North American Aerospace Defense Command intercepted four Russian aircraft in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone, the command announced. Read more at: www.stripes.com/theaters/asi...

‘A life remembered’: Yokosuka bell rings in honor of sailors lost over the past year

The Navy has finished the $129.8 million cleanup of the former World War II blimp hangar at the shuttered Marine Corps Air Station Tustin that was destroyed by fire two years ago.

The Army has begun work on a $94.5 million renovation project at Fort Shafter, Hawaii, to transform the historic Richardson Theater into the new headquarters for the 3rd Multi-Domain Task Force. (from @wyattwolson.bsky.social)

It's been nearly a month since Larry Pickett Jr. helped rescue a man from a crashed car just before it caught fire. He's still getting praise and attention, but the West Point football player continues to nonchalantly deflect it all: "If it was any other cadet, they would have done the same thing."

A German soldier told authorities that two Russian-speaking men assaulted him this week as he got into his car in the Bavarian town of Sulzbach-Rosenberg, about eight miles from the U.S. Army base in Vilseck.

Nine Army bases have reverted to their original names in recent months — though without the Confederate affiliations — but remnants of the rebranding remain.

Iran appears to have begun rebuilding missile-production sites targeted by Israel during its 12-day war in June, satellite images analyzed by the AP show, but a key component is likely still missing — the large mixers needed to produce solid fuel for the weapons.

The Pentagon has stepped back from the policy that requires all troops to get the flu shot every year by introducing exemptions for reservists and proclaiming that the shot is only necessary in some circumstances for all service members, according to a document obtained by the AP.

The South Korean government is investigating a series of data breach reports at three of the country's largest cellphone service providers, companies that sell plans to U.S. military customers.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned global leaders Wednesday that the world is in "the most destructive arms race in human history" and urged the international community to act against Russia now, asserting that Vladimir Putin wants to expand his war in Europe.

Live-fire drills this week at Camp Hansen on Okinawa allowed Marines who normally work in logistics, communication, supply and administration to gain proficiency on light and heavy machine guns. (from @brianmcelhiney.bsky.social)

China recently reached a milestone when its newest aircraft carrier successfully launched and recovered fifth-generation fighter jets with an electromagnetic catapult, possibly a global first, according to two defense experts. (from @alexmwilson.bsky.social)

LATEST | Authorities say a shooter with a rifle, identified as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn, opened fire from a nearby roof onto a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement location in Dallas on Wednesday, killing one detainee and wounding two others in a transport van before taking his own life.

A recent memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth proposes a sweeping reorganization of defense acquisition work that would establish a new four-star general overseeing that work while moving new acquisition teams to the Pentagon.

Firearm classes recently began at Yokota Air Base's new Combat Arms Training and Maintenance Facility. The $21.6 million range expands the western Tokyo base's training capabilities, making it possible to train more airmen in a variety of simulated conditions.

Veterans like Julio Torres are often promised that military service will be a fast-track to U.S. citizenship for themselves and their family members. But as President Donald Trump pursues a mass deportation agenda, Torres and other veterans fear they may not be allowed to remain in the U.S.

The Army and Air National Guard exceeded their fiscal year 2025 recruiting goals last month, enlisting nearly 50,000 new Guard forces for the year. #Flashes

The U.S. Air Force is making physical fitness assessments biannual for all airmen and introducing a 2-mile run as part of the service’s fitness initiative in the new year.

BREAKING: Sgt. Greville Clarke, a soldier sentenced to life in prison for attacking women in their rooms at Fort Hood, was found dead in his cell last week at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth. #Flashes

The Soldier’s Medal has been awarded to a Georgia Army National Guard soldier for the first time. Command Sgt. Maj. Jon A. Ring was honored for saving a life from a burning vehicle during a ceremony at the Georgia State Capitol.

Florida police say a former soldier whose wife and two young sons disappeared from military housing in Germany more than three decades ago admitted during a hospital stay that he had killed them.

The Navy has spent $129.8 million on the cleanup of the former World War II blimp hangar at the shuttered Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, destroyed almost two years ago by fire.

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GALLERY | The has sun set on the flying operations of the Maryland Air National Guard, marking the official end of the state’s longtime flying mission and of a nearly two-year stint in which officials tried to preserve it. See photos:

Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro said he is considering declaring a national state of emergency, citing what he called growing “aggressions and threats” from the United States amid an expanded U.S. military deployment in the Caribbean.

