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Stars and Stripes provides independent news and information to the U.S. military community from reporters and bureaus located around the world.
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A junior sailor attempted to look up President Joe Biden’s health records in a military database in February. The sailor searched for Biden’s medical records “out of curiosity.”
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Pvt. Travis King, 24, faces four charges for his July 2023 sprint from South Korea across the Demilitarized Zone into North Korea. His first preliminary hearing in court is next week.
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GALLERY | The National Archives celebrated Independence Day the only way it knows how: by reenacting the event that launched the birth of the American nation.
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The U.S. Coast Guard found five people clinging to a cooler over Fourth of July weekend. Their 22-foot boat was “swamped” by a wave.
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NATO allies will for the first time pledge this week to develop plans to strengthen their defense industry capacities as the military alliance readies for a protracted war in Ukraine that could last another four years.
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The commander of the New Hampshire Air National Guard has been killed in a hit-and-run crash. The crash is under investigation:
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WHIPLASH: The pier built by the U.S. military to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza will be reinstalled Wednesday to be used for several days, but then the plan is to pull it out permanently.
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Haiti’s newly selected Prime Minister Garry Conille and Haiti’s police chief visited the capital’s largest hospital, after authorities said they took control of the medical institution over the weekend from armed gangs.
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GALLERY | In the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, an HC-144 Ocean Sentry air crew from Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi conducted flyovers of a handful of coastal cities to assess the damage.
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GALLERY: Despite soaring temperatures and humidity, America’s National Independence Day Parade drew hundreds of thousands of onlookers to celebrate the country’s birthday.
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Blocks away from NATO’s summit in downtown Washington, alliance critics said Tuesday that allies are on a “sugar high.” Speaking at a Heritage Foundation event dubbed “Not Your Grandfather’s NATO,” a panel served up an alternative vision:
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The brand-new @CampInvention program, Illuminate, lets children in grades K-6 team up for hands-on STEM challenges.
Military families can use code USMIL25 to save $25 when they register by Aug. 31 at invent.org/camp.
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NATO has signed a nearly $700 million contract to have member countries produce more Stinger missiles, one of many steps the alliance is pressing at its summit in Washington to get each country to boost its own weapons production capabilities.
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This drone captured scenes inside the deadly Hurricane Beryl. The data helps forecasts:
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Belarus is hosting Chinese troops for a joint military drill near its border with NATO member Poland, the first such exercise reflecting growing defense ties between the two countries.
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At this year’s iteration of the biennial Exercise Rim of the Pacific — the world’s largest naval exercise — port security is playing a prominent role as international conflict and competition put strains on global supply chains.
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Maj. Gen. Benjamin Watson handed over the reins of the storied Blue Diamond division to Maj Gen. Robert Fulford during a change of command ceremony at Camp Pendleton last week.
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Heavy Israeli bombardment shook Gaza City as thousands of fleeing Palestinians searched for shelter and medical facilities were forced to shut down in the latest offensive in the territory’s north:
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Top defense chiefs from the Baltic states said NATO allies need to increase military spending levels beyond the alliance’s longstanding 2% of each country’s gross domestic product:
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A 19-year-old hiker injured in a rock-climbing accident in Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains was successfully rescued in a joint operation by the Idaho National Guard and Custer County search and rescue team. The high-altitude rescue presented unique challenges to the team. Watch the video:
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For the first time in seven years, Idaho has a new National Guard commanding general. Maj. Gen. Timothy J. Donnellan was officially named the 26th commander of the Idaho National Guard.
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The U.S. Air Force’s Thunderbirds will join the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels for the Blue Angels’ annual homecoming show in Florida. The air show takes place at NAS Pensacola July 10.
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Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe, a conservative firebrand known for his strong support of defense spending and his denial that human activity is responsible for the bulk of climate change, has died. He was 89.
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The USO opened a new leisure center aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, adding to their more than 200 entertainment centers for service members globally.
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The U.S. will give Poland another $2 billion loan to buy American weapons, the second time in less than a year that a State Department loan program has been used to aid the Polish armed forces’ modernization.
