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Eleven military families agreed Monday, May 9, 2022, to settle a lawsuit that they filed against a private company over mold-infested homes at Fort Meade, Md., according to federal court records.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-05-10/fort-meade-military-housing-lawsuit-settlement-5960639.html

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Based in Stuttgart, Germany, he previously worked for newspapers in New Jersey, North Carolina and Maryland. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware. Subscribe to Stars and Stripes

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-09-27/mixed-sex-air-force-bathrooms-7485779.html

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Alonzo Dargan Jr. was arrested Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, in North Carolina in the killing of Akeila Ware and their unborn child. (Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office)

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-10-08/fort-bragg-soldier-charged-death-girlfriend-georgia-highway-3173852.html

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Oct 2, 2024A candle reading “RIP Micha” is among the items at a memorial in Wittlich, Germany, for Michael Ovsjannikov, the 28-year-old victim of a fatal stabbing in Wittlich, Germany, on Aug. 19, 2023.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-10-02/murder-trial-air-force-spangdahlem-15380941.html

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In one case, a home registered a reading of 110 pCi/L and the family was moved within a week, Pinnau said. In cases where the radon reading is only slightly above the EPA action level, the family …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/families-struggle-with-radon-in-military-housing-1.335616

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Dining facilities at Fort Liberty in North Carolina and Baumholder in Germany are testing apps that allow soldiers to order to-go meals, and others are testing kiosks with premade, grab-and-go meals.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-10-13/army-soldiers-food-commissaries-dining-11695666.html

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Sep 30, 2024One of his earliest journalistic inspirations came from reading Stars and Stripes as a kid growing up in Okinawa. Keishi Koja . Keishi Koja . Keishi Koja is an Okinawa-based reporter/translator …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-09-30/marine-assault-arrest-okinawa-15351045.html

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Sep 17, 2023Happy birthday to the U.S. Air Force, which officially celebrates 76 years of aiming high, flying, fighting and winning on Monday. On Sept. 18, 1947, the National Security Act of 1947 established …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-09-17/air-force-birthday-2023-11355243.html

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The 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade said goodbye to outgoing commander Col. Chuck Matallana and welcomed incoming commander Col. Marc Pelini during a ceremony at Fort Bragg, N.C., on Tuesday …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-07-22/fort-bragg-brigade-incoming-outgoing-commanders-2226393.html

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Jan 30, 2024The 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade is back home at Camp Lejeune, N.C., following an eight-month deployment in the 6th Fleet area of operations.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-01-30/2nd-meb-home-camp-lejeune-12842008.html

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Mar 7, 2024Brewer’s blood alcohol content was measured at 0.15, higher than the North Carolina limit of 0.08, prosecutors said. In letters provided to the court prior to sentencing, Brewer’s friends and …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-03-07/fort-liberty-drunk-driving-13237981.html

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Oct 29, 2024A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit brought by six Republican congressmen from the state that sought stricter scrutiny of ballots from overseas, including from members …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-10-29/military-overseas-ballots-pennsylvania-gop-push-15665983.html

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On March 4, an Eastern Pennsylvania District judge sentenced James Bullick, 42, to 41 months in prison and $1.35 million in fines for selling falsely certified metal built into Virginia-class …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/navy-contractor-found-guilty-after-lying-about-critical-hull-welds-1.143219

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May 13, 2024References and Additional Reading. Clare Campbell. Dogs of Courage: When Britain’s Pets Went to War 1939-45. London, Corsair 2015 . Andrew Woolhouse. Lucky for Some: The History of the 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion, CreateSpace 2013. Laurie Goldstraw. “The Paratrooper and his Dog.” Pegasus Journal, December 1989.

https://europe.stripes.com/military-life/the-daring-dogs-of-d-day.html

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Maj. Gen. Michael Talley, far right, Commanding General of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (MRDC) and Fort Detrick, Maryland, hands the MRDC unit colors to Gen. John Murray …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-06-23/McQueen-assumes-command-over-Fort-Detrick-and-U.S.-Army-Medical-Research-and-Development-Command-1780062.html

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Just like that, he was a married man. “It didn’t hit me right away,” the 26-year-old said. The wedding certificate and ring from his wife arrived by mail later.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/married-in-montana-servicemembers-take-advantage-of-state-s-double-proxy-law-1.91942

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Apr 10, 2024The Stratotanker, with a crew of Hawaii and Pennsylvania Air National Guard members aboard, was searching for three Micronesian sailors who wound up stranded on Pikelot, 120 miles from their …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-04-09/navy-coast-guard-rescue-atoll-guam-13519876.html

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Presutti, a machine gunner who’d served tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, was flown back to Pennsylvania and buried with military honors at Washington Crossing National Cemetery in Bucks County.

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2021-07-05/marine-death-2055010.html

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Servicemembers with 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment pay their respects March 21, 2013, to Marines killed March 18 during a training exercise at Hawthorne Army Depot, Nev. (Leo Salinas/U.S …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/report-double-loaded-mortar-tube-caused-blast-that-killed-7-marines-1.263279

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Curreri, who was born and raised in a Baltimore suburb, founded his high school’s water polo team, according to the Army. At the University of Southern California, he was varsity swimmer and …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/special-forces-soldier-drowns-in-philippines-1.70637

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