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Army plan would tap thousands of mainland soldiers for short-term Pacific rotations
Left to right: Gen. Robert Brown, U.S. Army Pacific commander; Ryan McCarthy, Army under secretary; and Gen. James McConville, vice chief of staff of the Army, speak with reporters at Fort Shafter, Hawaii, Tuesday, March 19, 2019.<br>Wyatt Olson/Stars and Stripes
Left to right: Gen. Robert Brown, U.S. Army Pacific commander; Ryan McCarthy, Army under secretary; and Gen. James McConville, vice chief of staff of the Army, speak with reporters at Fort Shafter, Hawaii, Tuesday, March 19, 2019.<br>Wyatt Olson/Stars and Stripes

Gen. Robert Brown, commander of U.S. Army Pacific, said the number of troops to be tapped annually has not yet been set and would vary depending upon circumstances and the preferences of allies and partner nations hosting the troops.

Chris Widell pins the Distinguished Service Cross on retired Sgt. Daniel Cowart during a ceremony March 20 at Fort Hood, Texas. Widell is a former Army officer and friend who Cowart said helped him regain confidence and purpose after being wounded in combat. Cowart received an upgrade from the Silver Star medal after a review of his actions on May 13, 2007, in Samarra, Iraq.<br>Rose L. Thayer/Stars and Stripes
Chris Widell pins the Distinguished Service Cross on retired Sgt. Daniel Cowart during a ceremony March 20 at Fort Hood, Texas. Widell is a former Army officer and friend who Cowart said helped him regain confidence and purpose after being wounded in combat. Cowart received an upgrade from the Silver Star medal after a review of his actions on May 13, 2007, in Samarra, Iraq.<br>Rose L. Thayer/Stars and Stripes

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“I think about those events every day:” Retired Army sergeant receives upgraded Distinguished Service Cross

Retired Sgt. Daniel Cowart’s Distinguished Service Cross is one of a dozen Silver Star medals announced recently made eligible for an upgrade by the Army through a review process of post-9/11 valor awards that began in 2016.

The USS Fitzgerald is seen at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, aboard the MV Transshelf, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017.<br>Stars and Stripes
The USS Fitzgerald is seen at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, aboard the MV Transshelf, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017.<br>Stars and Stripes

Navy enacts almost all changes recommended after fatal USS Fitzgerald, USS McCain collisions

The USS Fitzgerald collided with a Philippine container ship in June 2017, killing seven sailors. Two months later, the USS John S. McCain ran into a Liberian merchant vessel, resulting in the deaths of 10 sailors.

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, March 14, 2019.<br>Carlos Bongioanni/Stars and Stripes
Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, March 14, 2019.<br>Carlos Bongioanni/Stars and Stripes

DOD IG to probe allegations acting Pentagon chief’s actions benefited former employer

The investigation will determine whether acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan has promoted Boeing, where he worked for more than 30 years before arriving at the Pentagon in 2017, or disparaged the massive aerospace firm’s competitors


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Contracted employees of the Environmental Restoration, LLC company deploy a spill containment boom around the Offutt Air Force Base fuel storage area as a precautionary measure March 18, 2019 following flooding of the southeast portion of the base. <br>Delanie Stafford/U.S. Air Force
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Trump unleashes fresh attack on McCain following GOP criticism

At an Ohio tank factory, President Donald Trump enumerated a list of grievances against the late senator, who died in August, including that he had wrongly supported the war in Iraq and “badly” hurt the Republican party and the nation by voting against repealing Obamacare.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in greets Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats during a meeting in Seoul on Wednesday, March 20, 2019.<br>Courtesy of Cheong Wa Dae
South Korean President Moon Jae-in greets Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats during a meeting in Seoul on Wednesday, March 20, 2019.<br>Courtesy of Cheong Wa Dae

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An Army combat veteran from upstate New York has been found guilty of a double homicide in which he shot and killed his wife and a state trooper.

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Justin D. Walters<br>New York State Police

Army veteran is found guilty of double homicide against wife and NY state trooper

An Army combat veteran from upstate New York has been found guilty of a double homicide in which he shot and killed his wife and a state trooper.

