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Later that day, Nelson’s crew got another kill — taking out a Humvee of soldiers with the training center dedicated enemy opposing force, the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, known as Black Horse.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-03-28/army-training-eastern-europe-deployment-9633358.html

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Melanie Carrigg, 9, seen with her mother Austin Carrigg, is enrolled in the Army’s Exceptional Family Member Program, which aims to keep her father, Master Sgt. Joshua Carrigg, assigned only to …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-09-13/army-special-needs-families-base-assignments-care-education-2873245.html

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The Army projects an end-strength of about 442,300 active-duty soldiers, 325,000 National Guard members and 175,800 reservists by the end of fiscal 2025, he said.. The service implemented a series …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-03-11/army-budget-housing-recruting-pay-raise-china-13285905.html

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Street Smart was last presented at Marine camps on Okinawa 10 years ago and this year follows in the wake of two fatal crashes right outside the Camp Foster gate.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2022-08-26/marine-corps-driving-safety-okinawa-7108830.html

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Former Army Staff Sgt. Ryan M. Pitts, shown here in April of 2014, will be awarded the Medal of Honor on July 21, 2014. ()

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The state-owned lands include 1,150 acres at Kahuku, 4,390 acres at Poamoho and 782 acres at Makua that are used by the Army, Marine Corps and Hawaii National Guard.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-06-08/army-comments-proposed-oahu-land-lease-14120527.html

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KITANAKGUSUKU, Okinawa — Sand traps aren’t the only hazards being found on a former Marine Corps golf course here. As of Friday, a World War II land mine and almost 8,940 rounds of …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/thousands-of-ammo-rounds-found-on-former-military-golf-course-on-okinawa-1.118495

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WASHINGTON — An airman was shot Friday evening at Hurlburt Field, Fla., by her civilian husband in an incident that ended nearly 90 minutes later with the shooter killing himself, base officials …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/husband-shoots-airman-wife-during-domestic-violence-incident-at-hurlburt-field-fla-1.639008

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Oct 31, 2024WASHINGTON — The Navy is extending the service life of 12 aging destroyers as the service balances the need to keep ships at sea with the time it takes for new ships to join the fleet.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-10-31/navy-destroyers-extended-service-15690109.html

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Jan 9, 2024A sailor who passed sensitive information about the U.S. military to China was sentenced this week to over two years in prison and kicked out of the Navy, according to federal prosecutors in …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-01-09/spy-sailor-sentenced-china-12607643.html

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A new KC-46A Pegasus arrives at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Jan. 21, 2022. The Air Force announced Monday, Jan. 24, that March Air Reserve Base in California is the “preferred …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-01-25/march-air-reserve-base-air-force-top-choice-pegasus-4411239.html

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An upstate New York native who served three years in the U.S. Army before graduating from the University of Arizona, she previously worked at The Anchorage Daily News and The Seattle Times. Over …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/navy-captain-s-lust-for-teenager-rightly-brought-him-eight-years-in-prison-court-rules-1.584839

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I got a [Sailor] Jerry style shellback tattoo on my shoulder after I crossed the equator for the first time,” said Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Richard Abreu, from New York City, assigned to Ford’s deck department. “Becoming a ‘shellback’ was something I was pretty proud of doing.

https://europe.stripes.com/your-community/imprints-of-a-seafarer-the-story-behind-the-navys-tattoo-traditions.html

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Oct 31, 2024A pair of Navy surveillance drones have returned to Andersen Air Force Base on Guam after working out of Okinawa for five months, according to the sea service. Even with the MQ-4C Tritons …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-10-31/navy-triton-drones-okinawa-guam-15694438.html

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Nov 15, 2024A UH-1Y Venom helicopter sits in a field near Cape Hedo, Okinawa, on Nov. 14, 2024, after making a precautionary landing. (Kunigami Village)

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-11-14/okinawa-marine-helicopter-pasture-venom-15852774.html

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Nov 14, 2024He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles. Subscribe to Stars and Stripes Just 99c a week! Subscribe. stars and stripes videos. around the web. stripes top news.

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Dec 26, 2023Agile combat employment. The old airfields provide available real estate, Brig. Gen. Michael Zuhlsdorf, the Air Force’s deputy director of resource integration for engineering, logistics and …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-12-26/tinian-airfield-reclaimed-wwii-air-force-12473942.html

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Jul 29, 2023Gen. Andrew Poppas, commander of Army Forces Command, left, administers the oath of enlistment to country singer Craig Morgan during a concert at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tenn., Saturday …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-07-30/army-country-singer-reenlist-recruitment-veteran-10907872.html

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Mar 31, 2024From cops and courts in Tennessee and Arkansas, to the Olympics in Beijing, Vancouver, London, Sochi, Rio and Pyeongchang, he has worked as a journalist for three decades. Both of his sisters …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-03-31/navy-recruits-training-cellphones-13461200.html

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NAPLES, Italy — Borrowing words from the nation’s 35th president, Rear Adm. Carl “Van” Mauney will look back on his naval career with pride and satisfaction, he said Friday …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/command-of-submarine-group-8-changes-hands-1.51614

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