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www.stripes.com April 18, 2023 | View in browser   Air Force opens its own investigation into leaked Pentagon documents The Air Force also announced the 102nd Intelligence Wing, the Air National Guard unit based in Cape Cod, Mass., where Airman 1st Class Jack Teixeria served and allowed the leak to happen, is not currently performing its assigned intelligence mission. Read more > US military strategy in Indo-Pacific on track despite ‘disgraceful’ intel leaks, Pentagon official says A Defense Department official assured lawmakers that the recent leak of classified intelligence documents will not affect the U.S. military’s strategy in the Indo-Pacific as it calms allied countries in a region dominated by China. Read more > ‘You’re ignoring the law’: Navy secretary grilled in Senate over lack of amphibious ships Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro clashed with senators Tuesday over plans to retire several amphibious warships and not replace them, which would result in the service having fewer of the ships than is required by federal law. Read more >   Fort Gordon families say base housing still plagued with mold, sewage and other problems The issue of substandard military housing has made national headlines for years and sparked numerous Pentagon, congressional and independent inquiries, but the problems, at least at Fort Gordon, have not improved. Read more >   Erie coincidence: Navy’s new littoral combat ship is 4th to be dubbed Cleveland The Navy’s newest — and last — Freedom-class littoral combat ship has come a step closer to fleet service, a bittersweet milestone for a collection of vessels once hailed for their potential. Read more > Sweden announces arrival of US Marines taking part in huge NATO partner exercise U.S. Marines crossed the Norwegian border into Sweden on Tuesday to join one of Scandinavia’s largest military drills in decades, involving troops from more than a dozen countries. Read more >   US, Australia to hold largest-ever Talisman Sabre military drills this summer Talisman Sabre is scheduled to draw approximately 30,000 personnel to practice large-scale logistics, multidomain firepower, land combat, amphibious landings and air operations. Read more >   Divers recover 2 more bodies from Japanese army helicopter that crashed near Okinawa Search parties recovered two more bodies Monday from the submerged wreckage of a Japanese military helicopter that crashed in the East China Sea nearly two weeks ago. Read more >   US Forces Korea commander warns sexual assailants: ‘You are now the hunted’ The commander of U.S. troops in South Korea put would-be sexual assailants on notice during a speech earlier this month. Read more >   Marine on Okinawa faces drunken driving charge following motorcycle collision Japanese police say a U.S. Marine was driving under the influence of alcohol early Monday when his motorcycle crashed into a taxi on Okinawa. Read more >   Fishing derby turns base swimming pool into rainbow trout hot spot in western Tokyo A fishing derby kicked off several events that the Yokota Outdoor Recreation office scheduled in celebration of Earth Week, which runs through Saturday. Read more >   STRIPES.COM | EUROPE | JAPAN | KOREA | OKINAWA | GUAM © 2022 Stars and Stripes · 633 3rd St. NW Suite 500, Washington, DC 20001-3050