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the supporters of his ruling Justice and Development Party, AKP, at a rally in Istanbul, late Tuesday, March 19, 2019, ahead of local elections scheduled for March 31, 2019.<br>Emrah Gurel/AP

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Coast Guardsmen in Bahrain share ‘ship-in-a-box’ with Navy, partners in Middle East

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Rescuers carry a body from a military helicopter in Chimanimani, about 360 miles southeast of Harare, Zimbabwe, on Wednesday, March, 20, 2019.<br>Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP

'There is death all over': Cyclone Idai toll rises above 300

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Chris Widell pins the Distinguished Service Cross on retired Sgt. Daniel Cowart during a ceremony March 20 at Fort Hood, Texas. Widell is a former Army officer and friend who Cowart said helped him regain confidence and purpose after being wounded in combat. Cowart received an upgrade from the Silver Star medal after a review of his actions on May 13, 2007, in Samarra, Iraq.<br>Rose L. Thayer/Stars and Stripes
Chris Widell pins the Distinguished Service Cross on retired Sgt. Daniel Cowart during a ceremony March 20 at Fort Hood, Texas. Widell is a former Army officer and friend who Cowart said helped him regain confidence and purpose after being wounded in combat. Cowart received an upgrade from the Silver Star medal after a review of his actions on May 13, 2007, in Samarra, Iraq.<br>Rose L. Thayer/Stars and Stripes

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“I think about those events every day:” Retired Army sergeant receives upgraded Distinguished Service Cross

Retired Sgt. Daniel Cowart’s Distinguished Service Cross is one of a dozen Silver Star medals announced recently made eligible for an upgrade by the Army through a review process of post-9/11 valor awards that began in 2016.

See more Army news
The USS Fitzgerald is seen at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, aboard the MV Transshelf, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017.<br>Stars and Stripes
The USS Fitzgerald is seen at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, aboard the MV Transshelf, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017.<br>Stars and Stripes

Navy enacts almost all changes recommended after fatal USS Fitzgerald, USS McCain collisions

The USS Fitzgerald collided with a Philippine container ship in June 2017, killing seven sailors. Two months later, the USS John S. McCain ran into a Liberian merchant vessel, resulting in the deaths of 10 sailors.

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From left, Peter Teichman, 48th Fighter Wing commander Air Force Col. Evan Pettus, Tuskegee Airman retired Air Force Lt. Col. George E. Hardy, and 48th FW vice commander Air Force Col. David Eaglin stand next to Hardy's former P-51D Mustang at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, on Oct. 4, 2016. <br>Malcolm Mayfield/U.S. Air Force
From left, Peter Teichman, 48th Fighter Wing commander Air Force Col. Evan Pettus, Tuskegee Airman retired Air Force Lt. Col. George E. Hardy, and 48th FW vice commander Air Force Col. David Eaglin stand next to Hardy's former P-51D Mustang at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, on Oct. 4, 2016. <br>Malcolm Mayfield/U.S. Air Force

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Marine veteran Richard Laugel<br>NYPD

Marine veteran, citing PTSD, gets prison for parking-spat bombing

A man who joined the Marines two days after the Sept. 11 attacks has been sentenced to a decade in prison after blaming post-traumatic stress disorder for car bombing his neighbor after a parking dispute.

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U.S. Coast Guard Air Stations Atlantic City, N.J., and Elizabeth City, N.C., medevac a man from the cruise ship MSC Divina near Atlantic City, March 19, 2019. <br>U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Coast Guard Air Stations Atlantic City, N.J., and Elizabeth City, N.C., medevac a man from the cruise ship MSC Divina near Atlantic City, March 19, 2019. <br>U.S. Coast Guard

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Coast Guard helps rescue unconscious man from cruise ship

