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Memories with Stars and Stripes
A collection of reader submitted Memories with Stars and Stripes Pacific.
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Call her coach: Wounded veteran finds camaraderie in competitive esports
Jody Farmer spent the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic with little to do as she struggled with injuries from her military career, until an opportunity to coach college esports came along and restored some of the camaraderie she missed from her service.
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US Forces Japan contemplates ‘carrots for jabs’ as bases report four new virus cases
U.S. military commands in Japan reported four new coronavirus cases as of 6 p.m. Friday as the daily count in the capital city fell again below 300.
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More than 1 million doses of coronavirus vaccine given to military personnel despite high opt-out rate
Many of the Defense Department personnel opting out of receiving the coronavirus vaccine are doing so because they believe individuals at higher risk of complications from the disease should be vaccinated first, the director of the Defense Health Agency said Friday.
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Court awards $2.3 billion to USS Pueblo crew, more than 50 years after they were held in North Korea
A federal court has awarded $2.3 billion to several crewmembers and families of the USS Pueblo, a Navy ship taken hostage by North Korea more than 50 years ago.
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Okinawa governor calls for dramatic reduction of US military footprint on the island
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki is urging Tokyo and Washington to slash the U.S. military footprint on the island where some 30,000 U.S. troops are stationed.
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PETA pushes Pentagon to end the drinking of cobra blood during jungle survival training
An animal rights group has petitioned the Pentagon to end the practice of Marines and soldiers decapitating snakes and consuming their blood during survival training at the annual Cobra Gold exercise in Thailand.