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Bits and Pieces with Betty Blyler-Beaver: The Star Spangled Banner
Do you get tears in your eyes when you sing the Star-Spangled Banner? Or pledge Allegiance? I noticed at public events people sometimes talk to each other or just wander ...
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Higher pay for shipyard workers critical for military shipbuilding revival, experts say
Svetlana Shkolnikova covers Congress for Stars and Stripes. She previously worked as a reporter for The Record newspaper in New Jersey and the USA Today Network. She is a graduate of the ...
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VA secretary accuses lawmakers of making the VA a ‘punching bag,’ pouring billions of dollars into agency without reform
WASHINGTON — Doug Collins, the secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, defended the mass firing of VA workers last month as the Trump administration’s solution to making the agency ...
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No sign of missing sea ambulance as 6-day search ends in the Pacific
Joseph Ditzler is a Marine Corps veteran and the Pacific editor for Stars and Stripes. He’s a native of Pennsylvania and has written for newspapers and websites in Alaska, California ...
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Marines expand F-35B’s presence in Japan, marking new phase for fighter operations
Seth Robson is a Tokyo-based reporter who has been with Stars and Stripes since 2003. He has been stationed in Japan, South Korea and Germany, with frequent assignments to Iraq, Afghanistan ...
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Passing the PLUS Act, reforms will help veterans navigate the VA process
The Trump administration’s DOGE agenda is gaining traction at the Department of Veterans Affairs. And not a moment too soon. Last week, VA Secretary Doug Collins wrote in The Hill that the ...
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String of anti-base protests brings suspended sentence for Okinawa woman
Brian McElhiney is a reporter for Stars and Stripes based in Okinawa, Japan. He has worked as a music reporter and editor for publications in New Hampshire, Vermont, New York and Oregon.
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One of the last US survivors of Pearl Harbor dies at 102
He was Stars and Stripes’ roving Pacific reporter from 2011-2013 while based in Tokyo. He was a freelance writer and journalism teacher in China from 2006-2009.
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Space Force’s secretive X-37B completes seventh mission after spending over a year in space
Alexander Banerjee is a digital editor for Stars and Stripes. Before joining Stripes, he spent four years as the editorial lead of The Factual, a nonpartisan and policy-oriented news startup.
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Probationary workers from Navy, defense health and logistics agencies first to be cut amid DOD layoffs
Stars and Stripes reporter Linda Hersey contributed to this report. Caitlyn Burchett covers defense news at the Pentagon. Before joining Stars and Stripes, she was the military reporter for The ...
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Florida Air National Guard now in fifth-generation fighter era
The Florida Air National Guard’s 125th Fighter Wing started its week by becoming the fourth Air National Guard unit to be equipped with fifth-generation fighter aircraft, according to a unit ...
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Firing of civilian workers has begun at the Defense Department
while advancing the administration’s imperatives of reduction and cost savings,” according to the letter. Stars and Stripes reporter Linda Hersey contributed to this report.