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Troops are complaining that they’re being treated like kids after a curfew was imposed on all U.S. military personnel after the alleged rape of an Okinawan woman by two Navy sailors.
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The plan would see Mali's embattled government in the south and its West African neighbors taking the military lead, with the United States and European countries in support.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
Here's our video of the sights, sounds and top finishers at yesterday's Marine Corps Marathon. Story at www.stripes.com/1.194974.
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Do you plan to tune in? Let us know and tell us where you’ll be when the final 2012 high school football showdowns kick off, probably for the last time, in Baumholder.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
Chief Petty Officer Stephen Frazier of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74 shows his junior troops a thing or two about discipline and morale while on deployment to Cambodia where the Seabees were involved in humanitarian efforts. Story at www.stripes.com/1.194949.- Monday's front page: Navy's Seabees embrace new roles while navigating budget cutbacks; Maj. Nidal Hasan's beard seen by some as mockery. More at www.stripes.com.
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"Everybody knew: boat or walk," Van, now 57, told his American-born daughter in words she was hearing for the first time. "When you escape ... you use your life to bet."Stars and Stripes shared a link.
“Hackers today have a choice: They can report bugs and problems to manufacturers of software” or sell their findings to foreign interests, said Albert Whale, senior security director at ABS Computer Technology Inc. in Ross, Pa.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
“To run my first marathon and then win it, it’s a one-in-a-million feeling,” said men's champion Spc. Augustus Maiyo, from Colorado Springs, Colo., who was representing the Army’s World Class Athlete Program. Check out our story, video and photo gallery from the 37th Marine Corps Marathon.- Archive Photo of the Day: President Kennedy arrives in Hanau, Germany, 1963
Members of the honor guard hold on to their hats to avoid losing them to the downdraft from helicopter rotor blades as President John F. Kennedy arrives in Hanau,...Germany, in June, 1963. Honor guards from the U.S., West Germany, France and Canada were on hand to welcome the president, as were more than 15,000 soldiers who lined a mile-long parade route.See More
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Like most people whose lives depend on Pentagon spending, Danielle Wagner has paid close attention to the presidential election, especially when it comes to what President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney have to say about the military.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
The Seabees are America’s on-the-ground ambassadors, fighting for hearts and minds by putting new schools, clinics and water projects in places where aid money and diplomacy aren’t enough to foster favorable policy.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
The lack of control of the government over the militias it relies on was brought home in the starkest terms on Sept. 11, the day of attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, the eastern city where last year's uprising against Moammar Gadhafi began.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
The investigations have become an embarrassment for the Army, raising questions about how thoroughly the military has screened senior leaders before putting them in crucial assignments.- Four U.S. Army teammates lead the way near the 11-mile mark of Sunday's Marine Corps Marathon. Eventual winner Spc. Augustus Maiyo, right, is followed by Spc. Robert Cheseret, Spc. Joseph Chirlee (115) and Spc. Kyle Heath (110). More photos, video and race coverage later at www.stripes.com.
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The focus of current training is threefold: Protecting sensitive networks, responding to an attack and working without network abilities.- The start of the 2012 Marine Corps Marathon in Arlington, Va. More videos, photos and other coverage later today at www.stripes.com.
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Afghan legend has it that those with mental disorders will be healed after spending 40 days in one of a Jalalabad shrine’s 16 tiny concrete cells. They live on a subsistence diet of bread, water and black pepper near the grave of a famous pir, or spiritual leader, named Mia Ali Sahib.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
An Indonesian national police spokesman said the Sunni Movement for Indonesian Society, or HASMI, planned to target the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta and a plaza near the Australian Embassy and the local office of U.S. mining giant Freeport-McMoRan. It also planned to attack the U.S. Consulate in Surabaya, he said.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
In an undated two-hour videotape posted this week on militant forums, Ayman al-Zawahri called for the kidnapping of Westerners to exchange for imprisoned jihadists, support for Syria's uprising, and the implementation of Islamic Shariah law in Egypt.- Sunday's Page 1: Afghans seek to cure mental illness through traditional methods; Admiral in command of USS Stennis strike group is replaced. More at www.stripes.com.
