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Austin travels to Fort Bragg as 18th Airborne Corps returns from Europe Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will meet with troops from several units on the sprawling Army post, talk with top officials at base commands, and host a discussion with service spouses, according to officials at the Pentagon and Fort Bragg. Read more >

Water outages do not deter Kyiv residents bracing for cold and dark winter Russian missile strikes knocked out the water supply to most of Kyiv, and residents streamed, carrying water bottles, to a fountain at a public park. “We expect some kind of disturbance every day,” said Laila Ivanova, 80. “But we’re trying to stay in a positive state of mind.” Read more >

For Kyiv’s street vendors, taking cover from bombs is not an option Not even the threat of a missile or drone strike will make open-air vendors in Kyiv leave behind the memorabilia that’s an important source of their livelihood. Read more >   Navy seizes $1M in drugs, rescues men who set boat on fire in Gulf of Oman Patrol ships USS Chinook and USS Thunderbolt put out the fire on the vessel, which sustained significant damage and sank, the Navy said. But U.S. forces confiscated nearly 1,235 pounds of hashish, about one-third of the shipment. Read more >   Navy still short on answers about jet fuel pollution of USS Nimitz’s drinking water The cause of jet fuel contamination in the USS Nimitz’s drinking water remains undetermined several weeks after at least 11 sailors fell ill and the aircraft carrier was forced into an extended port stay. Read more >

USFK still accounting for personnel in wake of Seoul Halloween tragedy U.S. Forces Korea began an accountability check of its personnel on Sunday, hours after the deadly crowd surge during Halloween festivities in Seoul near Yongsan Garrison. Read more >   DOD decreases number of troops deployed along US-Mexico border as mission approved for a 5th year About 2,900 National Guard troops from more than 25 states are deployed now to the Mexico border in Texas, California, Arizona and New Mexico. Read more >   US ambassador touts community ties at Okinawa farmers market on Marine base Japanese customers mingled with the U.S. military population over fresh fruits and vegetables at a farmers market on Camp Hansen. Read more >   American and Japanese service members take the field at Iwakuni for Sports Day competition At Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, a group of enlisted sailors with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force coordinated a sports competition with their U.S. Marine and Navy counterparts. Read more >   Video | Stripes in 7 for Oct. 31, 2022 This edition features stories on a new app for military K-9 record keeping, DOD efforts to protect abortion access for female service members and more.  Read more >   US military now doing onsite weapons inspections in Ukraine A small number of U.S. military forces inside Ukraine have recently begun doing onsite inspections to ensure that Ukrainian troops are properly accounting for the Western-provided weapons they receive. Read more >

 

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