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June 25, 2021

 

USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Middle East to assist US drawdown from Afghanistan The Reagan, and its crew of 5,000 service members, joins the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, which has been in the region since early April. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin later that month ordered the ship to stay there ahead of the drawdown’s May 1 start. READ MORE

Air Force chooses Joint Base Langley-Eustis to host F-22 training The Air Force plans to host F-22 fighter jet training at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., the service announced Friday, almost three years after the program left its original home at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., after a devastating hurricane. READ MORE

Army staff sergeant will make history when she boxes for Team USA at Tokyo Olympics Army Staff Sgt. Naomi Graham’s jab is the boxing equivalent of a Hellfire missile launched from attack helicopter at a distant opponent. READ MORE   AC-130J Ghostrider crew earns heroism medals for helping 88 troops escape death in Afghanistan Five crew members received the Distinguished Flying Cross and four others earned single event Air Medals for the September 2019 mission in an undisclosed area of Afghanistan. READ MORE   Navy in Naples relaxes rules on masks outdoors as Italy eases coronavirus restrictions Starting Monday, Naval Support Activity Naples will no longer require masks outdoors if social distancing of at least six feet can be maintained, the base said Friday. READ MORE

Another US base in Japan loosens coronavirus restrictions for fully vaccinated troops U.S. military bases across Japan have updated off-limits area maps as infections number continue to fall in most parts of the country. READ MORE   Luong, handing US Army Japan’s reins to Vowell, wraps up his 34-year military career The 34-year career of the Army’s first Vietnamese-born general officer came to an end on Friday as Maj. Gen. Viet X. Luong relinquished command of U.S. Army Japan to Brig. Gen. Joel Vowell. READ MORE   House committee advances major bill for veterans with toxic exposure The bill, titled the Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2021, is similar to a bill that the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee advanced earlier this month. READ MORE   US Air Force, UK detect dozens of drones violating military airspace using new technology New technology has detected more than 50 small drones violating the airspace around two bases used by the U.S. Air Force in England in the past nine months, officials have said. READ MORE   Naval Academy midshipman who died on leave played linebacker for the football team Michael Myles James, 22, was found unresponsive at his uncle's house on Wednesday. READ MORE   Russia steps up efforts to sow confusion and fear of conflict ahead of naval exercise, analysts say  Exercise Sea Breeze comes ahead of Russian threats to potentially fire on participants if they intrude in their territorial waters and following a dispute over the passage of a British destroyer through the Black Sea. READ MORE

 

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