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Chris Widell pins the Distinguished Service Cross on retired Sgt. Daniel Cowart during a ceremony March 20 at Fort Hood, Texas. Widell is a former Army officer and friend who Cowart said helped him regain confidence and purpose after being wounded in combat. Cowart received an upgrade from the Silver Star medal after a review of his actions on May 13, 2007, in Samarra, Iraq.<br>Rose L. Thayer/Stars and Stripes
Chris Widell pins the Distinguished Service Cross on retired Sgt. Daniel Cowart during a ceremony March 20 at Fort Hood, Texas. Widell is a former Army officer and friend who Cowart said helped him regain confidence and purpose after being wounded in combat. Cowart received an upgrade from the Silver Star medal after a review of his actions on May 13, 2007, in Samarra, Iraq.<br>Rose L. Thayer/Stars and Stripes

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“I think about those events every day:” Retired Army sergeant receives upgraded Distinguished Service Cross

Retired Sgt. Daniel Cowart’s Distinguished Service Cross is one of a dozen Silver Star medals announced recently made eligible for an upgrade by the Army through a review process of post-9/11 valor awards that began in 2016.

See more Army news
The USS Fitzgerald is seen at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, aboard the MV Transshelf, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017.<br>Stars and Stripes
The USS Fitzgerald is seen at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, aboard the MV Transshelf, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017.<br>Stars and Stripes

Navy enacts almost all changes recommended after fatal USS Fitzgerald, USS McCain collisions

The USS Fitzgerald collided with a Philippine container ship in June 2017, killing seven sailors. Two months later, the USS John S. McCain ran into a Liberian merchant vessel, resulting in the deaths of 10 sailors.

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From left, Peter Teichman, 48th Fighter Wing commander Air Force Col. Evan Pettus, Tuskegee Airman retired Air Force Lt. Col. George E. Hardy, and 48th FW vice commander Air Force Col. David Eaglin stand next to Hardy's former P-51D Mustang at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, on Oct. 4, 2016. <br>Malcolm Mayfield/U.S. Air Force
From left, Peter Teichman, 48th Fighter Wing commander Air Force Col. Evan Pettus, Tuskegee Airman retired Air Force Lt. Col. George E. Hardy, and 48th FW vice commander Air Force Col. David Eaglin stand next to Hardy's former P-51D Mustang at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, on Oct. 4, 2016. <br>Malcolm Mayfield/U.S. Air Force

Tuskegee Airman, Red Tail exhibit land at Florida airport

The Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron’s “Rise Above” Traveling Exhibit at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport features a movie theater, a fully operational Red Tail P-51C Mustang, and appearances by Retired Tuskegee Airmen pilot Lt. Col. George E. Hardy.

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Marine veteran Richard Laugel<br>NYPD
Marine veteran Richard Laugel<br>NYPD

Marine veteran, citing PTSD, gets prison for parking-spat bombing

A man who joined the Marines two days after the Sept. 11 attacks has been sentenced to a decade in prison after blaming post-traumatic stress disorder for car bombing his neighbor after a parking dispute.

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U.S. Coast Guard Air Stations Atlantic City, N.J., and Elizabeth City, N.C., medevac a man from the cruise ship MSC Divina near Atlantic City, March 19, 2019. <br>U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Coast Guard Air Stations Atlantic City, N.J., and Elizabeth City, N.C., medevac a man from the cruise ship MSC Divina near Atlantic City, March 19, 2019. <br>U.S. Coast Guard

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Coast Guard helps rescue unconscious man from cruise ship

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Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki, left, tips his hat to the crowd while leaving the field in the fourth inning of Game 1 of the Major League opening series against the Oakland Athletics at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo. <br>Koji Sasahara/AP

Fans celebrate Ichiro as Mariners top A's on opening day in Tokyo

A crowd that came to salute Suzuki in his homeland saw Domingo Santana deliver the biggest hit at the Tokyo Dome, a grand slam that sent Seattle over the Oakland Athletics 9-7 Wednesday in the Major League Baseball opener.

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Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki, left, tips his hat to the crowd while leaving the field in the fourth inning of Game 1 of the Major League opening series against the Oakland Athletics at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo. <br>Koji Sasahara/AP

Fans celebrate Ichiro as Mariners top A's on opening day in Tokyo

A crowd that came to salute Suzuki in his homeland saw Domingo Santana deliver the biggest hit at the Tokyo Dome, a grand slam that sent Seattle over the Oakland Athletics 9-7 Wednesday in the Major League Baseball opener.