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The guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam launches a Harpoon surface-to-surface missile Sept. 19, 2020, during a joint force sinking exercise targeting the decommissioned frigate USS Curts as part of the Valiant Shield exercise near Guam.<br>James Hong/U.S. Navy
The guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam launches a Harpoon surface-to-surface missile Sept. 19, 2020, during a joint force sinking exercise targeting the decommissioned frigate USS Curts as part of the Valiant Shield exercise near Guam.<br>James Hong/U.S. Navy

Guam exercise serves as laboratory for Air Force’s goal of an advanced warfare network

This year’s Valiant Shield exercise, which concludes on Friday, involves about 11,000 personnel from the Navy, Air Force, Army and Marine Corps. Roughly 100 aircraft are involved in the U.S.-only exercise, which is intended to hone joint warfighting capabilities.

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Marines with Battery C, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, fire M777 Howitzer rounds at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, July 21, 2020.<br>Jacob Wilson/U.S. Marine Corps
Marines with Battery C, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, fire M777 Howitzer rounds at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, July 21, 2020.<br>Jacob Wilson/U.S. Marine Corps

Munitions containers dumped illegally on northeast coast of Hawaii Island

Improperly discarded waste near the Pohakuloa Training Area posed "no imminent risk" to human health or the environment, an Army official said.

Air Force Gen. Ken Wilsbach, commander of Pacific Air Forces, speaks with World War II veteran Arthur Shak during a ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the end of the war aboard the Battleship Missouri Memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Sept. 2, 2020. <br>Gilbert Bolibol/U.S. Navy
Air Force Gen. Ken Wilsbach, commander of Pacific Air Forces, speaks with World War II veteran Arthur Shak during a ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the end of the war aboard the Battleship Missouri Memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Sept. 2, 2020. <br>Gilbert Bolibol/U.S. Navy

Pacific Air Forces leader eager to take up Palau’s offer to build joint military airfields

During Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s visit to Palau late last month, Palauan President Tommy Remengesau Jr. presented a written offer to host new U.S. military ports and airfields.

An issue of Stars and Stripes rolls off the press in central Tokyo, April 4, 2020. <br>Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
An issue of Stars and Stripes rolls off the press in central Tokyo, April 4, 2020. <br>Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes

Ten House lawmakers urge Esper to restore funding for Stars and Stripes

“Beyond serving as a reminder of home, the journalists at Stars and Stripes provide over 1 million daily readers with unfiltered news and perspective free of institutional bias,” said a letter signed by 10 U.S. representatives.

Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy render honors to the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during a ceremony Sept. 2, 2020, for the 75th commemoration of the end of World War II.<br>Holly Herline/U.S. Navy
Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy render honors to the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during a ceremony Sept. 2, 2020, for the 75th commemoration of the end of World War II.<br>Holly Herline/U.S. Navy

Ceremony marking 75th anniversary of WWII’s end reflects on a generation’s toil to turn ‘peril into peace’

On Wednesday, only a dozen veterans of the war were on the fantail of that ship in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to witness a commemoration marking the 75th anniversary of the war’s end, their numbers thinned by time.

A World War II-era warbird flies over the Battleship Missouri Memorial, moored in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during an aerial parade Aug. 30, 2020, as part of the 75th Anniversary of the End of WW II Commemoration.<br>Mikaley Kline/U.S. Indo-Pacific
A World War II-era warbird flies over the Battleship Missouri Memorial, moored in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during an aerial parade Aug. 30, 2020, as part of the 75th Anniversary of the End of WW II Commemoration.<br>Mikaley Kline/U.S. Indo-Pacific

End-of-WWII commemoration to be livestreamed from fantail of battleship Missouri in Hawaii

Over concerns of the coronavirus pandemic, only a few dozen people will be on hand Wednesday. Original plans for the commemoration called for a throng of 600 people to fill the USS Missouri.

A sailor aboard the French naval vessel FS Bougainville waves as Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship JS Ise sails by Aug. 24, 2020, during the Rim of the Pacific exercise held in waters near the Hawaiian Islands. French Navy<br>French Navy
A sailor aboard the French naval vessel FS Bougainville waves as Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship JS Ise sails by Aug. 24, 2020, during the Rim of the Pacific exercise held in waters near the Hawaiian Islands. French Navy<br>French Navy

RIMPAC ends with a bang — lots of them — as ships and aircraft sink retired Navy vessel

This year’s RIMPAC exercise, held entirely at sea due the coronavirus pandemic, joined navies from 10 nations. More than 16,000 small-arms rounds were shot during the two-week exercise.

An E-2C Hawkeye based at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., trains over Jacksonville, Fla., in July 2009. <br>John Ivancic/U.S. Navy
An E-2C Hawkeye based at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., trains over Jacksonville, Fla., in July 2009. <br>John Ivancic/U.S. Navy

Crew safely bailed out of Navy plane before it crashed on Virginia coast

The cause of the crash is under in investigation, but initial reports indicated “no structures or personnel on the ground were damaged or injured” as a result of the incident.

Elmer Halley, right, poses for a photo taken during World War II.<br>Chester Halley
Elmer Halley, right, poses for a photo taken during World War II.<br>Chester Halley

For US troops in the Pacific, the end of World War II deepened the ache for home

Many suspected the end was near after the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima on Aug. 6 and Nagasaki on Aug. 9. Their hope was fulfilled when Japanese Emperor Hirohito announced the surrender in a radio broadcast six days after the second bombing.

Crewmen of the USS Concord stand on the main deck below a statue of a minuteman mounted on the bulkhead, in this photo taken during the last 15 months of World War II. <br>Harry Roy Olson and Jenni Olson
Crewmen of the USS Concord stand on the main deck below a statue of a minuteman mounted on the bulkhead, in this photo taken during the last 15 months of World War II. <br>Harry Roy Olson and Jenni Olson

Who fired the final salvo of World War II? Depends on who’s calling the shots

The Pearl Harbor-based destroyer USS Ward is credited with firing America’s first shot in the war sinking a Japanese mini-submarine, but the end of fighting in the Pacific war was not as definitive.

James Lobisch poses with daughter Abigail and son Zachariah.<br>James Lobisch
James Lobisch poses with daughter Abigail and son Zachariah.<br>James Lobisch

Parents of toddler poisoned at unlicensed day care in Army housing sue government for negligent oversight

The parents of a 7-month-old girl who died last year at an unauthorized home day care in Army housing in Honolulu filed suit Wednesday alleging that negligence by active-duty military personnel and federal employees led to her death.