The family of one of the 67 people killed when an airliner collided with an Army helicopter over Washington, is suing the government and the airlines involved.

Nine Army installations have reverted to original names, though without the Confederate affiliations, some remnants of the rebranding remain. Read the story:

Marines who normally man a desk stepped behind machine guns at a firing range on this northern Okinawa base recently to hone their skills defending a command post. Check it out:

Electromagnetic catapults are more reliable, reset faster and provide more powerful launches than the traditional steam-powered catapult systems found on the U.S. Navy’s Nimitz-class carriers.

A German soldier says two men who he believed were speaking Russian assaulted him about 8 miles from the U.S. Army base in Vilseck. It comes amid an ongoing trial of German-Russian nationals accused of plotting attacks on U.S. troops in Bavaria.

Larry Pickett Jr.’s intrepid story of pulling a man from a car about to burst into flames quickly went national, but the Army West Point football player has deflected all praise. “If it was any other Cadet, they would have done the same thing,” he said.

Three people, including detainees, have been shot at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas and the shooter is dead.

KTOWN NOW: Get on-the-spot resume help, interview tips and more at Army Community Service’s job fair at the Kazabra Club on Vogelweh, Sept. 25, 2025. Check it out:

KTOWN NOW: Portions of the Kaiserslautern Military Community Center parking lot and drive aisle will be closed for construction Sept. 29–Oct. 17, 2025. Read more: www.stripes.com/ktown/2025-0...

Officials last year announced that Maryland was set to lose its flying mission. The inactivation of the state's Air National Guard now leaves Maryland as the only state without an air mission. Read more: www.stripes.com/branches/air...

A recent memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth proposes a sweeping reorganization of defense acquisition work that would establish a new four-star general overseeing that work while moving new acquisition teams to the Pentagon.

There are well over 100,000 military veterans living in the U.S. who do not have citizenship, according to estimates. Veterans who lack citizenship increasingly fear they may not be allowed to remain in the United States. Learn more:

"My ride today to Turkey’s largest amphibious assault ship in the Adriatic!" Stars and Stripes reporter Alison Bath is covering the third iteration of NATO's Neptune Strike 2025. Stay tuned for more 👉

Ocean recreation at Marine base on Okinawa suspended after swimmer rescues

FROM THE ARCHIVES | Lab technicians inject the typhus toxin into eggs at the National Vaccine Laboratory in Seoul in December 1958.

FIREARMS FACILITY UPGRADE | A new 20,600-square-foot indoor range replaces a facility built in 1975 and significantly expands training capabilities for airmen in western Tokyo. www.stripes.com/branches/air...

U.S. Central Command is setting up a new task force to quickly get drones and cutting-edge technology to troops. The Rapid Employment Joint Task Force will look to fast-track outfitting deployed forces with new tech in 60 days or less.

A group of Senate Democrats is calling for a formal cost assessment of President Donald Trump's directive to give the Department of Defense a secondary title of the Department of War. (from @svetashko.bsky.social)

Mortar rounds thundered through the air around a mountainous training ground in central Japan on Sept.19 as U.S., Japanese and Australian troops drilled together in the Orient Shield exercise. Read more about Orient Shield here: bit.ly/4gEs3RD 📽️: Akifumi Ishikawa / Stars and Stripes

Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday called for a criminal investigation against U.S. President Donald Trump and other officials involved in this month’s deadly strikes on boats in the Caribbean that the White House has said were transporting drugs.

PACIFIC STORM TRACKER | Schools, businesses and transportation services were shuttered in Hong Kong and southeastern China as Typhoon Ragasa pummeled the area early Wednesday. The storm remained a high-end Category-3 equivalent into the afternoon.

Authorities on Maui sounded emergency sirens and went door-to-door evacuating residents Tuesday from a wildfire first reported near the north short town of Paia.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he believed Ukraine could win back all territory lost to Russia, a dramatic shift from his previous repeated calls for Kyiv to make concessions to end the war.

A civilian holding a lit flare tried to board a Marine Corps helicopter last week while the aircraft was sitting on a Camp Pendleton landing pad with a crew inside and its rotors running, according to federal prosecutors in San Diego.