio, native who is the only Army official stationed at …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/raf-hythe-army-s-last-u-k-post-slated-to-close-its-doors-1.50583

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Oct 30, 2024A yearslong coverup of sexual assault and harassment at the Coast Guard Academy has led to nine former students filing legal complaints seeking $10 million each from the service for knowingly …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/coast_guard/2024-10-30/coast-guard-academy-cadets-sex-assault-15681093.html

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Most of his career was spent as an aerial combat photojournalist with the 3rd Combat Camera Squadron at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. He is also a Syracuse Military Photojournalism Program and …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-10-07/bottled-water-air-force-dining-facility-15426407.html

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Most of his career was spent as an aerial combat photojournalist with the 3rd Combat Camera Squadron at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. He is also a Syracuse Military Photojournalism Program and …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-06-07/marine-corps-pride-month-critics-14107707.html

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The Air Force recently opened three private compact rooms for nursing mothers at the home of the 18th Wing on Okinawa. The “lactation pods” are available at the Rocker Enlisted Club, the …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-06-05/breastfeeding-nursing-kadena-okinawa-14085696.html

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May 9, 2023A color guard displays the new flag of Fort Cavazos, Texas, during a ceremony Tuesday, May 9, 2023, to rename the base formerly known as Fort Hood in honor of Army Gen. Richard Cavazos.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-05-09/army-fort-cavazos-hood-confederate-texas-10064502.html

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Capt. Bruce Kevin Clark, 43, of Spencerport, N.Y., died of natural causes, according to a spokeswoman at Beaumont Army Medical Center in Texas, where Clark was based.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/army-captain-died-during-skype-chat-with-wife-from-afghanistan-1.176339

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A Fort Bliss soldier was sentenced to eight years in prison last week for giving fentanyl to another person who died from the synthetic drug, according to court records from the Texas Army base.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-03-06/fort-bliss-soldier-fentanyl-death-9381005.html

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