Stripes Today
A bullet creased a Navy heart at Pearl Harbor and sparked a WWII love story
During their nearly 50 years together, Alice Darrow was fond of saying she filled the bullet-sized hole in her Navy husband’s heart from the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor with love.
COMMENTARY| Don’t let the Pentagon silence Stars and Stripes
As Stars and Stripes ombudsman, I have two distinct roles, one conventional and one unique to Stripes.
South Korea-based soldier with coronavirus keeps positive attitude while in isolation
Army Pfc. Victoria Tolley considers herself fortunate even though she has been largely isolated in a barracks room for six weeks after testing positive for the coronavirus.
Meat & Potatoes: Why community is key to warfighting
As I waited in line at the commissary, I perused the military newspapers in the rack — Hmm, so the Air Force is allowing beards now, huh?
DOD proposes stripping Stars and Stripes’ funding in 2021 budget request
The Pentagon has proposed a cut to funding for Stars and Stripes as part of its $705.4 billion budget request submitted Monday to Congress, a senior defense official said.
Esper defends stripping Stars and Stripes of all funding, says news organization is not a priority
Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Thursday defended the Pentagon’s effort to strip Stars and Stripes of all of its federal funding as part of its fiscal year 2021 budget request, telling reporters in Brussels that the independent news organization is not a priority.