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Janiqua Thee Reporter

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Asia-Pacific Correspondent for Stars and Stripes at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan.

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Five military reservists filed a class action lawsuit seeking years of unpaid compensation for federal employees who left their jobs to serve on active duty.
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Military reservists file class action suit seeking unpaid compensation for federal employees who served on active duty
Five reservists filed a class action lawsuit seeking years of unpaid compensation for federal employees who left their jobs to serve on active duty.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Marines serving in certain dangerous areas will see an income boost starting next month, with the service announcing this week it will double hostile fire pay and increase imminent danger pay. From Stars and Stripes' Corey Dickstein:
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Marines will boost special combat pay in October
Hostile fire pay will double from $225 to $450 per month, and imminent danger pay will increase from a cap of $225 per month to $275 per month.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
PACIFIC PULLBACK? | In a paper published this month, Washington think tank Defense Priorities urges a dramatic reshaping of U.S. military power in the Pacific, including ending defense alliances with longtime partners and a non-intervention policy toward Taiwan. (from @brianmcelhiney.bsky.social)
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Think tank with Trump administration ties calls for major US military pullback in Pacific
A recent proposal from Defense Priorities calls for ending defense alliances with longtime partners and adopting a non-intervention policy toward Taiwan.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Vietnam has handed over to the U.S. a massive stone-and-concrete sign and guardhouse from a Marine Corps recon camp named for a Medal of Honor recipient, completing an effort that began years ago by Marine veterans in Congress to preserve the Vietnam War artifacts. (from @wyattwolson.bsky.social)
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Vietnam turns over Marine camp artifacts honoring Medal of Honor recipient
Vietnam presented a massive stone sign “Camp Reasoner” in Da Nang, Vietnam completing an effort begun years ago by Marine veterans to preserve the Vietnam War artifacts.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded two U.S. athletic shoe manufacturers contracts worth more than a combined $150 million to provide training shoes for military recruits through 2029. (from @janiquarob.bsky.social)
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New Balance, San Antonio Shoemakers win $156.9 million in military contracts
New Balance and San Antonio Shoemakers were each awarded a three-year contract to provide training shoes for military recruits.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Sailors at Sasebo Naval Base are being directed to limit showers to five minutes and comply with other water-saving measures as a persistent drought in southwestern Japan strains the city's water supply. (from @janiquarob.bsky.social & @hanakusumoto.bsky.social)
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Sasebo sailors must take 5-minute showers as drought strains water supply
A persistent drought is straining the water supply at a U.S. Navy base in southwestern Japan.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The family of a U.S. airman who was shot down over Japan during World War II and died after being subjected to medical experiments while in captivity, recently joined descendants of a convicted Japanese war criminal for a memorial for American troops killed in the war. (from @janiquarob.bsky.social)
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Family of US airman who died in wartime medical experiments joins memorial in Japan
Charles Eugene Palmer’s relatives joined descendants of a convicted Japanese war criminal at a temple to remember him and other American troops.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New Balance and San Antonio Shoemakers were each recently awarded a three-year contract by the Defense Logistics Agency to provide training shoes for military recruits. The contracts are worth a combined $156.8 million. (from @janiquarob.bsky.social)
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New Balance, San Antonio Shoemakers win $156.8 million in military contracts
New Balance and San Antonio Shoemakers were each awarded a three-year contract to provide training shoes for military recruits.
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Aaron Kidd @kiddaaron.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded two U.S. athletic shoe manufacturers contracts worth a combined $156.9 million to provide training shoes for military recruits through 2029.
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New Balance, San Antonio Shoemakers win $156.8 million in military contracts
New Balance and San Antonio Shoemakers were each awarded a three-year contract to provide training shoes for military recruits.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ICYMI: An unidentified airman at Aviano Air Base in northern Italy was pronounced dead Tuesday at an off-base residence, the second fatality of an airman at the installation in less than two months. (from @chadgarland.bsky.social)
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Aviano airman pronounced dead near US base in Italy
An active-duty airman at Aviano Air Base in northern Italy was pronounced dead at his or her off-base residence Tuesday, base officials announced.
