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DonAnn Gilmore, commander of the future USS Daniel Inouye, and Simeon Yerboh, the ship’s command master chief, speak with reporters beside the ship at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Nov …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2021-11-18/uss-daniel-inouye-navy-destroyer-pearl-harbor-hawaii-3675508.html

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Mar 29, 2024POHAKULOA TRAINING RANGE, Hawaii — The Marine gunner knelt on the rocky red soil of a 6,000-foot-high volcanic plain. He positioned the rocket launcher on his shoulder, focused the sites on his …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-03-29/marines-hawaii-training-range-china-13452956.html

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Aug 3, 2023By 1 p.m. Thursday, electricity had been restored to 75,000 of the 225,000 homes left without power, according to the Okinawa Electric Power Co. Approximately 1,800 employees were working to …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-08-03/typhoon-khanun-damage-military-okinawa-10925817.html

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Sep 6, 2023The guided missile destroyer USS Zumwalt prepares to approach the pier during the final stage of its inbound transit to Huntington Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. (William Ash/U.S. Navy)

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2023-09-06/destroyer-uss-zumwalt-hypersonic-missiles-11285252.html

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Feb 25, 2023The entrance of Fort Carson, a U.S. Army installation near Colorado Springs, Colo. A Fort Carson soldier was found guilty of sexual assault and sentenced to four years confinement and dishonorable …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-02-25/fort-carson-soldier-sexual-assault-case-9248326.html

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At the time, he was commander of the 6th Psychological Operations Battalion at Fort Bragg and on leave in Colorado in 2018. Sharing his experience on the 1st Special Forces Command and 18th …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-07-21/army-col-eric-kreitz-alcoholism-podcast-2212358.html

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Apr 29, 2023The victims of the crash were Chief Warrant Officer 3 Christopher Robert Eramo, 39, of Oneonta, N.Y.; Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kyle McKenna, 28, of Colorado Springs, Colo.; and Warrant Officer 1 …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-04-29/alaska-army-helicopter-crash-victims-9963830.html

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Jul 23, 2024Col. Michael ‘Shot’ Glass, 104th Fighter Wing Operations Group Commander, flew F-15C aircraft 85-101 from Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield, Mass., to Bradley Air National Guard Base …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-07-23/104th-fighter-wing-donates-f-15-14572259.html

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A Fort Eisenhower soldier’s wife who is charged with killing her infant son with a knife intends to use an insanity defense during her upcoming trial, according to court records filed in Georgia …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-07-22/fort-eisenhower-army-spouse-murder-son-14563596.html

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His Afghanistan tour made him a few days late meeting his unit at Fort Riley. The soldiers — all 10 of them — were getting mad at their new boss for being late.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/remembering-maj-hutchison-oldest-soldier-killed-in-iraq-1.92021

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After capturing a “terrorist,” special operations forces speed away from the scene during an exercise hosted by the U.S. Special Operations Command Europe at Baumholder, Germany, in 2014.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-07-15/army-baumholder-special-operations-6657954.html

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U.S. assault amphibious vehicles depart the dock landing ship USS Germantown for a beach landing during exercise Tiger Triumph in the Bay of Bengal, India, Nov. 19, 2019.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/us-marines-indian-military-build-ties-in-first-tiger-triumph-exercise-1.607978

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The Blue Angels, the Navy’s flight demonstration team, announced six new officers for the 2023 air show season on Monday, including the first woman demonstration pilot to fly the F/A-18E/F Super …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-07-18/blue-angels-woman-pilot-6690359.html

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Sep 24, 2024Upon arrival, setting up your cell phone is extremely helpful. There are a variety of options in Italy and plans tend to be very affordable. Providers: Vodafone is available on Capodichino and Support Site in the NEX mall.Other providers available online or off-base include Tim, Wind, Ho, Iliad, Tre and Google Fi.

https://europe.stripes.com/military-life/cell-phone-options-in-naples.html

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Oct 18, 2023Airmen with the 319th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron prepare to move an MQ-9 Reaper into an aircraft shelter at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Oct. 13, 2023.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-10-18/mq9-reaper-drones-kadena-okinawa-11745648.html

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Sep 1, 2023An F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 35th Fighter Squadron lands on the new runway at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, Aug. 30, 2023. (Jovan Banks/U.S. Air Force)

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-09-01/kunsan-south-korea-new-runway-11232700.html

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Caitlin has a Bachelor of Science in journalism from the University of Kansas and master’s degree in defense and strategic studies from the University of Texas at El Paso. previous coverage

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2021-12-01/ramstein-air-base-military-evacuation-afghanistan-refugees-germany-3824905.html

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Vehicles at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on July 7, 2021, days after U.S. troops left. The vehicles had been left for Afghan forces who took over the base.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/2021-09-07/bagram-air-base-china-taliban-afghanistan-american-withdrawal-2806178.html

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The first military guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on March 25, 1926. To prevent visitors from climbing or stepping on the tomb, soldiers from Fort Myer, Va., were assigned to guard it …

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2021-11-08/tomb-unknown-soldier-arlington-cemetery-ceremony-veterans-day-3544238.html

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Sep 20, 2024The unit’s advance team started up in September 2023 with a skeleton staff. Brunell was among the handful of troops who began the work, reporting to the unit’s first commander, Brig. Gen …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-09-20/new-medical-command-europe-15242026.html

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