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Two months ago, before Israeli troops invaded Rafah, the city sheltered most of Gaza’s more than 2 million people. Today it is a ghost town. The Israeli military allowed reporters into Rafah last week, the first time international media visited Gaza’s southernmost city since it was invaded:
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Are we living in the future yet?
As soon as 2025, the hospital system Mayo Clinic expects to be delivering prescription medications directly to patients' doorsteps by way of aerial drones.
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NATO leaders gathering in Washington plan to shore up transatlantic support for Ukraine.
But for host President Joe Biden, the summit has become just as much about demonstrating he's capable of the grinding demands of the presidency for four more years:
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The American Forces Network plans to replace its AM radio tower on Okinawa, crippled by a series of lightning strikes and out of service since June, and resume broadcasting next summer.
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Air Force Lt. Gen. Ricky Rupp, commander of U.S. Forces Japan, blasted Chinese, Russian and North Korean aggression during a change-of-command ceremony for the 374th Airlift Wing based at Yokota Air Base, while stressing the wing’s vital role and the importance of the U.S.-Japan partnership.
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How often in the Air Force does the base commander throw an open invitation to party for two days at his place around a national holiday? If you’re stationed on Guam, it happened. Oh yeah, and there was a giant Slip-and-Slide:
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A 27-year-old U.S. soldier died last month after his vehicle crashed in Pyeongtaek city, roughly 40 miles south of Seoul:
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Japan’s government this week began preliminary work on a seawall at the site of a long-delayed airfield for the Marine Corps.
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For Ukrainian athletes, the Paris Olympics are more than just sports. They’re a way to draw attention to their country’s fight for survival against Russia — a sort of war on another battlefield. Competing on the world stage is no longer a personal battle. This time, it's war:
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Willie Mays has received final military honors for his time served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War with a special presentation of an American flag to his son at a public memorial service for the late Hall of Famer. He died last month at the age of 93.
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Food convoy, 1993 Mogadishu, Somalia: A U.S. Marine guarding the gate to the port in Mogadishu loses his temper with a Somali trucker hauling grain donated by relief organizations. The Marine was upset because the convoy of trucks hauling the food was blocking traffic leading into the port.
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Jill Biden is launching President Joe Biden’s outreach to veterans and military families during a campaign swing through battleground states, drawing contrasts with her husband’s Republican rival.
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US service members are setting their sights on gold at the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris and other French cities.
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VA Department of Veterans Affairs account with Microsoft was infiltrated earlier this year by Russian hackers, though the agency reported no personal information or other sensitive data of any veterans was accessed.
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The National Guard Bureau has launched a second pilot program to offer soldiers in certain states child care during drill weekends after the first attempt launched nearly two years ago failed.
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Cost projections for the Air Force’s new Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile have grown to about $140.9 billion, or 81% more than originally forecasted four years ago.
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Capt. Lenard Mitchell, a commanding officer with more than 30 years of service, was relieved as commander of the expeditionary sea base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams.
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The US military has yet to announce new restrictions on troops stationed in Japan despite calls from local authorities after two service members were indicted for alleged sexual crimes on Okinawa.
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Four US Air Force and one South Korean air force C-130J Super Hercules airlifters flew over the Korean Peninsula for the first five-transport aircraft sortie last month:
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The Navy is experimenting with deployed 3D printing during the Rim of the Pacific exercise in pursuit of eventually shortening the supply line for crucially needed parts to mere hours. Stars and Stripes was among media that got an up-close look at several 3D printers:
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American forces and their partners in the Middle East destroyed four aerial drones launched by Houthi militants in Yemen over the weekend, ahead of the arrival of the latest Navy carrier strike group in the region.
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The Pentagon canceled a major US Army exercise that was slated to begin later this month in the country of Georgia, amid accusations that Tbilisi waged an anti-American misinformation campaign.
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Two Chinese citizens will serve time in jail for attempting to illegally transport a group of 14 people from Saipan to Guam in 2023:
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A brother, killed 80 years ago in WWII. A sister, left wondering. A resolution, finally:
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Biden assails Project 2025, a plan to transform government, and Trump’s claim to be unaware of it :
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