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STRIPES (Linda F. Hersey) - 5 things to know in veterans news: 2027 disability pay rate increase, new epilepsy treatment, a cookbook from a 90-year-old veteran | Stars and Stripes

The VA disability compensation rate increase is expected to be 3.7% or 3.8%, a 90-year-old veteran has a new cookbook and a new VA epilepsy treatment.

STRIPES (Rose Thayer) - Commissaries across the US affected by refrigeration outages | Stars and Stripes

The outages have forced the grocery stores to throw out thousands of dollars’ worth of meat, dairy, produce and frozen foods.

STRIPES (Alison Bath) - US forces ‘got the job done’ in clearing mines from Strait of Hormuz, CENTCOM boss says | Stars and Stripes

U.S. forces cleared Iranian sea mines from the Strait of Hormuz, reopening key shipping lanes and boosting security for global oil transport.

STRIPES (Matthew M. Burke) - US soldier dies in fiery crash on German highway | Stars and Stripes

The soldier was killed when two cars skidded into oncoming traffic and struck a tractor-trailer, according to German media reports.

STRIPES (Chad Garland) - Pentagon gets first NATO ally responses to questionnaire as it weighs Europe troop cuts | Stars and Stripes

The exercise is part of a Europe force posture review that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced in June.

STRIPES (Jeremy Stillwagner) - Air Force launched a new Space-A website months ago. Some travelers still don’t know about it | Stars and Stripes

The new online tool gives travelers a centralized way to register for Space-A flights rather than emailing individual terminals or submitting paper forms.

STRIPES (Matthew Adams) - Trump signs order to create space-focused service academy | Stars and Stripes

The academy will help train the next generation of service members, engineers and civilian operators needed as ​the space industry ​grows.

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.

STRIPES (Matthew M. Burke) - ‘That’s a lot’: Nearly 2,000 drone systems to be sprung on troops at Germany exercise | Stars and Stripes

The annual Saber Junction exercise in Germany is testing how U.S. and allied forces adapt to an increasingly drone-saturated battlefield modeled on Russian tactics.

NYTIMES (Shawn Hubler and Maxine Joselow) - Trump Administration Looks to Give a Swath of Yosemite Park to Developer

The proposed land swap would allow easy access to the crown jewel of the national park system. Democrats and former Park Service officials are incensed.