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www.stripes.com November 19, 2022 | View in browser   ‘They want purpose’: Gen Z is vital to solving military’s recruiting problems, Army secretary says The Army’s top civilian acknowledged Friday that there are serious challenges in recruiting new troops to the largest U.S. military branch, and she pointed to several possible fixes that begin with young Americans identified as Generation Z. Read more > Marines get last delivery of iconic H-1 helicopter. But don’t call it the ‘end of an era’ yet A Marine unit at Camp Pendleton took delivery this month of its last new H-1 helicopter, 60 years after the service ordered its first ones in 1962. Read more > Wounded vet’s caretaker stuck in Mexico while his health deteriorates. Immigration wait could be 2 years. Army veteran Joel Gomez lies in a nursing home bed, struggling with complications related to the catastrophic injuries he suffered in the Iraq War nearly two decades ago. Meanwhile, his caretaker, who has served him since 2007, is in Mexico awaiting her immigration papers. Read more >   Air Force Academy cadet named 2023 Rhodes scholar Dating back to 1902, the Rhodes Scholarship is the oldest international scholarship program. Recipients of the award receive a fully funded postgraduate degree at the University of Oxford, where Air Force Academy Cadet James Landy will pursue his master’s in philosophy of international relations. Read more >   US defense secretary blames Putin's war for Poland explosion US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Saturday the deadly missile explosion in Poland this week is a consequence of Russian President Vladimir Putin's "war of choice" against Ukraine, and said international stability and prosperity are at stake in the conflict. Read more > FEMA grants $5 million to National Guard for COVID work at Holyoke Soldiers Home FEMA will grant the Massachusetts National Guard more than $5 million for the cost of providing medical staff and setting up temporary hospitals to handle COVID patients between March and September 2020. Read more >   Iran will help Russia build drones for Ukraine war, Western officials say After weeks of savaging Ukrainian cities with Iranian-made drones, Moscow has quietly reached an agreement with Tehran to begin manufacturing hundreds of unmanned weaponized aircraft on Russian soil, according to new intelligence. Read more >   Biden to mark his 80th birthday, sort of It is a day that has been met with a hint of dread. The nation's oldest president is hitting a new, and most unwelcome, milestone on Sunday, and no one really wants to celebrate. Even President Biden himself. Read more >   53 rescue dogs survived a plane crash. Now you can adopt them. The plane crash landed on the green of the fifth hole, then shot through some trees - snapping off the wings - before plowing through a marsh, skidding across the second hole fairway and ramming into a tree on hole No. 3, where it came to rest. Everyone and every dog aboard the plane survived. Read more >   Loss of 38 satellites prompts call for better space weather forecasts When SpaceX launched 49 Starlink communications satellites into low orbit in February, the goal was to connect remote locations on Earth to the internet. But a space storm dashed those plans, causing 38 of the satellites to fail and costing the commercial space company millions. 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