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Military families at MacDill AFB agree to settle housing lawsuit Five military families who filed a lawsuit over unsafe housing and shoddy maintenance work in homes rented at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., have reached a pending settlement with the company contracted to manage the homes, according to federal court records. Read more >

‘Warthogs’ return to Europe for large military drills Four of the A-10s will head from Iceland to Norway on Friday while the other six are due to fly to North Macedonia on Saturday to support exercise operations, USAFE-AFAFRICA said. Read more >

From port to port, testimony details ‘Fat Leonard’s’ alcohol- and sex-fueled parties As a lieutenant commander in 2008, Stephen Shedd never considered reporting the gifts and favors that he said some of the senior staff of the Navy’s Seventh Fleet exchanged with the military contractor known as “Fat Leonard.” Read more >   New rules prevent Army and Air Force commanders from denying leave to obtain an abortion The Army and Air Force have removed a significant hurdle service women face in obtaining abortions, adopting new guidance just as the U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to overturn the landmark ruling that legalized the procedure nationwide. Read more >   Confronting Russia will deter China, says Japanese defense minister A strong international response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine is critical to deterring China from embarking on territorial conquests in Taiwan or the South China Sea, said Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi. Read more >

China orders government, state firms to dump foreign PCs China has ordered central government agencies and state-backed corporations to replace foreign-branded personal computers with domestic alternatives within two years, marking one of Beijing’s most aggressive efforts so far to eradicate key overseas technology from within its most sensitive organs. Read more >   Ship slated for decommissioning deployed to provide Navy versatility in Europe, Africa A Freedom-class littoral combat ship that was put on the chopping block in the Navy’s most recent budget proposal has deployed to the US 6th Fleet area of operations, a theater where the vessels never have operated before. Read more >   Ruck march, wild cards and no sleep: US troops chase Best Warrior title in South Korea Warrior week is meant to identify “the best of the best” and to get “soldiers back to the idea of mastering the fundamentals,” Command Sgt. Maj. Albert Turner said. Read more >   Hundreds of DODEA students attend first Career Day since pandemic began Career Day drew more than 500 middle- and high-school students from this U.S. airlift hub in Tokyo for a glimpse of their possible futures. Read more >   Okinawa governor makes case for peace and a reduced US military presence in Japan Denny Tamaki says the continued presence of U.S. military bases on Okinawa impedes the prefecture’s development. Read more >   US Army Alaska to be reflagged as airborne division amid surge in troop suicides U.S. Army Alaska will be redesignated the 11th Airborne Division with the aim of instilling a better defined “sense of identity” for soldiers as the service grapples with troop suicides in the state, the secretary of the Army told lawmakers Thursday. Read more >

 

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