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Navy set to begin cleanup of fuel-contaminated well near Pearl Harbor The Navy expected over the weekend to begin filtering 5 million gallons of water a day drawn from the petroleum-contaminated Red Hill well on the outskirts of Honolulu. Read more >

Stay-at-home order ends Monday morning for troops in Japan, US military says The word looked for by the U.S. military community in Japan came down Saturday morning: Home confinement to curb the spread of COVID-19 ends 6 a.m. Monday. Read more >

US airman found dead inside off-base home in northeastern Japan A U.S. airman was found dead in an off-base home in northeastern Japan, Misawa Air Base announced Friday. Read more >   U.S. and allies debate the intelligence on how quickly Putin will order an invasion of Ukraine - or whether he will at all As Russia masses tens of thousands of troops on its border with Ukraine, along with tanks, artillery and missiles capable of striking the capital, officials in Washington, Kyiv and across Europe are debating the likelihood and timing of an invasion. Read more >   Ukrainian rebel region residents can join Russian military A Russian lawmaker is encouraging residents of rebel-controlled areas of Ukraine to join the Russian army. Read more >

Russia's risky options beyond full Ukraine attack Russia, which is seeking a pledge that NATO won't expand to include Ukraine, has options it could pursue short of a full-blown invasion. Read more >   Pro-Moscow separatists once marched in this Ukraine border city. Now it’s standing against Russia. The helicopter cut through the gray sky, following the path of the razor-wire fence below it. Lt. Col. Uiry Trubachov, of Ukraine’s Border Guard Service, squinted up at the chopper. Read more >   Joint Base Langley-Eustis under consideration for intel expansion Langley Air Force Base may be poised to bring in thousands of additional Air Force intelligence personnel. Read more >   Finnish diplomats’ mobile devices hacked with spyware The Finnish Foreign Ministry said the victims were targeted through Pegasus software developed by Israeli spyware company NSO Group. Read more >   Army veteran’s son accepts high school diploma for his late father San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools has posthumously awarded a high school diploma to James Kiyabu, a U.S. Army veteran, as part of Operation Recognition Veterans Diploma Project. Read more >   Funeral held in Vietnam for influential monk Thich Nhat Hanh A funeral was held Saturday for the Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, a week after the renowned Zen master and peace activist died at the age of 95 in Hue in central Vietnam. Read more >

 

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