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- Can the rush in gaming help overcome the stress of combat? April 30, 2013
- Bill addresses JPAC workers, active digs and furlough days April 26, 2013
- Former sailor awarded for rescue of injured mountain climber April 25, 2013
- After Hours: Taipei Huaxi Tourist Night Market April 24, 2013
- Essex begins 18 months of maintenance, upgrades in San Diego April 23, 2013
- Stasis foam for battlefield wounds shows promise April 21, 2013
- First littoral combat ship arrives in Singapore April 18, 2013
- Perfecting bullet-proof glass from the nanoscale up April 16, 2013
- After Hours: Japan's glorious freestyle-buffet-wedding-karaoke April 15, 2013
- Remains of Korean War MOH recipient to be laid to rest in Arlington April 11, 2013
- Kanoukaen festival in Nagasaki prefecture, Japan April 11, 2013
- Defense Department budget unveiled; takes fire from all sides April 10, 2013
- Touring the nightmares of the Killing Fields April 10, 2013
- Sasebo residents protest plan to overhaul red brick building on base April 10, 2013
- Fate of Marines left behind in Cambodia in 1975 haunts comrades April 4, 2013
- With Guardian removed, officials to assess damaged reef off Philippines April 2, 2013
- USS Warrior arrives in Sasebo to replace grounded Guardian March 27, 2013
- Budget cuts cancel deployments of more Navy ships March 26, 2013
- Tortuga's command master chief relieved of duty March 25, 2013
- Marine Corps identifies some of the wounded in mortar accident March 22, 2013
- USS Freedom becomes first LCS to reach 7th Fleet's Pacific turf March 21, 2013
- Pollution from China spawns unhealthy haze at Sasebo March 20, 2013
- Lawsuit expands over radiation exposure during Fukushima disaster March 15, 2013
- US bases pause to remember Japan tsunami victims March 11, 2013
- Japan's radiated waste yet to be disposed March 10, 2013
- Grounded minesweeper decommissioned at somber ceremony March 6, 2013
- Air Force pilot's sex assault dismissal sparks cries for reform March 3, 2013
- USS Warrior to replace grounded Guardian February 26, 2013
- Littoral Combat Ship ready for first overseas deployment February 25, 2013
- Re-enlistment shows strong bond between US, Japanese navies February 22, 2013
- Work to dismantle Navy ship stuck on Philippine reef might begin soon February 21, 2013
- Our take: 2013 Best Picture Nominees February 20, 2013
- Curfew eased for servicemembers in Japan February 12, 2013
- Guardian salvage delayed another week as crane found inadequate February 12, 2013
- Four veterans among Presidential Citizens Medal recipients February 8, 2013
- Officials reject Navy assessment of USS Guardian damage to reef February 5, 2013
- Minesweeper to be cut up for removal from Philippine reef January 29, 2013
- Sailors back home in Sasebo as minesweeper remains stuck on reef January 28, 2013
- Air wing's move from Atsugi to Iwakuni delayed 3 years January 25, 2013
- Little has changed since Tailhook, based on Lackland scandal testimony January 23, 2013
- MSC salvage ship, Malaysian tug coming to grounded ship's rescue January 23, 2013
- Guardian crew removed as ship remains stuck January 18, 2013
- US sailors sue Japanese utility over radiation exposure December 27, 2012
- North Korean launch draws international criticism, calls for UN action December 12, 2012
- Fleet lifting some drinking restrictions on sailors in Japan December 11, 2012
- Summit will look at servicemembers' misbehavior in Japan November 28, 2012
- Pacific allies set their sights on drone development November 22, 2012
- Advances in prosthetics pair limbs with robotics November 17, 2012
- Gadsden continued family's recent domination November 16, 2012
- Kadena airman suspected in after-curfew assault on Okinawa teen November 2, 2012
- As bars suffer through curfew, troops complain of being 'treated like a kid' October 29, 2012
- Riverine success in Iraq shows need for naval quick-reaction force October 29, 2012
- Off-base bar owners lamenting military curfew in Japan October 24, 2012
- Overseas troops don't like what they see of NFL refs either September 26, 2012
- Finding sweet spot between informative and zany at AFN July 25, 2012
- Emergency landing in US stokes Japanese fears about MV-22 Osprey July 12, 2012
- Is the Osprey safe? Depends on which stats are used July 10, 2012
- Japan: Take a rare look into abandoned WWII site July 4, 2012
- Iwakuni Marine pursues pro-wrestling dream June 23, 2012
- Sasebo’s junior sailors tested for Spice en masse June 19, 2012
- Military's new R&R plan doesn’t include leaving Afghanistan June 18, 2012
- Sailor enters guilty plea in fatal traffic accident June 7, 2012
- Marines to offer early retirement, with benefits May 25, 2012
Matthew Burke covers Sasebo Naval Base and and Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan.
Burke joined Stripes in May, 2011, after serving as a staff writer for the Cape Cod Times daily newspaper in Massachusetts and traveling abroad. After graduating from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2005, he worked as a freelancer for several papers in the Boston area, including the Boston Globe, after he which he joined a collection of local weekly papers on Cape Cod as a staff writer.
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