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www.stripes.com March 10, 2022 | View in browser   Congressional support for larger defense budget grows amid Ukraine invasion Congressional support for increasing the defense budget is gaining steam amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as Democrats and Republicans rally to meet Russian aggression with long-term military might. Read more > Probes into deadly 2020 Kenya attack find US troops were poorly defended, trained and led U.S. forces were inadequately defended and military officials failed to recognize potential threats before a 2020 al-Shabab raid on their base in Kenya left three Americans dead, top Pentagon officials said Thursday in detailing two damning probes into the incident. Read more > Navy is latest service to end separations for those diagnosed with shaving-related skin condition Some sailors diagnosed with a skin condition that causes bumps, infections and other ailments from shaving will no longer potentially face being kicked out of the Navy because they can’t meet grooming standards. Read more >   Lawmakers ask for delay of new VA health record system after computer outage at Spokane hospital Lawmakers for Washington state are requesting the Department of Veteran Affairs delay the rollout of its multibillion-dollar electronic health record system after it recently crashed at Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center in Spokane, limiting veterans' services and affecting the records of more than 200 patients. Read more >   US Army hospital in Landstuhl teams with German colleagues to train for mass casualties Landstuhl Regional Medical Center teamed up with German doctors and medics for a mass-casualty response drill Thursday that stemmed from a mutually expressed need to work well together. Read more > Vehicle registration prices on the rise for US personnel in Germany The annual fee that service members and Defense Department personnel in Germany pay to register their personal vehicles will be $10 higher starting in May. Read more >   DODEA teachers win $10,000 presidential math and science award Lachanda Garrison, a math support specialist at The Bahrain School, and Antoine Sharpe, a mathematics instructional systems specialist at DODEA headquarters in the United States, received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Read more >   Ukrainians ‘protecting Europe with their lives’ receive truckload of items collected in Ramstein Air Base drive A team of volunteers at Ramstein Air Base raised nearly $6,800 to purchase basic items for civilians and volunteer fighters in Ukraine. Read more >   Marine who lost an arm in Afghanistan finds new purpose in Paralympic snowboarding A medically retired Marine who lost an arm to an improvised bomb in Afghanistan will race for gold in Paralympic snowboarding on Friday. Read more >   US Army is sending helicopters and troops to fight wildfires in South Korea The U.S. military has agreed to help fight raging wildfires in the mountains of South Korea’s eastern coast after a formal request from Seoul. Read more >   The real ‘Iceman’ was a Navy flight surgeon and ‘high-energy rock’ guitarist Former Navy flight surgeon Deniz Tek, 69, of Hawaii, was the Iceman before actor Val Kilmer made a character with the same call sign legendary. Read more >   FOLLOW US STRIPES.COM | EUROPE | JAPAN | KOREA | OKINAWA | GUAM © 2022 Stars and Stripes · 633 3rd St. NW Suite 500, Washington, DC 20001-3050