Stripes Today
Memories with Stars and Stripes
A collection of reader submitted Memories with Stars and Stripes Pacific.
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Rip-current rescue: Okinawa-based Marine’s quick actions save a Japanese woman’s life
Most swimmers and divers avoid rip currents as inherently dangerous, but Marine Staff Sgt. Billy Dixson likes to pole-spear octopus there.
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Air Force robot dogs patrol where airmen would rather not tread
Security forces at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida have begun using robot dogs for patrolling the installation, a first for the mechanized pooches.
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Cowboy military cartoonist has had quite a ride
Daryl Talbot has been making people think, laugh and cry with his cartoon for decades. He’s a cowboy at heart who also knows a thing or two about the military.
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Marine journalist Steve Stibbens, first to cover the Vietnam War for Stars and Stripes, dies at 84
The first Stars and Stripes reporter sent to cover the Vietnam War — Marine Gunnery Sgt. Steve Stibbens — died Saturday in Dallas at age 84.
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Pentagon will reverse shutdown order for Stars and Stripes
The Pentagon will rescind its order for Stars and Stripes to cease publication by Sept. 30, according to an email sent to the news organization Thursday.
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Ten House lawmakers urge Esper to restore funding for Stars and Stripes
A group of House lawmakers expressed “strong opposition” to a planned funding cut for the Stars and Stripes newspaper in a Wednesday letter to Defense Secretary Mark Esper.