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Aaron Kidd @kiddaaron.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A Washington think tank with ties to Trump administration officials is calling for a dramatic retrenchment of U.S. military power in the Western Pacific, including ending defense alliances with Japan, South Korea, Australia and the Philippines and adopting a non-intervention policy toward Taiwan.
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Think tank with Trump administration ties calls for major US military pullback in Pacific
A recent proposal from Defense Priorities calls for ending defense alliances with longtime partners and adopting a non-intervention policy toward Taiwan.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Meet the literal and figurative GOATs of wildfire prevention at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. From Stars and Stripes' Lydia Gordon:
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Meet the GOATS of wildfire prevention at Marines’ Miramar base
Marines in California called in fire support from almost 500 four-legged reinforcements: goats.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A report released this week by a United Nations fact-finding mission found "reasonable grounds" to believe the United States carried out two strikes on a school and a sports center in Iran earlier this year and that both constituted war crimes. From Stars and Stripes' Jennifer H. Svan:
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UN report cites possible US war crimes in deadly strikes on Iran school, sports center
A United Nations fact-finding mission focused on a pair of Feb. 28 strikes that reportedly killed about 180 people, many of them children.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
During his State of the Air Force address this week, Chief of Staff Gen. Ken Wilsbach unveiled the service's plans to develop a new weapon system and establish a career field dedicated to defending bases from attack. (from @janiquarob.bsky.social)
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Air Force to add career field to strengthen defenses against attacks on bases
The Air Force plans to develop a new weapon system and establish a career field dedicated to defending its bases from attack.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
U.S. sailors at Sasebo Naval Base in southwestern Japan are being asked to limit showers to five minutes and comply with other water-saving measures starting Monday as a persistent drought strains the city's water supply. (from @janiquarob.bsky.social & @hanakusumoto.bsky.social)
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Sasebo sailors must take 5-minute showers as drought strains water supply
A persistent drought is straining the water supply at a U.S. Navy base in southwestern Japan.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The Air Force recently announced the “North Star Readiness Campaign,” aimed at increasing the number of mission-ready strategic bombers. www.stripes.com/branches/air...
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Air Force campaign aims to put more bombers in the sky
The Air Force recently announced the “North Star Readiness Campaign,” aimed at increasing the number of mission-ready strategic bombers.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
An aircraft incident briefly shut down the runway at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni south of Hiroshima this week, disrupting commercial flights that share the airfield, U.S. and Japanese officials said. (from @hanakusumoto.bsky.social & @janiquarob.bsky.social)
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Aircraft incident briefly shutters shared military-civilian runway in Japan
An aircraft incident shut the runway at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni for nearly an hour.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The Air Force is speeding up the reinstatement of former airmen discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, including changes aimed at eliminating a roughly 30-day bottleneck in the application process. (from @janiquarob.bsky.social)
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Air Force moves to quickly reinstate airmen discharged for refusing COVID-19 vaccine
The Air Force says it’s aiming to eliminate a roughly 30-day bottleneck in the application process for reinstating former airmen discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Fifth-generation Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II stealth fighters recently replaced fourth-generation F/A-18 Hornets in southwestern Japan for a rotational deployment of training across the Indo-Pacific. (from @janiquarob.bsky.social)
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Marine Corps F-35Bs replace Hornets in Japan under unit deployment program
F-35B Lightning II stealth fighters arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni for training with U.S. and allied forces throughout the Indo-Pacific region.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
ICYMI: Super Typhoon Bavi battered the small Pacific island of Rota in the Northern Marianas, leaving its 2,000 residents without power or running water and "every aspect" of the island damaged or destroyed, Mayor Aubry Hocog said Tuesday. (from @alexmwilson.bsky.social)
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‘Every aspect’ of Pacific island damaged or destroyed by Super Typhoon Bavi
Super Typhoon Bavi battered the small Pacific island of Rota, leaving its 2,000 residents without power or running water.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
A lawsuit brought by 17 long-serving transgender service members challenging an order that rescinded their early retirement benefits was argued in an initial hearing Tuesday in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. From Stars and Stripes' Linda F. Hersey:
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Long-serving transgender service members seek retirement benefits in court challenge
The complaint says the Air Force unlawfully revoked the early retirement orders of the plaintiffs, who were serving in the Air Force and Space Force.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
LATEST | Following U.S. strikes early Wednesday against targets in Iran, reports from Kuwait and Bahrain indicated Iran had launched attacks at those countries. The Kuwaiti army said its forces were "confronting hostile missile and drone attacks."
