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US to deploy another 500 troops and aircraft to Europe Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin approved the deployment of an additional 500 U.S. troops and equipment to Europe as nearly all the combat power that Russia massed to invade Ukraine are now in the country, chief Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Monday. Read more >

National Guard mission in DC extended in response to ‘People’s Convoy’ trucker protest Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin extended the deployment of about 700 troops through Wednesday, after the mission initially approved Feb. 23 was set to expire Monday. Read more >

One Joint Base Andrews intruder in custody, another still at large following sweep of the Maryland post A teenage intruder with a gun was apprehended, and a second remained at large Monday, after an overnight sweep of Joint Base Andrews determined there was no threat on the Maryland military post, officials said. Read more >   Navy adds runway and command center to a floating ice chunk for Arctic exercise The Navy-led Ice Exercise began Friday and aims to boost knowledge and skills in the high north, the Navy said in a statement Sunday. Read more >   Austin calls for permanent closure of fuel tanks in Hawaii at center of tap-water contamination The Navy’s massive underground fuel storage facility in Honolulu at the center of widespread well-water contamination will be permanently shut down, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Monday. Read more >

Cold War-era chief of naval operations Hayward dies at 97 Retired Adm. Thomas B. Hayward, a former chief of operations who is credited with restoring Navy pride in a post-Vietnam era that saw the transition to a volunteer force and the re-emergence of the Soviet naval threat, has died. He was 97. Read more >   Japan curtails some COVID-19 emergencies; US military averages 88 new cases per day The number of new COVID-19 infections in Japan’s capital city on Monday was 4,000 less than a week prior, according to public broadcaster NHK and city data. Read more >   Army reports November death of military policeman, 19, at barracks in South Korea A 19-year-old military police soldier stationed in South Korea was found dead in his barracks room in November, according to Army officials. Read more >   Japan curtails some COVID-19 emergencies; US military averages 88 new cases per day The number of new COVID-19 infections in Japan’s capital city on Monday was 4,000 less than a week prior, according to public broadcaster NHK and city data. Read more >   Crisis deepens, Ukraine accuses Moscow of ‘medieval’ tactics The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine deepened Monday as Russian forces intensified their shelling and food, water, heat and medicine grew increasingly scarce, in what the country condemned as a medieval-style siege by Moscow to batter it into submission. Read more >   Video | Stripes in 7 for March 7, 2022 This installment focuses on a U.S. Air Force showcase of the strength of its fighter and bomber fleets in Japan, the extension of a tank brigade’s  Europe deployment and more. Read more >

 

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