Stars and Stripes Daily Headlines

www.stripes.com

July 18, 2022 | View in browser

 

Navy exercise in Black Sea proceeds at a distance as Ukraine fights along its own shores Navy P-8A Poseidon patrol and reconnaissance planes from Task Force 67 based at Naval Air Station Sigonella in Sicily and expeditionary units from Task Force 68 based at Naval Station Rota in Spain are slated to participate in Breeze 2022. Read more >

Pentagon developing satellite program to track hypersonic missiles in flight The funds will pay for the development and launch of 28 satellites that will use infrared data and network communications to detect, track and warn warfighters of hypersonic missiles, which travel at speeds greater than Mach 5 or about five times the speed of sound. Read more >

Blue Angels 2023 roster includes first woman Super Hornet demonstration pilot Lt. Amanda Lee of Mounds View, Minn., will be the first woman F/A-18E/F demonstration pilot for the squadron. Read more >   DARPA scores success with hypersonic missile launch from Marine Corps truck DARPA said the system achieved all test objectives, ranging from usage of a logistics truck to launch a medium-range missile to incorporation of Army inventory artillery fire control systems. Read more >   Naval Academy midshipman found dead in Chile is second student to die in last two months A U.S. Naval Academy midshipman died Sunday, marking the second cadet to die this summer. Foul play is not suspected. Read more >

Texas National Guard sergeant with 24 years of service died in hotel while deployed to US-Mexico border An investigation is underway to determine the circumstances that led to the death of 52-year-old Sgt. Alex Rios Rodriguez, who suffered a medical emergency while deployed on a state-sponsored mission along the U.S. border with Mexico. Read more >   'It's our job to find them': Japanese, Americans dig for WWII remains on Okinawa Volunteers look for remains of two Americans killed in cave by Japanese holdouts after Battle of Okinawa. Read more >   Navy secretary reviews RIMPAC fleet, touts exercise’s importance in keeping ‘rules-based’ order Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro arrived in Hawaii on Saturday to review the multinational fleet assembled here for the Rim of the Pacific exercise. Read more >   Republican senators pushed VA to follow Mission Act guidelines for community care Nine Republican senators have written a letter to Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough urging the agency fulfill its promise to provide health care to veterans in a timely manner based on guidelines in the Mission Act. Read more >   Peruvian warship catches fire during RIMPAC exercise, injuring two crew members A fire broke out at 1 p.m. Sunday on the Peruvian corvette BAP Guise, burning two crew members, who were later evacuated by helicopter to a hospital in Honolulu. Read more >   Video | Stripes in 7 for July 18, 2022 This episode features stories about the long-term rise in chlamydia infections among active-duty service members, a former Army doctor who is offering free abortions and a World War II veteran who has been honored on her 100th birthday. Read more >

 

FOLLOW US STRIPES.COM | EUROPE | JAPAN | KOREA | OKINAWA | GUAM © 2022 Stars and Stripes · 633 3rd St. NW Suite 500, Washington, DC 20001-3050