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US conducts latest strikes against Iran, which launches attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain
U.S. Central Command said it conducted strikes against over 80 targets in Iran, which reportedly then launched attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The Wellness Reset Program at Camp Zama in Japan recently marked seven years of improving soldiers' fitness by helping participants build healthier habit through education rather than simply losing weight. From Stars and Stripes' Marc Castaneda:
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Wellness Reset program at Army base in Japan marks 7 years of improving fitness
The Wellness Reset Program at Camp Zama is designed to help participants build healthier habits through education rather than simply losing weight.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
U.S. Marines, sailors and their families welcomed the NFL's Atlanta Falcons to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni this week during a two-day USO visit to the base in western Japan. Read about their visit and check out more photos from @janiquarob.bsky.social here: www.stripes.com/branches/mar...
A large group of high school students and adults pose in front of a white-painted wall in a school gymnasium. Several hold up white towels with the Atlanta Falcons logo, and two hold up a red, white and blue USO flag.Two NFL football players, one wearing an ordnance disposal suit and the other wearing and olive-green T-shirt reading "USO," talk to each other on a military base.Three NFL football players in red and black Atlanta Falcons jerseys stand among a group of kids in a community center, with one kid jumping up to high-five one of the players.An NFL football player wearing an olive-green T-shirt reading "USO" reacts and looks into the distance as he holds a remote control detonator, as a Marine in camouflage uniform stands next to him.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
PACIFIC STORM TRACKER | Typhoon Mekkhala remains potentially dangerous despite being downgraded to a Category-1 equivalent system Wednesday. U.S. bases on Okinawa entered Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness 3, and Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka set TCCOR 4.
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Typhoon 07W (Mekkhala), # 20; Okinawa in TCCOR 3, Yokosuka in TCCOR 4
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The Senate approved a House-passed measure to end unauthorized U.S. military action against Iran in a symbolic congressional rebuke of the war amid negotiations for a lasting peace agreement.
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Senate joins House in rebuking Iran war
The Senate approved a House-passed measure to end unauthorized U.S. military action against Iran in a symbolic congressional criticism of the war.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Descendants of U.S. airmen captured and executed in Japan during World War II and the descendants of the Japanese imperial officers who carried out those executions recently met face to face during a ceremony in Fukuoka. (from @janiquarob.bsky.social)
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Families of WWII airmen executed, and families of executioners, stand together in Japan
Descendants of U.S. airmen captured and executed in Japan during World War II and the descendants of their executors met face to face at a ceremony.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
An identified U.S. airman assigned to Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo was declared dead after being found unresponsive Saturday morning, the 374th Airlift Wing announced in a Facebook post. The wing did not provide any additional details, and the cause of the airman's death is under investigation.
