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A formation of F-15 Eagles, a KC-135 Stratotanker, an E-3 Sentry and an HH-60 Pavehawk taxis down the runway at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Wednesday, March 2, 2022.

Video | Stripes in 7 for March 7, 2022

This installment focuses on a U.S. Air Force showcase of the strength of its fighter and bomber fleets in Japan, the extension of a tank brigade’s Europe deployment and more.

A U.S. Army paratrooper with the 173rd Airborne Brigade surveys the land during training near Yavoriv, Ukraine on Sept. 25, 2021. The U.S. could deploy up to 5,000 troops, along with aircraft and warships to central and Eastern Europe in anticipation of a new Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to a New York Times report.

Video | Stripes in 7 for Feb. 1, 2022

Johnny Walkmann (left) and Billy Feeman are old hands at picture books, even though it's only their first day in Kindergarten at the Heidelberg dependents' school on Aug. 9, 1948.

Check out these back-to-school photos from the Stars and Stripes archives

Military family’s photo session ends with a ‘photobomb’ to remember

Community members at the Navy's Naples Support Site take part in Operation Fun/GDT (Get Down Tonight), March 25, 2020. The singalong event is held weekly on Wednesday and Friday evenings during the movement restrictions in place because of the coronavirus.

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Navy families under coronavirus restrictions in Naples ‘get down tonight’ with the Giant Voice

Operation Fun/GDT (Get Down Tonight) features music played over the base’s loudspeakers, known as the Giant Voice, at 6 p.m. two nights a week, as residents get a chance to wave hellos and bob along.

In this screen shot, Emily Cabana, a Marine spouse who lives at Patch Barracks in Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany, was filmed by neighbors Tuesday in a video that has drawn thousands of views on Facebook and been widely shared since.

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Military spouse mixes Andrew Lloyd Webber and beer in coronavirus quarantine balcony concert in Germany

A Marine spouse's parody version of "Think of Me," filmed at Patch Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany, has drawn lots of attention online.

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