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www.stripes.com September 26, 2022 | View in browser   US Army artillery arrives in Latvia as allies seek to deter Russia The U.S. Army dispatched long-range artillerymen to Latvia for national combat readiness drills alongside local and allied forces, service officials said. Read more > Coast Guard cutter goes on alert with sighting of Russian-Chinese naval formation near Alaska The crew of the Honolulu-based cutter Kimball was on a routine patrol of the Bering Sea on Sept. 19 when they encountered the Chinese guided-missile cruiser Renhai about 75 nautical miles north of Kiska Island, Alaska. Read more > 5,000 National Guard troops activated as MacDill AFB, Naval Station Key West close ahead of Hurricane Ian’s arrival in Florida Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered the 5,000 troops to active duty, sending them to stage in armories across the state and prepare to rapidly respond to the hurricane after it makes landfall. Read more >   Italian canal built in 1500s is the site of new supply line for US troops A swing rail bridge over the Navicelli canal near the port of Livorno allows the U.S. military to better connect the Army’s Pisa Ammunition Storage Area at Camp Darby to European rail lines. Read more >   Tributes pour in for Army’s former Rheinland-Pfalz garrison leader Klosinski following his death Col. Vance Klosinski, who led U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz until last year, is being remembered for his leadership following his death from appendix cancer over the weekend. Read more > Harris touches down at Yokota to kick off first visit to Japan as vice president The vice president is slated to visit Yokosuka Naval Base, home of the U.S. 7th Fleet south of Tokyo, on Wednesday to greet service members and tour the destroyer USS Howard. Read more >   Day after missile launch, US and South Korea start drills designed to prep for North’s provocations The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is participating in joint training with South Korean warships, one day after North Korea test-fired another ballistic missile. Read more >   Search continues for US airman sucked out to sea while swimming off Okinawa A search continued Monday for an American airman who went missing while swimming over the weekend near Kunigami village on the northeastern tip of Okinawa. Read more >   Video | Stripes in 7 for Sept. 26, 2022 This installment features info on a new study that found higher rates of veteran suicide, service members and DOD civilians qualifying for loan forgiveness, and more. Read more >   Navy bribery fugitive 'Fat Leonard' seeks asylum in Venezuela Leonard Glenn Francis orchestrated a huge bribery scheme involving dozens of U.S. Navy officers. Read more >   Russian military recruiter shot amid fear of Ukraine call-up A young man shot a Russian military officer at close range at an enlistment office Monday, in an unusually bold attack reflecting resistance to the Russian leadership's efforts to mobilize hundreds of thousands of men to wage war on Ukraine. 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