STRIPES (Keishi Koja) - Russian missile drills near disputed islands deepen tensions with Japan | Stars and Stripes
Russia fired antiship and cruise missiles during naval drills near islands claimed by Japan, according to Moscow.
STRIPES (Gary Warner) - Vandenberg security draws guns on invited media, military; base blames miscommunication | Stars and Stripes
A miscommunication between military personnel at Vandenberg Space Force Base led to journalists and public affairs officers being detained at gunpoint.
STRIPES (Wyatt Olson) - Special ops general says autonomous systems are key to countering ‘gray-zone’ tactics | Stars and Stripes
Brig Gen. Michael Rose, head of Special Operations Command Pacific, believes the U.S. military must expand its approach to autonomous systems
STRIPES (Phillip Walter Wellman) - Iran eyes US military bases in Europe as targets if war ramps up, report says | Stars and Stripes
U.S. bases in countries such as Bulgaria have been assessed as possible targets by Iran, two Iranian insiders reportedly said.
STRIPES (Phillip Walter Wellman) - Pentagon adds 60 wounded to Iran war casualty count | Stars and Stripes
Further American service members wounded in the Iran war were added to the Pentagon’s count of military casualties, bringing the total number to 775.
STRIPES - USS George Washington marks 200,000th arrested landing en route to Middle East | Stars and Stripes
The aircraft carrier USS George Washington recorded its 200,000th arrested landing Tuesday as it steamed toward the Middle East to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln.
STRIPES (Jennifer H. Svan) - Plane chartered by Army Corps crashes in Alaska, killing 8 | Stars and Stripes
A plane chartered by the Army Corps of Engineers crashed at Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site in western Alaska, killing all eight aboard.
STRIPES (Devin Klecan) - Air Force special operators in England hail British ‘Chindits’ of WWII as inspiration | Stars and Stripes
Members of an Air Force special operations wing based in England paid respects at a memorial honoring a British-led World War II special operations force.
STRIPES (Matthew Adams) - USS George Washington arrives in Middle East to relieve USS Abraham Lincoln | Stars and Stripes
The Abraham Lincoln has been has been operating for more than 250 days since its last rest-and-recreation port call.
STRIPES (Alex Wilson) - Navy base near Tokyo a ‘model for US-Japan integration,’ incoming commander says | Stars and Stripes
Capt. Jeff Schwab, who began his career as a helicopter pilot, took the helm of NAF Atsugi and relieved Capt. Nicolas Leclerc.