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Airman found unresponsive, declared dead at US base in Japan
An airman was found unresponsive and declared dead Saturday, May 30, 2026 at Yokota Air Base.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Jude Cutler, a senior at Sasebo Naval Base in southern Japan, is one of 150 students to receive the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation's prestigious scholarship and the first DODEA student from the Pacific region selected in over a decade. (from @janiquarob.bsky.social)
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Military teen in Japan joins elite group of Coca-Cola scholars
A senior at Sasebo Naval Base is the first DODEA student from the Pacific region to receive a Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation scholarship in over a decade.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Camp Zama firefighter accused of poisoning coworker’s miso soup
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Camp Zama firefighter accused of poisoning coworker’s miso soup
Police say a Japanese firefighter poisoned a colleague’s soup with a chemical used as antifreeze several times at the home of U.S. Army Japan.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
U.S. Naval Forces Japan temporarily lost control of its official account on the X social media platform Wednesday when an unidentified person logged into it and changed some basic information. (from @alexmwilson.bsky.social)
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Unknown user temporarily hijacks X account of Naval Forces Japan
U.S. Naval Forces Japan temporarily lost control of its official X account when someone logged into it and changed some basic information.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
ICYMI: U.S. Southern Command confirmed that U.S. forces on Tuesday launched a strike on an alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing one person and leaving two survivors. From Stars and Stripes' Matthew Adams:
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US strike on alleged drug boat in Eastern Pacific kills 1, leaves 2 survivors
Southern Command said it immediately notified the Coast Guard to begin a search and rescue for the survivors.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
ICYMI: The Air Force has ordered an operational pause for all T-38 Talon aircraft, versions of which have been used as the service's primary jet training aircraft since the 1960s, following a recent crash at Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi.
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Air Force orders operational pause for all T-38 Talon aircraft
This pause allows an ongoing safety board to continue investigating a May 12, 2026, T-38 mishap involving an aircraft assigned to Columbus AFB.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
U.S. sailors and members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force gathered Thursday near Sasebo Naval Base to remember American prisoners of war and Japanese laborers who died building the Soto Dam during World War II. See more photos of the ceremony from @janiquarob.bsky.social here:
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Sailors honor American POWs, Japanese laborers who died building wartime dam
U.S. sailors and Japanese service members remembered American prisoners of war and Japanese laborers who died building the Soto Dam during World War II.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Soldiers from the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, also known as The Old Guard, quietly honored the fallen on Thursday by planting about 250,000 miniature American flags at gravesites across Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. www.stripes.com/history/2026...
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Army’s Old Guard honors thousands of fallen heroes at Arlington National Cemetery ahead of Memorial Day
The Army’s Old Guard honored thousands of fallen heroes by planting American flags at gravesites at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Disabled veterans and qualifying relatives of service members killed in action or later died of service-connected conditions are in line for a cost-of-living increase to their benefits under a bill led by Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan. www.stripes.com/veterans/202...
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Payments to disabled veterans, eligible family members would increase under inflation-fighting bill
The Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act will increase the monthly compensation rates for disability and indemnity compensation.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Lasers, microwaves and other directed-energy weapons systems will be deployed to defend against illegal drone flights around five military bases under a Pentagon pilot program just announced.
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5 US bases to get directed-energy weapons to counter drones under federal pilot program
Lasers, microwaves and other directed-energy weapons systems will be deployed to defend against illegal drone flights around five military bases.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
A House Republican who retired from the Army and more than a dozen House Democrats who served in the military are seeking to place limits on the U.S. war against Iran through two newly introduced bills.
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Military veterans in Congress propose bills to limit Iran war
Military veterans in Congress are seeking to place limits on the U.S. war against Iran through two newly introduced bills.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Four soldiers from Fort Hood were among 11 men arrested during a three-day sting in Bell County targeting people attempting to solicit sex from children and teens online.
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4 Fort Hood soldiers arrested in sting operation targeting sex solicitation of minors
Officials said suspects engaged in sexually explicit online conversations with individuals who identified themselves as between the ages of 13 to 16.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Monday that leaders have heard Donald Trump's complaints "loud and clear" and suggested that allies are preparing for a possible role in assisting the U.S. on matters related to securing the Strait of Hormuz. From Stars and Stripes' John Vandiver:
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Allies preparing for possible help role in Strait of Hormuz, NATO’s top leader says
European allies are adjusting course after U.S. President Donald Trump’s criticism of their lack of involvement in the Iran conflict.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
A class action lawsuit in federal court is challenging a Defense Department policy that limits transition benefits for health care to only those National Guard and Reserve members whose activation orders were categorized as supporting ‘‘a contingency operation.”
