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www.stripes.com April 24, 2023 | View in browser   Navy moves ships to Red Sea in case US needs to move Americans out of Sudan The USS Truxtun, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, is near Port Sudan now, and the USS Lewis B. Puller, an expeditionary mobile bases vessel, is en route to Sudan’s coast. Read more > US Air Force shifts refueling mission from Germany to Poland The move is aimed at reinforcing NATO’s eastern flank, the Air Force said. Read more > Democratic senator warns 'what goes around, comes around' as Republican senator stalls Pentagon promotions The Democratic chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee cautioned Monday that a Republican senator’s stalling tactic on Defense Department promotions will eventually harm the military and deadlock the upper chamber’s routine confirmation process for officer nominees. Read more >   Navy aircraft carrier makes history with ‘once in a lifetime’ milestone — 350K trap landings The USS Nimitz hit the mark Saturday in the South China Sea when an F/A-18F Super Hornet touched down on the deck. Read more >   American Reaper drones debut over Philippine land and sea during Balikatan exercise A pair of MQ-9 Reapers – the same type of plane that carried out numerous strikes in combat zones over the past 16 years – are flying intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance missions during the annual Balikatan exercise. This year’s drills involve 17,000 U.S. and Philippine troops. Read more > Blood pressure concerns lead to health benefits at Navy base in Italy A joint effort at Naval Support Activity Naples to tackle high blood pressure among active-duty service members is seeing success in getting them to be more conscientious about their overall health. Read more >   2 Fort Hood soldiers in custody for setting fire in barracks laundry room The Fort Hood Fire Department was dispatched at about 1 a.m. Saturday in response to a fire alarm at a barracks building, according to base officials. Firefighters forced their way into a laundry room and located two separate fires in a washer and a dryer. Read more >   Balikatan drill unites typhoon survivor with US airman who provided disaster relief after 2013 storm It’s been a decade since Air Force Lt. Col. Matthew Davis helped deliver aid and evacuate people after a massive typhoon swept over towns and villages on the Philippines’ eastern coast. Read more >   Expedition discovers wreck of Japanese ‘hell ship’ that carried more than 1,000 POWs Over the course of 16 days, an expedition tracked down the wreck of the SS Montevideo Maru at a depth of more than 13,000 feet. Read more >   Marine runway construction on Okinawa may finish by 2032, Japan’s defense minister says Construction of a runway designated the future home of Marine Corps air operations on Okinawa is only 14% complete and will take until 2032, at least, to complete, the Japanese defense minister said recently. Read more >   Missile-defense units arrive on Japan’s westernmost island ahead of North Korean launch Equipment and personnel arrived Sunday at Yonaguni, Japan’s westernmost inhabited island, a day after the country’s defense minister ordered the Patriot Advanced Capability-3, or PAC-3, missile-defense system to be deployed there.  Read more >   STRIPES.COM | EUROPE | JAPAN | KOREA | OKINAWA | GUAM © 2022 Stars and Stripes · 633 3rd St. NW Suite 500, Washington, DC 20001-3050