COVER STORYNavy looks for answers after Seabee dies from malariaBy the time he got to Landstuhl, Joshua Dae Ho Carrell was more dead than alive. The Seabee was unconscious . His kidneys, liver and lungs were failing, and he was in shock, with his blood pressure falling. Carrell, 23, was suffering from severe falciparum malaria, an infection of red blood cells acquired from mosquito bites . • StoryWill South Korea be ready to assume wartime command?In two years, South Korea and the United States will make one of the biggest changes in the history of their decades-old military alliance — one that some experts say could put the country and the 28,500 U.S. troops stationed there at greater risk of attack by the North. • Story
Misawa EOD team practices working in 70-pound suitsEven though temperatures were in the low 40s, sweat poured off airmen of Explosive Ordnance Disposal here as they pushed themselves to their limits in 70-pound bomb suits. •Story
Extremist restrictionThinking of writing a few choice words in an online “white power” chat room? Think again. The Pentagon is cracking down on extremism in its ranks with a new set of rules restricting servicemembers from participating on the Web sites of supremacist groups. • Story
Troops continue Kandahar preparations with wary localsThe local mullah was angry. Despite his warm welcome earlier in the day, he insisted that U.S. and Afghan forces could not stay in his village overnight. “You don’t need to be here. I’ve already told you that security is good,” Hashim Maulawi told Capt. Jimmy Razuri, commander of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment. “But since you don’t believe me, I’m not coming to the shura tomorrow.” • Story
Servicemembers teach Afghans the ways of small-town governmentBefore deploying with his battalion to Afghanistan, Lt. Col. David Fivecoat did something unusual to prepare his men. He took his company commanders to a city council meeting in Clarksville, Tenn., across the border from their base at Fort Campbell, Ky., to “see the workings of small-town government.” • Story
Spouse CallsA weekly column in Stripes' Scene magazine by Terri Barnes, a military wife and mother of three who lives and writes in Germany. • This week's column • Terri Barnes' blog
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