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www.stripes.com October 2, 2022 | View in browser   9 NATO countries call to admit Ukraine as counteroffensive presses on The leaders of Czechia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania and Slovakia issued a joint statement backing a path to NATO membership for Ukraine. Read more > 10 torture sites in 1 town: Russia sowed pain, fear in Izium Russian torture in Izium, Ukraine, was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine for both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an Associated Press investigation has found. Read more > Marines make 6,100-mile trans-Pacific flight in Ospreys Hawaii-based Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268 recently concluded their deployment to Australia as part of Marine Rotational Force-Darwin with a 6,100-mile, island-hopping flight home. Read more >   USS Gerald R. Ford to skip traditional sendoff, braces for potential weather delays The Ford is slated to depart Naval Station Norfolk on Monday, embarking on its first deployment. But the sendoff will not include a huge crowd of loved ones and patriots lining the pier to wish approximately 4,000 sailors fair winds and following seas. Read more >   Air Force Academy’s ‘mom/dad’ controversy draws renewed attention to a modern, military-wide debate The “woke wars” that have been raging in U.S. culture for the past few years have now arrived full force in military academies, as evidenced by the recent controversy over a diversity and inclusion briefing at the Air Force Academy — and the academy’s defense of the program. Read more > Their loved ones are Ukrainian medics — and Russian prisoners of war “You want to shout to the whole world,” one prisoner’s sister says as families press for the medics’ release. Their capture and treatment could constitute a war crime. Read more >   North Korea carries out another round of ballistic missile testing, South’s military says North Korea carried out its fourth round of weapons testing in less than a week on Saturday, firing what the South’s military said were two short-range ballistic missiles launched off its eastern coast. Read more >   VA to open caregiver program to all veterans Saturday The Department of Veterans Affairs will open eligibility for one of its caregiver programs to veterans starting Saturday. Read more >   Coast Guard rescues more than 100 people in Florida, S.C. Guard readies response as Ian makes second landfall U.S. service members were working “around the clock” to clear debris and rescue stranded people in at least 20 Florida counties hit by Hurricane Ian, military officials said as the storm made its second landfall in South Carolina. Read more >   This astronaut trains by flying fighter jets; a reporter went along for the ride Spaceflight is a difficult, scary endeavor that doesn’t come with a game-over button. That’s why Jared Isaacman and his crew train by flying jets — where there’s no escape. Read more >   Libyan authorities: 42 bodies discovered in mass grave The 42 bodies had been exhumed from a school site in the city following a "tip off" from an investigation conducted with captured Islamic State fighters. 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