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An Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, like the one pictured, crashed in central Minnesota Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019, with three crew members aboard, a state National Guard official said.<br>Bradford Leighton/Illinois National Guard Public Affairs
An Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, like the one pictured, crashed in central Minnesota Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019, with three crew members aboard, a state National Guard official said.<br>Bradford Leighton/Illinois National Guard Public Affairs

A Black Hawk helicopter with three crew members aboard crashed Thursday in central Minnesota, a state National Guard official said.

A fast-attack submarine departs Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Nov. 12, 2019.<br>Amanda Gray/U.S. Navy
A fast-attack submarine departs Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Nov. 12, 2019.<br>Amanda Gray/U.S. Navy

Pearl Harbor shipyard shooter identified as 22-year-old assigned to submarine USS Columbia

A sailor who shot three civilian shipyard workers Wednesday, killing two and then himself, has been identified as 22-year-old Gabriel Romero, according to The Associated Press.

Navy spouse Stephanie Graham, right, talks with Army spouse Amanda Brewer prior to the start of a House Armed Services readiness subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019, as executives prepared to testify about military housing issues.<br>Carlos Bongioanni/Stars and Stripes
Navy spouse Stephanie Graham, right, talks with Army spouse Amanda Brewer prior to the start of a House Armed Services readiness subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019, as executives prepared to testify about military housing issues.<br>Carlos Bongioanni/Stars and Stripes

Management company fires 17 employees, assists in federal probe into fraud in military housing crisis

Richard C. Taylor of Balfour Beatty Communities, which manages housing on military bases, told lawmakers Thursday that the company fired 17 employees and is cooperating with a federal investigation into allegations that workers altered paperwork to receive financial bonuses from the Defense Department.

U.S. Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., questions VA Secretary Robert Wilkie during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 19, 2018. <br>Carlos Bongioanni/Stars and Stripes
U.S. Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., questions VA Secretary Robert Wilkie during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 19, 2018. <br>Carlos Bongioanni/Stars and Stripes

House VA committee passes bill aimed at tackling military suicide crisis

A House committee on Thursday passed a bill aimed at tackling the suicide epidemic plaguing the veterans and military community, after months of bickering between Democrats, Republicans and the Department of Veterans Affairs.


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Customers ordering out from fast food restaurants on overseas bases may soon be receiving months of charges dating from June through October due to a technical error, AAFES said.<br>Ann Pinson/Stars and Stripes
Customers ordering out from fast food restaurants on overseas bases may soon be receiving months of charges dating from June through October due to a technical error, AAFES said.<br>Ann Pinson/Stars and Stripes

Thousands of AAFES customers who ordered food online see late credit card charges due to glitch

Army and Air Force Exchange Service overseas customers who ordered online in recent months from exchange fast food restaurants could see batches of late charges turning up on their credit cards.

This 60-mm flare mortar landed in a farmer's field near Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019. Okinawa Defense Bureau<br>Okinawa Defense Bureau
This 60-mm flare mortar landed in a farmer's field near Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019. Okinawa Defense Bureau<br>Okinawa Defense Bureau

Marines suspend use of illumination flares after ‘several’ land off base on Okinawa

No injuries or damage were reported when the flare — roughly 4 inches long, 2 inches wide, and weighing about a half-pound — landed in the field under a parachute.

An officer assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS America speaks to sailors after arriving at Sasebo Naval Base, Japan, Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. <br>James Bolinger/Stars and Stripes
An officer assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS America speaks to sailors after arriving at Sasebo Naval Base, Japan, Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. <br>James Bolinger/Stars and Stripes

Amphibious assault ship USS America drops anchor at its new homeport in Sasebo, Japan

The USS America, the Navy’s newest and most advanced flat-deck amphibious assault ship, arrived Friday at its new homeport in southwestern Japan.

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Retired Rear Adm. James McPherson, currently General Counsel of the Army, was nominated to be Army undersecretary. <br>Courtesy of U.S. Army/TNS

Trump nominates Navy’s former top lawyer for Army undersecretary job

President Donald Trump intends to nominate retired two-star admiral James McPherson to be the next Army undersecretary, the White House said Thursday.

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In this Dec. 7, 1941 photo, smoke rises from the battleship USS Arizona as it sinks during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Divers will place the ashes of Lauren Bruner, a survivor from the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor, in the wreckage of his ship during a ceremony this weekend. Bruner died earlier in 2019 at the age of 98. <br>AP

Pearl Harbor vet’s interment to be last on sunken Arizona

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Customers ordering out from fast food restaurants on overseas bases may soon be receiving months of charges dating from June through October due to a technical error, AAFES said.<br>Ann Pinson/Stars and Stripes

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A top Defense Department official told lawmakers Thursday that more military forces could be sent to the Middle East as a check on Iran, after he and other Pentagon officials denied a news report that the increase could be as much as 14,000 new troops.

