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July 22, 2021

 

Two soldiers killed in 2017 Niger ambush named honorary Green Berets Army Sgt. 1st Class Jeremiah Johnson and Sgt. La David Johnson received the rare honor during a small, private ceremony for their families Tuesday at Fort Bragg, N.C., an Army Special Operations Command spokesperson said in a statement. READ MORE

House approves bill to boost number of visas for Afghan interpreters The bill from Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., would streamline the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa program by boosting the number of visa slots by an additional 8,000. READ MORE

Spangdahlem officer's family counts themselves lucky after being trapped by catastrophic flood in Germany The Shellys are among some 20 Spangdahlem families who were displaced in the rural Eifel region, base officials said. READ MORE   Hikers find missing Army lieutenant’s body near Mount St. Helens Hikers found 1st Lt. Brian Yang, 25, unresponsive in the Mount Whittier area shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday, according to a Facebook post by the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office. READ MORE   Remembering ’64: Cold War added fire to competition during Tokyo’s first Olympics The Olympics was also held with Cold War tensions at a fever pitch as the Russians vied with the West for nuclear and space supremacy and communist insurgencies threatened to topple Southeast Asian nations like dominoes. READ MORE

Tokyo’s COVID-19 numbers climb higher as Okinawa cracks down on pandemic violators Japan’s capital city recorded a third consecutive day of more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, the day before the Olympic Games’ opening ceremonies. READ MORE   Video may show man moving body of woman dumped in Kaiserslautern alley last year, police say Police asked the U.S. community in Kaiserslautern for help identifying a man captured in newly released surveillance camera footage, who is suspected of involvement in the death of a woman whose body was found in December. READ MORE   Japan, Okinawa officials to test Marine air station’s treated wastewater for toxic chemicals Monday’s sampling follows local media reports that the Marine Corps had asked Okinawa prefecture to release the treated water into the local system. READ MORE   Mover shortages, housing markets causing PCS frustrations for military families this summer, Army general says The Army reported some 4% of the about 72,000 shipments for permanent change of station moves, known as PCS, that the service had completed since April had been delayed, noting many soldiers use more than one shipment for each move. READ MORE   Indo-Pacific Command employee pleads guilty to mishandling classified documents after dinner party guest found them in her room Asia Janay Lavarello admitted one count of “knowingly removing classified information concerning the national defense or foreign relations of the United States and retaining it at an unauthorized location.” READ MORE   Hunter Army Airfield contractor charged with lying to investigators after stabbing himself at work A contractor at an Army base in Georgia has pleaded not guilty to three felony charges after prosecutors say he stabbed himself and told investigators he’d been attacked and robbed. READ MORE

 

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