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  South Korea-based soldier is first US service member to test positive for coronavirus

  The 23-year-old soldier, who is stationed at Camp Carroll, is the first U.S. service member to be confirmed with the infection, although a widowed dependent also was reported to be infected earlier this week.

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  Further facility closures at US bases in Europe possible as coronavirus spreads, Wolters says

  In Vicenza, Italy, the Army has closed on-base schools, child care centers, gyms and churches after a spike in coronavirus cases in the broader region. Military personnel also have been told not to travel to areas where clusters of confirmed cases have emerged.

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  ‘I had the intent to kill’: Japanese woman charged in Yokota airman’s stabbing death gives her testimony

  A Japanese woman who admitted to fatally stabbing an American airman in his off-base home said she aimed for his neck when questioned by a judge Wednesday during the third day of her jury trial in western Tokyo.

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  Thousands in military community poisoned by carbon monoxide over the course of a decade, study finds

  Around 6,400 troops and their family members were poisoned by carbon monoxide in the past decade, a military health study has found.

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  US military in Japan urges base commanders to impose more coronavirus screenings, cancellations

  U.S. Forces Japan elevated its health protection condition to Bravo on Wednesday and encouraged further precautions as the new coronavirus, COVID-19, spreads across the nation.