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Billy Cassell had survived his service in the late stages of World War II in the Army Air Forces, his siblings said, earning a battle star. He was only a few weeks from finishing his service and coming back to his family when his B-17 Flying Fortress crashed into Mont Blanc, France, in November, 1946.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
Hundreds of military, law enforcement and medical personnel will observe the Hollywood-style production of a zombie attack as part of their emergency response training.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
Cold War-era Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates like the USS Crommelin are being replaced by smaller and speedier littoral combat ships that can get closer to shore and are designed to defeat “anti-access” threats such as mines, quiet diesel submarines and fast surface craft.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
Sgt. Craig Warfle was pinned with the Distinguished Service Cross, marking him as the first Army Ranger in the post-9/11 era to earn the nation’s second highest honor for valor in combat.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
Visit stripes.com on Sunday for coverage of the Marine Corps Marathon. In the meantime, watch a video of National Geographic Channel's "Rocket City Redneck," Dr. Travis Taylor, explaining how he will run the race in an experimental suit designed to give servicemembers full-body protection.- Archive Photo of the Day: Global communications station in Libya, 1953.
Airmen from the 1807th AACS Wing at Wheelus Field in Tripoli, Libya monitor messages at a state-of-the-art global communications station in May, 1953. The high-power ...trunk broadcasting and teletype network, put in place about a year and a half earlier, was described in a story as "a world of tape relays, switchboards with blinking green lights, 10,000 teletype keys pounding at once, banks of vacuum tubes feeding rhombic antennae with 240 words a minute of weather data, scrambled code, aircraft movement."See More
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers cannot produce about $1 billion of receipts for fuel and other supplies it bought in Iraq using Iraqi money, a government investigation has found. The total amount of funds unaccounted for has now reached a staggering $7 billion, officials say — and they warn that the Iraqi government is likely to demand at least some of that money back.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
"We are probably headed for stalemate in 2014," says Stephen Biddle, a George Washington University political science professor who has advised U.S. commanders in Afghanistan and Iraq. If that is the case, the U.S. will have to pump billions of dollars a year into Afghanistan for decades to prevent its collapse, Biddle says.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
Maj. Nidal Hasan’s newly grown beard has set off yet another set of delays while the courts sorts out whether the judge can legally order him to shave. “We think it’s ridiculous,” said Kim Cooke, sister to Spc. Matthew Cooke, who was shot five times at Fort Hood. “We feel like they’re more concerned with Hasan’s rights than they are with my brother.”Stars and Stripes shared a link.
Federal officials say that absentee ballots being sent to U.S. military serving in Afghanistan may have been among 4,700 pounds of mail burned in a plane crash at Shindad Air Base on Oct. 19.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
White House counterterrorism chief John O. Brennan lists the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah at the top of a list of joint U.S. and European security challenges. In addition to its alliance with terrorist activities by Iran, he said, “we have seen Hezbollah training militants in Yemen and Syria.”Stars and Stripes shared a link.
The Navy says mattresses that will be stripped from the USS Enterprise when the aircraft carrier is deactivated will be broken down, their springs and foam recycled for other uses. Estimated total savings over a trip to the landfill: About $12,000.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
Rear Adm. Charles M. Gaouette is being sent back to the USS John C. Stennis' home port at Bremerton, Wash., in what the Navy called a temporary reassignment. The Navy said he is not formally relieved of his command of the Stennis strike group, but will be replaced by Rear Adm. Troy M. Shoemaker, who will assume command until the investigation is completed.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
Regardless of the path of Hurricane Sandy, tens of thousands of runners and spectators will take to the streets of Washington, D.C. Sunday for the 37th Marine Corps Marathon. Have you run "The People's Marathon?" Tell us what it's like.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
The next president will face U.S. troops returning from Afghanistan and a continuing budget crisis with veterans benefits under scrutiny.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
Nearly 25 ships homeported in Hampton Roads, Va., including the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, are heading to sea in advance of Hurricane Sandy.- Saturday's Page 1: Djibouti's Camp Lemonnier is at the center of a covert U.S. drone war; suicide bombing at Afghan mosque kills dozens. More at www.stripes.com.