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As 58 migrants drown off Africa, a call to stop smugglers

The drowning of at least 58 migrants in the Atlantic Ocean off Mauritania sent despair through tiny Gambia on Thursday while some demanded a crackdown on human traffickers after one of this year's deadliest disasters among young Africans trying to reach Europe.

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Retired Rear Adm. James McPherson, currently General Counsel of the Army, was nominated to be Army undersecretary. <br>Courtesy of U.S. Army/TNS

Trump nominates Navy’s former top lawyer for Army undersecretary job

President Donald Trump intends to nominate retired two-star admiral James McPherson to be the next Army undersecretary, the White House said Thursday.

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In this Dec. 7, 1941 photo, smoke rises from the battleship USS Arizona as it sinks during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Divers will place the ashes of Lauren Bruner, a survivor from the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor, in the wreckage of his ship during a ceremony this weekend. Bruner died earlier in 2019 at the age of 98. <br>AP

Pearl Harbor vet’s interment to be last on sunken Arizona

On Dec. 7, 1941, then-21-year-old Lauren Bruner was the second-to-last man to escape the burning wreckage of the USS Arizona after a Japanese plane dropped a bomb that ignited an enormous explosion in the battleship’s ammunition storage compartment.

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Customers ordering out from fast food restaurants on overseas bases may soon be receiving months of charges dating from June through October due to a technical error, AAFES said.<br>Ann Pinson/Stars and Stripes

Thousands of AAFES customers who ordered food online see late credit card charges due to glitch

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A top Defense Department official told lawmakers Thursday that more military forces could be sent to the Middle East as a check on Iran, after he and other Pentagon officials denied a news report that the increase could be as much as 14,000 new troops.

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As 58 migrants drown off Africa, a call to stop smugglers

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Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, questions witnesses during a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing addressing suicide prevention on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019.<br>Carlos Bongioanni/Stars and Stripes
Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, questions witnesses during a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing addressing suicide prevention on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019.<br>Carlos Bongioanni/Stars and Stripes

Senate legislation looks for link between veteran suicides and prescription drugs

Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc., and Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, introduced the Veteran Overmedication Prevention Act of 2019, which would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct an independent, expert study on VA patients who died by suicide or from a drug overdose during the past five years.

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This 60-mm flare mortar landed in a farmer's field near Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019. Okinawa Defense Bureau<br>Okinawa Defense Bureau
This 60-mm flare mortar landed in a farmer's field near Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019. Okinawa Defense Bureau<br>Okinawa Defense Bureau

Marines suspend use of illumination flares after ‘several’ land off base on Okinawa

No injuries or damage were reported when the flare — roughly 4 inches long, 2 inches wide, and weighing about a half-pound — landed in the field under a parachute.

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A Westfield (Mass.) Water Resources Department truck is parked outside a City Hall news conference on July 22, 2019.<br>TNS
A Westfield (Mass.) Water Resources Department truck is parked outside a City Hall news conference on July 22, 2019.<br>TNS

Mass. city receives $1.35M reimbursement from Air Force for water contaminated with firefighting chemicals

Westfield, Mass. has received its $1.35 million reimbursement from the U.S. Air Force, money the city was owed because firefighting chemicals from Barnes Air National Guard Base contaminated the city’s drinking water supply.

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In this Sept. 23, 2011 photo, A Coast Guard 38-foot Special Purpose Craft Training Boat sits at the fuel pier in Women's Bay at Coast Guard Base Kodiak, Alaska. Nine people were hurt, including one critically, when a U.S. Coast Guard vessel collided with a U.S. Navy boat off Alaska's Kodiak Island. <br>Petty Officer 2nd Class Charly Hengen/U.S. Coast Guard
In this Sept. 23, 2011 photo, A Coast Guard 38-foot Special Purpose Craft Training Boat sits at the fuel pier in Women's Bay at Coast Guard Base Kodiak, Alaska. Nine people were hurt, including one critically, when a U.S. Coast Guard vessel collided with a U.S. Navy boat off Alaska's Kodiak Island. <br>Petty Officer 2nd Class Charly Hengen/U.S. Coast Guard

Coast Guard, Navy boats collide in Alaska; nine injured

Nine people were hurt, including one critically, when a U.S. Coast Guard vessel collided with a U.S. Navy boat off Alaska's Kodiak Island.

