STRIPES (Ryan Breeden, Keishi Koja) - Defense Department school librarian pulls teenager from rough seas off Okinawa | Stars and Stripes
Kadena middle school librarian and Army veteran Michael Cottrell rescued a 19-year-old from rough Okinawa surf.
STRIPES (Matthew Adams) - Marine Corps plans to expand force by more than 6,500 | Stars and Stripes
The additional Marines will be spread across 64 initiatives, creating specialties and enhancing infantry battalions, drone units and air defenses.
STRIPES (Lydia Gordon) - Parris Island service member found dead in waterway was Navy corpsman on depot | Stars and Stripes
Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Yu Wei Huo, 33, was found dead in the Broad River, according to a Marine Corps statement.
STRIPES (Brian McElhiney, Keishi Koja) - American tourist accused of setting Okinawa hotel fire where Marine helped rescue guests | Stars and Stripes
An American tourist faces arson and attempted murder charges for an Okinawa hotel fire wherein a Marine helped rescue guests.
STRIPES (Hana Kusumoto, Janiqua Robinson) - Aircraft incident briefly shutters shared military-civilian runway in Japan | Stars and Stripes
An aircraft incident shut the runway at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni for nearly an hour.
STRIPES (Stars and Stripes Brie...) - From the archives: Actor Will Smith pays a visit to Yokota Air Base, 2007 | Stars and Stripes
Actor Will Smith thrilled troops and family members during a visit to Yokota Air Base, Japan, in 2007.
STRIPES (Ryan Breeden, Keishi Koja) - Air Force moves to ease Okinawa housing shortage as families wait weeks for homes | Stars and Stripes
Military families arriving on Okinawa are spending an average of three to five weeks searching for homes amid a tight housing market, officials said.
NYTIMES (Sabrina Tavernise and Sophie Park) - This Marine Died in the Iraq War. His Mother Asks, ‘What Was It For?’
Travis Fuller was from my hometown. I went back and talked with his family about how they made sense of his death, 25 years after Sept. 11.
STRIPES (Phillip Walter Wellman) - Acting Navy secretary orders return of Marine family after spouse’s viral plea from Germany | Stars and Stripes
Navy Secretary Hung Cao directed the Marine Corps to issue stateside return orders for a military spouse and her family as she navigates divorce overseas.
STRIPES (Corey Dickstein) - Marines push drones and defenses to squad level to prep ground forces for tech-heavy battlefield | Stars and Stripes
The Marines believe moving advanced technology into their smallest units will allow those forces to operate farther apart, making them harder to find.