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Master Sergeant Darren Thedieck poses for a photo in front of his unit crest at Aviano Air Base, Italy, on June 3, 2024. Thedieck has amassed a net worth of over $600,000, and he runs a Facebook …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-06-04/air-force-investing-retirement-advice-14064767.html

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Jul 16, 2024TOKYO — Japanese police have yet to identify a pair of badly burned victims two days after a car collided with a roadside garage in northeastern Japan, a spokesman said on Tuesday.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-07-16/fiery-crash-victims-misawa-japan-14502231.html

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Aug 5, 2024The Sea Dragon took off after spending just over 90 minutes in the field and landed at NAF Atsugi, the statement said. “The cause of the precautionary landing is currently under investigation …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-08-05/navy-helicopter-precautionary-landing-japan-14743844.html

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Pvt. Angel Gonzales poses for a photo on a path in this undated photo. Gonzales, with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, was reported absent by his unit after leaving Aviano Air Base last week and is now …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-03-13/missing-soldier-aviano-grafenwoehr-13303093.html

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Ingram, 27, was a Navy special warfare operator second class from Texas who enlisted in 2019 and graduated from SEAL training in 2021. “Their presence enriched our lives in countless ways …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-04-21/naval-special-warfare-fallen-sailors-13615097.html

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A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer from the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, flies a Bomber Task Force mission alongside two French Dassault Mirage 2000s over Camp Lemonnier …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2021-11-11/b-1-lancer-bombers-overfly-djibouti-base-celebrate-alliances-3579215.html

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Mar 12, 2024She was born in Nagoya, Japan, and lived in Australia and Illinois growing up. She holds a journalism degree from Boston University and previously worked for the Christian Science Monitor’s …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-03-12/japan-workers-protest-navy-port-call-13292340.html

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Jun 28, 2023A U.S. Marine stationed at an air base in Japan faces sentencing July 7 for car theft and drunken driving, charges he admitted, according to local news reports.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2023-06-28/marine-car-theft-iwakuni-japan-10574599.html

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Jul 25, 2023The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Chicago (SSN 721) gets under way from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Jan. 8, 2023. Chicago, the fourth U.S. Navy ship to be named for the Illinois …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2023-07-25/navy-submarine-chicago-decommissioned-10852419.html

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Dec 10, 2023Yelena Duterte is an assistant professor of law and director of the Veterans Legal Clinic at the University of Illinois Chicago’s School of Law and a Public Voices Fellow with The OpEd Project.

https://www.stripes.com/opinion/2023-12-10/va-hospitalizes-must-stop-criminalizing-veterans-12314080.html

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The Pentagon announced Sunday that Warrant Officer Travis R. Tamayo, who was supporting the anti-Islamic State coalition, died Friday in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/dod-soldier-dies-in-non-combat-related-incident-in-uae-1.429735

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Mar 17, 2023The Brownsville Herald, Texas • March 17, 2023 Marine Sgt. Charles D. Hardesty bonds with his dog, Robbie, also known as “bear dog”, at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-03-17/house-bill-military-dogs-buried-national-cemeteries-9527366.html

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Nov 8, 2024DALLAS, TEXAS – The George W. Bush Institute opened the application process for the 2025 Stand-To Veteran Leadership Program. The first-of-its-kind program convenes active-duty service members, veterans, and civilians from diverse backgrounds and sectors who are focused on serving our nation’s veterans and their families. Applications will …

https://europe.stripes.com/military-life/veterans/bush-veteran-program.html

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The Washington Post • August 31, 2024 The Alexandre III bridge, used for the Para Triathlon, ahead of the Paralympic Games, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024 in Paris. (Aurelien Morissard/AP)

https://www.stripes.com/sports/2024-08-31/paris-paralympics-2024-ukraine-soldiers-15032408.html

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A jury has found a second former Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier guilty of killing an Army veteran whose body was discovered brutally beaten in rural Washington state nearly two years ago …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-03-11/joint-base-lewis-mcchord-army-soldiers-killing-murder-5313851.html

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The guided missile destroyer USS Daniel Inouye returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii on Oct. 4 after a nine month deployment. The ship completed its first successful deployment to its …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-10-06/uss-daniel-inouye-returns-deployment-15418926.html

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The Washington Post’s Meagan Flynn and Maria Paul contributed to this report. related stories ‘He was just a kid’: Families, communities begin paying tribute to troops killed in Kabul;

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/2021-08-30/biden-meets-grieving-military-families-afghanistan-2724307.html

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The Virginia-class, fast-attack submarine USS Mississippi arrives at Fleet Activities Yokosuka in Japan for a scheduled port visit, April 18, 2024. (Brandon Holland/U.S. Navy)

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-05-01/navy-shipbuilding-submarines-lawmakers-defense-budget-china-13723096.html

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The museum will be built in the base’s former command bunker, where, Kemball said, plans were hatched for Operation El Dorado Canyon, the attack on Libya in April 1986 in retaliation for …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/museum-honoring-americans-who-worked-at-airfield-is-planned-in-england-1.10145

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Mar 27, 2024ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Tribune News Service) — By far the biggest story line of Navy football spring camp has been the installation of a new offensive by first-year offensive coordinator Drew Cronic.

https://www.stripes.com/sports/2024-03-27/navy-football-new-offense-spring-practice-13439881.html

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