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www.stripes.com April 5, 2023 | View in browser   China sending weapons to Russia would be ‘historic mistake,’ NATO chief says At NATO headquarters, members gathered this week to welcome Finland into the alliance fold. They also took stock of Russia’s war in Ukraine, which has raised security concerns that extend beyond Europe. Read more > Flight data recorders found after deadly Black Hawk crash The military says "black boxes" have been recovered from two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters that crashed last week in Kentucky, killing all nine soldiers aboard. Read more > Command sergeant major at Fort Polk charged with child pornography, other sexual misconduct Command Sgt. Maj. Jeremy Compton served as the top enlisted soldier of the 46th Engineer Battalion at Fort Polk for two years before his arraignment on six counts of sexual misconduct Nov. 8. Read more >   California Marines treat Japanese teen’s head wound after snowboarding accident Three members of 1st Battalion, 7th Marines rendered first aid to a Japanese teenager who suffered a head wound from a snowboarding accident at a Nagano ski area earlier this year. Read more >   Okinawa court convicts Kadena airman of setting fire to rooftop tool shed Okinawa’s Naha Summary Court on Friday convicted U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Mason Laubach, 27, of arson and trespassing in the January incident. Read more > Pharmacist sentenced to 15 years in prison in $11 million Tricare fraud scheme Prosecutors said Sandy Mai Trang Nguyen used her position as the pharmacist in charge of Irvine Wellness Pharmacy to help other schemers fill more than 1,000 bogus prescriptions. Read more >   China sends special patrol into Taiwan Strait ahead of Tsai’s meeting with McCarthy Chinese law enforcement vessels reportedly began a patrol of the Taiwan Strait just hours before Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen was scheduled to meet with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Read more >   US, Japanese team honors WWII airmen before recovering parts of their crashed B-29 bomber A group of US military officers partnered with Japanese hikers to recover parts of a B-29 Superfortress that crashed in the waning days of World War II. Read more >   Japanese police arrest Marines after separate incidents in Okinawa nightlife district Japanese police jailed two Marines in separate incidents over the weekend at a popular nightlife district outside Kadena Air Base. Both Marines were held on suspicion of causing bodily injury, according to a police spokesman. Read more >   Revised evacuation plan for Mount Fuji eruption encourages some to exit on foot The Mount Fuji evacuation plan got its first revision in nine years. Read more >   USS Gerald R. Ford carrier, strike group complete final certification for deployment The USS Gerald R. Ford and its strike group completed the final certification needed to ready the aircraft carrier for its maiden warfighting deployment. Read more >   STRIPES.COM | EUROPE | JAPAN | KOREA | OKINAWA | GUAM © 2022 Stars and Stripes · 633 3rd St. NW Suite 500, Washington, DC 20001-3050