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Soldiers from 82nd, 101st airborne divisions among troops on alert for possible Eastern Europe deployment to challenge Russia Soldiers from the 82nd and 101st airborne divisions along with troops from other units are among the roughly 8,500 service members who have been placed on heightened alert for possible deployment to Eastern Europe should NATO request help deterring Russia from invading Ukraine, the Pentagon said Thursday. Read more >

Pentagon freezes vaccine mandate for its civilian workers after judge halts Biden policy The new Pentagon guidance directs DOD officials to pause the processing of vaccination exemption requests for medical or religious reasons. Read more >

North Korea test-fires another pair of ballistic missiles, South’s military says North Korea is believed to have fired two short-range ballistic missiles off its eastern coast at around 8 a.m., according to a text message from South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff. The communist regime last fired a pair of cruise missiles on Tuesday. Read more >   On-duty accident in Alaska claims life of Army specialist, an ‘aspiring leader’ The Army did not provide details on the circumstances or location of the accident, which is being investigated by the Army Criminal Investigation Division and U.S. Army Combat Readiness Center. Read more >   Video | Stripes in 7 for Jan. 27, 2022 This edition features stories about a missing U.S. soldier, the Navy discharging sailors and more. Read more >

Another former Navy officer pleads guilty to bribery in ‘Fat Leonard’ scandal Stephen Shedd, who once commanded the USS Milius, admitted in Southern District Court of California that he and eight other indicted officers from the Navy’s 7th Fleet received bribes from “Fat Leonard” worth more than $250,000, the Department of Justice said in a news release Wednesday. Read more >   Japanese pilots are responding more frequently to airspace challenges from China Japan has already scrambled more fighter jets to intercept approaching Chinese aircraft in the past nine months than it did during all of fiscal year 2020. Read more >   Quote credited to pop star Lana Del Rey draws attention to Army’s Twitter account A U.S. Army tweet featuring a quote credited to baroque pop singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey caught the attention of about 10 times more people than the service’s usual social media posts. Read more >   DODEA students’ performance puts them ahead of most nationwide peers, study finds Department of Defense Education Activity fourth graders and eighth graders excelled in reading and math in 2019, and improved significantly compared to students tested earlier in the decade. Read more >   COVID-19 continues record-breaking binge in Tokyo as US military cases tick up The U.S. military population looked forward to Monday and an end to three weeks of being confined mostly to their installations or their off-base homes. Read more >   Austin orders more focus on limiting civilian casualties Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday ordered his staff to quickly develop an “action plan” for improving how the Pentagon limits and responds to civilian casualties caused by American airstrikes. He called protection of civilians vital to U.S. military success and a “moral imperative.” Read more >

 

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