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Class action case challenges DOD’s benefits restrictions for Reserve and National Guard members
The lawsuit claims qualifying Guard and Reserve members are unlawfully denied TAMP benefits when their orders are not coded with specific language.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Attendance was down, but the rain couldn't keep everyone away from the 47th Friendship Day festival this weekend at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Japan, where spectators stuck it out under umbrellas to see the demonstration teams and aircraft showcases. (from @janiquarob.bsky.social)
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Rainy-day air show still popular at Marine air base in Japan
Aircraft still took to the skies during Friendship Day at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Japan despite rain, low clouds and flightline puddles.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
ICYMI: U.S. military forces on Monday started guiding commercial shipping from "neutral and innocent" countries through the Strait of Hormuz, according to Central Command and a social media post by President Donald Trump. From Stars and Stripes' Joseph Ditzler:
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CENTCOM ordered to guide commercial shipping through Strait of Hormuz
U.S. military forces will guide commercial shipping from “innocent and neutral” countries through the Strait of Hormuz, according to Central Command.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
JUST IN: U.S. forces have defeated multiple Iranian attacks aimed at commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command said, the first show of force in the U.S. military’s newest endeavor to restore traffic to the vital waterway.
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US forces intercept Iranian attacks on commercial vessels as part of effort to protect the Strait of Hormuz
Iran launched multiple cruise missiles, drones and small attack boats at the commercial ships and some U.S. Navy vessels, CENTCOM said.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
In the Philippine jungle, U.S. soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division are assembling their own drone aircraft by hand, right in the field.
U.S. Army Lightning Lab director Lt. Col. Nathan Whitney shows off small drones and their components at Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, April 30, 2026. (Aaron Kidd/Stars and Stripes)A training aid built with a field ration box by 25th Infantry Division soldiers in the Philippines helps troops understand how drones work. This one, pictured at Fort Magsaysay on April 30, 2026, can take flight. (Aaron Kidd/Stars and Stripes)
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Michael Anthony Pope, a science teacher at the home of U.S. Army Japan, recently became the first DODEA educator named to the National Teachers Hall of Fame: "You don't really think in the scope of … your impact being forever engraved in this honor." From Stars and Stripes' Marc Castaneda:
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DODEA teacher becomes first named to National Teachers Hall of Fame
A DoDEA teacher makes history by being the first to be inducted in the National Teachers Hall of Fame in Emporia, Kansas.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Chief Petty Officer Mark Paul Paloay Callos was sentenced Monday in Japan to a suspended sentence of 18 months in prison a year after he struck and killed a Japanese motorist. (from @alexmwilson.bsky.social & @hanakusumoto.bsky.social)
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Japanese court suspends negligent driving sentence for US sailor in traffic death
A Japanese court sentenced a U.S. sailor to a suspended sentence, one year to the day that his car struck and killed a Japanese motorcyclist.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The Army is relaxing the requirements for its cybersecurity awareness and information privacy training from an annual recertification to once every five years, according to a memo from the service's chief information officer. (from @janiquarob.bsky.social)
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Army extends cyber awareness challenge and privacy training to five years
The extension is part of efforts to “to reduce mandatory training requirements and restore mission focus,” the Army’s chief information officer said.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
A U.S. Army soldier faces federal charges for allegedly using classified intelligence regarding the raid on former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to secure over $400,000 in winnings on a digital prediction marketplace.
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US soldier charged with profiting from bets on Maduro raid
Gannon Ken Van Dyke, who took part in the raid to capture Nicolás Maduro, allegedly made over $400,000 wagering on the operation with Polymarket.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The land-based Patriot air defense system would be used on ships for the first time under a contract signed this week. Lockheed Martin will provide Patriot Advanced Capacity (PAC)-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptors to be integrated with the Navy’s Aegis Combat System aboard ships.
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Navy plans to put advanced version of land-based Patriot missile on ships
Lockheed has long pushed for a ship-based Patriot system for the Navy, saying the PAC-3s give ships a better defense against hypersonic missiles.
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