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www.stripes.com September 24, 2022 | View in browser   Retirement of former top general at Fort Benning held up amid investigation into social media use The Army has delayed the retirement of a general who relinquished command of Fort Benning, Ga., and the Maneuver Center of Excellence in July as the service completes an investigation of his use of social media, service officials said this week. Read more > World War II-era grenade found by snorkeling Misawa airman sparks shelter-in-place order Residents of an Air Force base in northeastern Japan were told to shelter in place after an airman reported finding what turned out to be a Japanese grenade from World War II. Read more > Iran protests may distract regime from making trouble for US, allies in the Mideast Protests roiling Iran in recent days are creating more volatility for the regime, and some analysts see a chance that the domestic turmoil will crimp Iranian support for proxy groups that attack U.S. allies in the Middle East. Read more >   Air Force jumps into hypersonic missile fray with contract totaling nearly $1B The Air Force awarded a nearly $1 billion contract for development of a new hypersonic missile system that could be fielded within five years, the service said. Read more >   German leader seeks energy deals, alliances on Gulf trip German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived Saturday in Saudi Arabia for the first stop of a two-day, three-country visit to the Middle East aimed at striking new energy deals and forging fresh alliances amid the economic and geopolitical turmoil resulting from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Read more > US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea with strike group to kick off joint drills The USS Ronald Reagan and its roughly 5,000 crew members arrived at South Korea’s largest port Friday. Read more >   AFN is working out kinks in Pacific trial for its new video-on-demand app Days into its trial of and livestreaming application, American Forces Network is finding and fixing problems in the on-demand system, network representatives told Stars and Stripes. Read more >   Navy says USS Nimitz’ water is ‘safe,’ no sailors sickened by jet fuel contamination Sailors aboard the USS Nimitz recently found “irregularities” in the aircraft carrier’s potable water supply, leading to the discovery that it had been tainted with jet fuel. Read more >   Coast Guard cutter returns to Guam after far-flung mission through Oceania The Coast Guard’s fast response cutter Oliver Henry returned home to Guam this week after completing a 43-day expeditionary patrol across Oceania intended to usher in a greater presence in the region by the service. Read more >   More than two dozen al-Shabab insurgents killed in US strike in Somalia The strike was launched over the weekend against al-Shabab terrorists who were attacking Somali troops near Buulobarde, in the central part of the country, U.S. Africa Command said. Read more >   Japan will reopen to visa-free tourism in October, lift daily entry limit Japan will ease border control requirements Oct. 11, removing a maximum daily entry cap, currently set at 50,000 visitors, resuming visa waivers and accepting tourists who are not traveling with a guided group, Kishida said during a news conference in New York, where he was attending the U.N. General Assembly. 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 Y