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Pentagon shipping 4 more HIMARS, 32 howitzers to Ukraine The Pentagon will soon ship four more of the US rocket artillery systems to Ukraine that officials have labeled as critical to that country’s battlefield success against invading Russian troops, the Defense Department announced Tuesday. Read more >

North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan, prompting rare take-shelter warnings The U.S. military and Japanese government warned people to take cover Tuesday after North Korea fired a ballistic missile that sailed over northern Japan before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean. Read more >

National Guard soldier dies from self-inflicted gunshot while on duty at Texas-Mexico border A National Guard soldier died Tuesday morning from a self-inflicted gunshot while working on a state-sponsored mission at the Mexico border, state officials said. Read more >   Survey examines German-American ties in largest US overseas military community Ramstein Air Base’s support last year for Afghans fleeing the Taliban takeover and Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in late February have warmed some Germans to the U.S. military presence here, research says. Read more >   New task force leader vows to empty Hawaii fuel tanks ‘safely and expeditiously’ Each day that millions of gallons of fuel remain in the Red Hill storage facility in Hawaii is an “imminent threat” to the environment, the Navy officer in charge of emptying the tanks said. Read more >

Okinawa files yet another lawsuit to block construction of Marine Corps runway A new lawsuit is similar to one brought on Aug. 12 and seeks to reinstate Okinawa’s decision to reject a construction change application by runway builders, Gov. Denny Tamaki said. Read more >   Japanese man gets 13 years for drug-smuggling ring that involved US military bases on Okinawa A Japanese man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison and fined about $35,000 for leading a ring that smuggled illegal narcotics into Japan through the U.S. military postal system on Okinawa. Read more >   Hordes of the con: RAF Mildenhall entertainment event a big draw that’s ‘awesome to see’ Mil-D-Con, the largest ComicCon-type event in Britain for service members and their families, drew 4,000 attendees to RAF Mildenhall. Read more >   USS Gerald R. Ford, the Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, deploys for 1st time The Navy’s most technologically advanced warship pushed off from the pier at Naval Station Norfolk around 1 p.m. Read more >   ‘Strength through support.’ Wright-Patterson once again provides haven during a hurricane When 22 airplanes and about 250 Air Force personnel from Florida and South Carolina needed a haven from Hurricane Ian last week, operations and readiness personnel at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base did not view their visits as an interruption of their work. Read more >   Video | Stripes in 7 for Oct. 4, 2022 This episode features stories on the U.S. sending artillery to Latvia, the activation of the Army’s third Multi-Domain Task Force and more. Read more >

 

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