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Retired Rear Adm. James McPherson, currently General Counsel of the Army, was nominated to be Army undersecretary. <br>Courtesy of U.S. Army/TNS
Retired Rear Adm. James McPherson, currently General Counsel of the Army, was nominated to be Army undersecretary. <br>Courtesy of U.S. Army/TNS

Trump nominates Navy’s former top lawyer for Army undersecretary job

President Donald Trump intends to nominate retired two-star admiral James McPherson to be the next Army undersecretary, the White House said Thursday.

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Retired Rear Adm. James McPherson, currently General Counsel of the Army, was nominated to be Army undersecretary. <br>Courtesy of U.S. Army/TNS
Retired Rear Adm. James McPherson, currently General Counsel of the Army, was nominated to be Army undersecretary. <br>Courtesy of U.S. Army/TNS

Trump nominates Navy’s former top lawyer for Army undersecretary job

President Donald Trump intends to nominate retired two-star admiral James McPherson to be the next Army undersecretary, the White House said Thursday.

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This 60-mm flare mortar landed in a farmer's field near Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019. Okinawa Defense Bureau<br>Okinawa Defense Bureau
This 60-mm flare mortar landed in a farmer's field near Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019. Okinawa Defense Bureau<br>Okinawa Defense Bureau

Marines suspend use of illumination flares after ‘several’ land off base on Okinawa

No injuries or damage were reported when the flare — roughly 4 inches long, 2 inches wide, and weighing about a half-pound — landed in the field under a parachute.

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A Westfield (Mass.) Water Resources Department truck is parked outside a City Hall news conference on July 22, 2019.<br>TNS
A Westfield (Mass.) Water Resources Department truck is parked outside a City Hall news conference on July 22, 2019.<br>TNS

Mass. city receives $1.35M reimbursement from Air Force for water contaminated with firefighting chemicals

Westfield, Mass. has received its $1.35 million reimbursement from the U.S. Air Force, money the city was owed because firefighting chemicals from Barnes Air National Guard Base contaminated the city’s drinking water supply.

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In this Sept. 23, 2011 photo, A Coast Guard 38-foot Special Purpose Craft Training Boat sits at the fuel pier in Women's Bay at Coast Guard Base Kodiak, Alaska. Nine people were hurt, including one critically, when a U.S. Coast Guard vessel collided with a U.S. Navy boat off Alaska's Kodiak Island. <br>Petty Officer 2nd Class Charly Hengen/U.S. Coast Guard
In this Sept. 23, 2011 photo, A Coast Guard 38-foot Special Purpose Craft Training Boat sits at the fuel pier in Women's Bay at Coast Guard Base Kodiak, Alaska. Nine people were hurt, including one critically, when a U.S. Coast Guard vessel collided with a U.S. Navy boat off Alaska's Kodiak Island. <br>Petty Officer 2nd Class Charly Hengen/U.S. Coast Guard

Coast Guard, Navy boats collide in Alaska; nine injured

Nine people were hurt, including one critically, when a U.S. Coast Guard vessel collided with a U.S. Navy boat off Alaska's Kodiak Island.

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Retired Rear Adm. James McPherson, currently General Counsel of the Army, was nominated to be Army undersecretary. <br>Courtesy of U.S. Army/TNS
Retired Rear Adm. James McPherson, currently General Counsel of the Army, was nominated to be Army undersecretary. <br>Courtesy of U.S. Army/TNS

Trump nominates Navy’s former top lawyer for Army undersecretary job

President Donald Trump intends to nominate retired two-star admiral James McPherson to be the next Army undersecretary, the White House said Thursday.

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Retired Rear Adm. James McPherson, currently General Counsel of the Army, was nominated to be Army undersecretary. <br>Courtesy of U.S. Army/TNS
Retired Rear Adm. James McPherson, currently General Counsel of the Army, was nominated to be Army undersecretary. <br>Courtesy of U.S. Army/TNS

Trump nominates Navy’s former top lawyer for Army undersecretary job

President Donald Trump intends to nominate retired two-star admiral James McPherson to be the next Army undersecretary, the White House said Thursday.

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Brent Cook is in his fourth season as coach of defending Far East individual freestyle team champion Kubasaki.<br>Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes

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Osan turns back the clock by filling out the lineup

There were just two wrestlers in the Osan practice room two years ago, setting off concerns about an “empty room syndrome” at some of the smaller programs in Korea.