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July 12, 2021

 

Top US general in Afghanistan hands over command as withdrawal reaches final stage Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie took charge of the remaining U.S. forces in Afghanistan during a ceremony Monday. READ MORE

Lying about vaccination status could mean trouble for Marine Corps personnel Marines and civilian employees for the service who lie about their vaccination status so they can remove their masks in public could be punished, the service said in updated coronavirus precaution guidance. READ MORE

Court decides millions of veterans are eligible for more GI Bill benefits A new court decision, if it holds, would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide billions of dollars in education benefits to more than 1 million post-9/11 veterans.  READ MORE   US military’s coronavirus count hits record high on Korean Peninsula Twenty-four of at least 48 new coronavirus patients affiliated with U.S. Forces Korea are at Camp Casey. READ MORE   Nature overtakes explosive ordnance disposal unit’s demo day at Marine base in Japan Inclement weather led to a change in plans for a explosive ordnance disposal unit demo at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. READ MORE

Japan-based sailor charged with drunken driving after May crash also accused of pot possession READ MORE   Coronavirus forces Olympic torchbearers to trade public pageantry for private ceremony A ceremony, held on the fourth day of Tokyo’s scaled-down torch relay, included 80 runners from the cities that are all close to or neighbors of Yokota Air Base. READ MORE   The cost of the Afghanistan war, in lives and dollars The death toll overall is in the many tens of thousands, and generations of Americans to come will be burdened by the cost of paying it off. READ MORE   Biden backs Trump rejection of China’s South China Sea claim The Biden administration on Sunday upheld a Trump-era rejection of nearly all of China’s significant maritime claims in the South China Sea. The administration also warned China that any attack on the Philippines in the flashpoint region would draw a U.S. response under a mutual defense treaty. READ MORE   Firefighters make progress against big fires in US West Firefighters were working in extreme temperatures across the U.S. West and struggling to contain wildfires, the largest burning in California and Oregon, as another heat wave baked the region, straining power grids. READ MORE   China says it chased US warship out of disputed sea; US Navy rejects claim China’s military said it chased a U.S. warship out of a disputed area of the South China Sea on Monday after Washington warned an attack on the Philippines might activate a mutual defense treaty. The U.S. Navy rejected the Chinese statement. READ MORE

 

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