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Born in New Jersey but raised about 50 miles northwest of Boston in Fitchburg, Mass., Valentin was family oriented and enjoyed working and playing basketball and video games, Ortiz said. He had …

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Nov 30, 2023A civilian engineer serving on a Navy transportation vessel has filed a lawsuit claiming she was sexually assaulted by the ship’s captain in her bed — an attack she said the service could have …

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Dec 22, 2023Based in Stuttgart, Germany, he previously worked for newspapers in New Jersey, North Carolina and Maryland. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware. related stories Charges dropped against …

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If confirmed, Langley would be based in Stuttgart, Germany, assuming control of roughly 6,000 U.S. troops in Africa, including about 1,300 in West Africa and about 3,500 at a base in Djibouti, a …

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Oct 9, 2024Staff Sgt. Boston Postgate, left, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron electrical and environmental systems craftsman, and Senior Airman Daniel Lowe, 374th AMXS scheduler, pose at Yokota Air Base …

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Oct 31, 2024Based in Stuttgart, Germany, he previously worked for newspapers in New Jersey, North Carolina and Maryland. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware. previous coverage Cavoli approves …

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Oct 25, 2024Based 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

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Apr 22, 2024Barksdale is located near Shreveport in northwest Louisiana and has more than 11,400 military and civilian personnel assigned there, according to the base website. The 2nd Bomb Wing is responsible …

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Jul 25, 2024Based in Stuttgart, Germany, he previously worked for newspapers in New Jersey, North Carolina and Maryland. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware. related stories US set to hand off …

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Apr 7, 2023Ricci told the jury that he also found it odd that three .45 shell casings that police recovered at the crime scene were found neatly lined up on the coffee table in the living room, alongside …

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“I don’t know how it used to be,” said Donald Mayfield Jr., a 20-year-old supply specialist from Lake Charles, La.. “But I can say it definitely is a good thing going back to it.” …

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Mar 8, 2023The news comes two months after a member of the Falcons’ football team, Hunter Brown, 21, of Lake Charles, La., died Jan. 9 after suffering a medical emergency on his way to class. Brown, who …

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Matthew M. Burke has been reporting from Grafenwoehr, Germany, for Stars and Stripes since 2024. The Massachusetts native and UMass Amherst alumnus previously covered Okinawa, Sasebo Naval Base …

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Dec 6, 2022The Navy made its fiscal 2022 recruiting goal, enlisting 42 more recruits than its target of 33,400, Benham said. It came amid an overall shortfall for the Pentagon’s active duty recruiting …

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Jun 22, 2023The Navy has until Sept. 30 to meet its recruitment goal of 37,700 new active-duty sailors. An update on the Navy’s recruitment numbers was not available, Parker said.

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The USS Bonhomme Richard is seen from the deck of the ROKS Dokdo on March 26, 2015. Both the U.S. and South Korean amphibious vessels participated in an exercise in landing MV-22s on the Dokdo’s …

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Spc. Frank Williams was sentenced in a military court in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Oct. 31, 2024 to 10 years confinement for purposely hitting a fellow soldier with his vehicle and then fleeing the …

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A total of 34 defendants have been prosecuted in federal court. Another 685 cases involving U.S. service members were referred to the military disciplinary authorities for review but with varied …

https://www.stripes.com/living/2024-06-28/book-review-fat-leonard-military-fraud-robert-reid-14282473.html

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Mauldin went on to work as a cartoonist and journalist for papers such as the “St. Louis Post-Dispatch” and the “Chicago Sun-Times.” While he was working for the Post-Dispatch, he won his second Pulitzer Prize for a political cartoon. He stayed with the “Chicago Sun-Times” until retiring in 1991.

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Lt. Col. Derrick A. Carter pleaded guilty at a court-martial Aug. 25, 2022, to submitting false documents that allowed him to collect about $4,000 a month in unearned entitlements for nearly three …

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