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Aug 6, 2024Army Col. Stephen Flanagan speaks to reporters Aug. 6, 2024, after taking command of U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria in a ceremony at Tower Barracks in Grafenwoehr, Germany.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-08-06/special-forces-soldier-assumes-command-14760917.html

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Nov 7, 2024Staff Sgt. Bryan Rocky Tomaszewski, 28, was riding his motorcycle on Oct. 7 in Bellevue, Wash., when he collided with a vehicle making a turn. Tomaszewski was pronounced dead at the scene by …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-11-07/army-soldier-killed-motorcycle-crash-15776538.html

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“This was the most bad three months of my life,” said 28-year-old Salam Farhan, an Iraqi native and translator here who attended basic training at the base with Saddam’s army in …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/u-s-army-holding-down-an-old-fortress-in-iraq-1.40200

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2nd Lt. Mackenzie Loewen, 47th Flying Training Wing student pilot, straps into her seat and prepares for a simulated Texan II T-6 flight at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, on July 19, 2021.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2021-09-22/air-force-pilot-shortage-training-civilians-flight-simulators-2967384.html

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Rose L. Thayer is based in Austin, Texas, and she has been covering the western region of the continental U.S. for Stars and Stripes since 2018. Before that she was a reporter for Killeen Daily …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-06-29/military-families-special-needs-policy-pentagon-10592722.html

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Rose L. Thayer is based in Austin, Texas, and she has been covering the western region of the continental U.S. for Stars and Stripes since 2018. Before that she was a reporter for Killeen Daily …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-07-29/military-special-needs-survey-troops-14653278.html

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Aug 19, 2024To register your vehicle with U.S. forces in Europe, cars more than 10 years old need inspections before the sale is finalized. A car less than 10 years old must have at least 60 days left on the registration at the time of sale to retain the current inspection expiration date.

https://europe.stripes.com/military-life/pcs-guides/european-road-guide/buying-and-selling-a-car-in-germany.html

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Air Force Lt. Col. Kato Martinez at his home in San Antonio, Texas, on Feb. 14, 2017. Martinez is readjusting to life and fatherhood after losing his wife, Gail, in the Brussels airport bombing on …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/brussels-airport-bombing-one-year-later-widowed-dad-fills-the-empty-space-in-a-wounded-family-1.459623

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Dec 14, 2023Capt. Tyler Vandenberg plays for a spot in the final round of the Champions Wildcard “Jeopardy” tournament on Dec. 13, 2023. He went on to win and will have a shot at a $100,000 prize.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2023-12-14/marine-jeopardy-winner-tyler-vandenberg-12358502.html

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Eight service members at Kadena Air Base may face charges of importing illegal drugs into Japan by mail over the past year. Japanese investigators on Wednesday recommended drug smuggling charges …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-03-18/drug-smuggling-kadena-okinawa-13353350.html

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The VA refers veterans to community care in certain cases, including when they must wait longer than 20 days for an appointment or drive more than 30 minutes to reach their VA health-care provider …

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2022-01-14/veterans-affairs-doctors-revoked-suspended-licenses-health-care-4294508.html

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Jan 22, 2024Commandos launched from the USS Lewis B. Puller, a mobile sea base, backed up by drones and helicopters. They loaded onto small special operations combat craft driven by naval special warfare crew …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-01-22/navy-seals-missing-dead-middle-east-12760936.html

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The inspector general’s office investigated the claims as a follow-up to a 2018 review, during which inspectors found about 49% of rejected claims for military sexual trauma between April 1 and …

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2021-08-06/military-sexual-trauma-veterans-affairs-benefits-denied-2475719.html

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Jun 20, 2023The Roanoke, Va., native took charge of about 3,000 U.S. soldiers at 17 posts in Japan involved in a wide range of missions, including military intelligence, missile defense, sea transport …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-06-20/us-army-japan-command-change-10491114.html

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RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas — A 33-year-old mother pushing a baby stroller stopped Saturday at the Air Force recruiting tent of the Great Texas Air Show to ask about the differences in the …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-04-12/air-force-air-show-recruits-enlistment-texas-13538328.html

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Rose L. Thayer is based in Austin, Texas, and she has been covering the western region of the continental U.S. for Stars and Stripes since 2018. Before that she was a reporter for Killeen Daily …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-07-30/marine-death-los-angeles%C2%A0reward-14668459.html

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AUSTIN, Texas — A nurse practitioner working at a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Texas filed a lawsuit against the agency, claiming the VA’s policy to provide abortions and …

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2022-12-14/veterans-affairs-abortions-lawsuit-nurse-8421181.html

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The investigators found that during Tibbets’ command of the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., in 2017, he made inappropriate comments regarding women on two occasions; failed to …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2018-09-27/air-force-general-to-retire-after-probe-finds-misconduct-1503362.html1

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The Washington Post • May 29, 2022 Dakota, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who fought in Ukraine before suffering a head injury, is now back home in Ohio. (Megan Jelinger/The Washington Post)

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-05-29/american-military-volunteers-leave-ukraine-battlefield-6166301.html

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Apr 11, 2023Rose L. Thayer is based in Austin, Texas, and she has been covering the western region of the continental U.S. for Stars and Stripes since 2018.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-04-11/sergeant-protester-murder-new-trial-request-9774421.html

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