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Stars and Stripes Daily Headlines

September 10, 2021

 

‘Resilience’: Pentagon workers commemorate the 9/11 attack on the complex that killed 125 DOD employees

Hundreds of Pentagon employees gathered Friday in the center courtyard at the headquarters of the Defense Department to pay tribute to 125 of their colleagues who died at the building on 9/11.

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20-year-old paratrooper stationed in Vicenza found dead

Spc. Ryan James, 20, of Baytown, Texas, was found unresponsive Tuesday. James was serving with Battle Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, based in Vicenza, Italy.

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A generation shaped by 9/11: Stories of Americans inspired to serve

In the 20 years since the attacks, some of those service members deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan multiple times. Some of the troops concluded their service and used the GI Bill to finish college, while others made a career out of the military. Their lives, and the lives of their families, were shaped by 9/11.

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One in three female airmen and guardians have experienced sexual harassment, report says

One in three female members of the Air Force and Space Force have experienced sexual harassment during their military careers, according to a Pentagon survey of more than 100,000 troops.

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Army-funded researchers built ‘shrimp-scale' robot to mimic the animal kingdom’s heaviest-hitter

The small, well-armored mantis shrimp can fire off a shell-cracking jab faster than a speeding bullet, and researchers have now managed to mimic that feat with a tiny robot.

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DODEA seeks feedback on proposed dress code for students at all Defense Department schools

A proposed update that simplifies the dress code for service members’ children at Defense Department schools is available for parents to review.

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‘The pain never goes away’: Americans in Germany mark 20th anniversary of 9/11 attacks

At ceremonies at Ramstein Air Base, Daenner Kaserne in Kaiserslautern and Clay Kaserne in Wiesbaden, scores of people remembered those who died when hijacked planes crashed into the Twin Towers in New York, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and a field near Shanksville, Pa.

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US military bases in Japan count 58 new cases as coronavirus slide continues in Tokyo

US military bases ended the four-day work week after Labor Day with 58 new cases of COVID-19.

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Marine Corps removes hazardous firefighting foam from its bases on Okinawa

Most of the potentially toxic aqueous firefighting foam was at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan but also at other camps and installations around the island prefecture.

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'Life just changed': Academy players, ex-coach recall 9/11

For those in charge of the young athletes at the nation's three service academies, memories of the 2001 terrorist attacks are tinged with sadness, anger and, above all, immense pride in watching their players realize that their mission to protect their country had suddenly been put front and center.

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Measles cases halt Afghan evacuee flights from two key bases

U.S. Customs and Border Protection made the decision on the recommendation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to halt the flights from U.S. bases in Germany and Qatar, according to the document.

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