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In February, the 42-year-old New Hampshire man lost his job selling Mercedes-Benz vehicles. An operation followed, he fell behind on his bills and he's been living in Liberty House, a homeless shelter for veterans, for about a month.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
An independent U.N. human rights researcher on Thursday announced plans to launch an investigation into the use of drone attacks and other targeted assassinations by the United States and other governments that result in civilian deaths or injuries.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
The long wait has been disheartening to thousands of men and women critical to the American mission, many of whom serve on the front lines with U.S. troops. Since 2007, at least 80 interpreters have been killed in combat.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
Chief culinary specialist Ferdinand delos Santos says the USS George Washington’s diverse crew of some 5,500 sailors had taken on Filipino favorites like adobo, pansit, chopsuey and lumpiang shanghai, so much so that the dishes have become regulars on the warship’s menu. The carrier is currently on a goodwill visit to the Philippines.- Archive Photo of the Day: Gen. Hoge's ceremonial swing at Kaiserslautern, 1954.
It was halfway around the world from Promontory Summit, Utah, and the last spike wasn't golden, but the soldiers from the 432nd Engineer Construction Battalio...n watching Gen. William M. Hoge, USAREUR commander-in-chief, take a ceremonial swing could relate to the workers on the transcontinental railroad in 1869. The event at Kaiserslautern, Germany, in September, 1954 marked the completion of a three-mile rail spur built by the 432nd from Kaiserslautern's main station to Panzer Casern. Hoge was something of a World War II engineering Zelig, being deeply involved in such endeavors as the construction of the Alaska Highway, the D-Day landing at Omaha Beach, and the capture of the famed bridge at Remagen and the crossing of the Rhine that followed.See More
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Specialized courses enable brick-and-mortar institutions to maintain a toehold in the veterans' education market at a time of increased competition, including from for-profit career colleges and technical programs that critics say use deceptive marketing to target military families.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
Loans are issued through private banks, not the department, but the VA’s backing of the mortgages allows veterans to receive lower interest rates and skip a down payment. If you've been awarded one of these loans, tell us about it.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
The program won’t replace the adrenalin rush and physical intensity of live training. But it does help a soldier practice and gain experience before going out to costly live training missions that carry safety concerns.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
Over the past two years, the U.S. military has clandestinely transformed Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti into the busiest Predator drone base outside the Afghan war zone, a model for fighting a new generation of terrorist groups.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
The U.S. military hasn’t always been quick to express regret about accusations of serious crimes committed by troops in Japan – although it seems to be learning it has more to gain from doing so than not.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
“If you’re going to be PCS’ing (to Yokota) in say the winter time or next summer, we’re going to tell these folks: Here’s the housing policy, be prepared to live off base,” base commander Col. Mark August said.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
A decorated soldier killed earlier this week in Afghanistan was on his seventh deployment of his 19-year career.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
Obama and Romney agreed strongly in their third and final debate that the United States needed to vigorously expand its leadership role in a dangerous world, pressing its economic interests, using its military when necessary and spreading its values.
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This week's Military Update column takes a look at the VA's eBenefits website, which was conceived in the wake of the Walter Reed scandal as a way for wounded warriors and their families to understand and access benefits.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
An investigation shows the Army Corps of Engineers gave more than $70 million to a contractor for flawed and incomplete work.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
Multiple missiles screaming above the Pacific Ocean were successfully intercepted by the military’s ballistic defense system in a test that the U.S. Missile Defense Agency is calling its biggest and most complex exercise to date.Stars and Stripes shared a link.
Start your day off with pictures of some heroic (and adorable) animals that have served the military, police or rescue services. In case you missed it, here's a photo gallery of some critters who have been awarded the Dickin Medal, Britain's highest award for animal bravery.
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