Stars and Stripes Daily Headlines

View in browser October 4, 2021   Confederate flag raised, US and German flags stolen at 2nd Cavalry Regiment headquarters Military police are investigating after a Confederate flag was found flying from a flagpole outside 2nd Cavalry Regiment headquarters Monday and removed upon discovery, Army officials said. READ MORE All DOD civilians must be fully vaccinated by Nov. 22, Pentagon orders While seven weeks remain until the deadline, Defense Department employees only have until Nov. 8 to receive their final shots. The Pentagon does not consider a person fully vaccinated until two weeks after the last shot in the series is administered. READ MORE Another defendant sentenced in $1.5 million ID theft that bilked service members and veterans A former US Army medical records administrator in South Korea was ordered to serve more than 12 years in prison. READ MORE   Three aircraft carriers train together near Okinawa as China ramps up pressure on Taiwan The USS Ronald Reagan, fresh off its deployment to the Middle East, met the USS Carl Vinson and HMS Queen Elizabeth southwest of Okinawa on Saturday. READ MORE   American, Japanese students forge friendships at cultural exchange camp in Iwakuni Two-day Global Friendship Camps are taking place at several US military bases in Japan. READ MORE Navy awards $122 million contract to build gun range for Marines on Guam A machine-gun range at Andersen Air Force Base is expected to be completed in October 2024. READ MORE   One of the Navy’s ‘newest and most capable’ destroyers joins 7th Fleet in Japan The USS Ralph Johnson steamed into Yokosuka on Monday, completing a nearly three-week journey from the United States to its new homeport in Japan. READ MORE   Army helicopters damaged after heavy winds, rain and hail pelt base in South Korea Helicopters damaged in a storm in South Korea were not in the air during the storm and no injuries were reported, said the the 2nd Infantry Division's public affairs director. READ MORE   Popcorn, slushies and tunes: US troops, volunteers give Afghan refugees in Germany a taste of America As Afghan evacuees at Rhine Ordnance Barracks wait to move on, they are being introduced to aspects of American life. READ MORE   VA resumes debt collections after 18-month pause due to the coronavirus pandemic About 2 million veterans owe debts to the VA. The department sent letters to the veterans notifying them that payments would now come due. READ MORE   North Korea answers call from the South after restoring inter-Korean hotlines Communication hotlines between the two Koreas were restored at 9 a.m. Monday after lying dormant since this summer, according to South Korea’s Ministry of Unification. READ MORE   © 2021 Stars and Stripes · 633 3rd St. NW Suite 500 Washington, DC 20001-3050 VISIT STRIPES.COM