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The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower sails in the Gulf of Aden, Dec.18, 2023. Ike arrived in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on April 26, 2024, leaving the Middle East after five months in the region.

Eisenhower carrier group arrives in Mediterranean as construction on Gaza corridor begins

The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group left Middle East waters and arrived in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on Friday, on the heels of a Pentagon announcement that construction of a humanitarian sea corridor into Gaza is underway.

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U.S. M1A1 Abrams tanks arrive at Grafenwoehr, Germany, on May 12, 2023. The tanks were to be used for training of Ukrainian
armed forces personnel. Adrian Greenwood/U.S. Army

Ukraine pulls US-provided Abrams tanks from the front lines over Russian drone threats

Marlee DaBrowski, an Army spouse, tearfully hugs her son, John, 4, after receiving her associate’s degree in general studies at the University of Maryland Global Campus Europe commencement ceremony on Saturday, April 27, 2024, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. About 250 graduates walked the stage, out of a class of more than 1,100 who earned degrees from Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

University of Maryland Global Campus celebrates graduates, 75 years in Europe at Ramstein commencement

Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim downing US Reaper drone, release footage showing wreckage of aircraft

21 people charged with stealing nearly $7 million from USAA bank and its customers

Driver fleeing security forces shuts down Guam base’s main gate for several hours

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Army

U.S. M1A1 Abrams tanks arrive at Grafenwoehr, Germany, on May 12, 2023. The tanks were to be used for training of Ukrainian
armed forces personnel. Adrian Greenwood/U.S. Army

Ukraine pulls US-provided Abrams tanks from the front lines over Russian drone threats

Army Guard MP who sprayed police with pepper spray during Jan. 6 riots pleads guilty

Tax refund app is adding more US Army users in Germany

Air Force

U.S. Air Force and local constabulary vehicles carry the 100th RAF Baton to RAF Croughton from RAF Barford St. John in 2018 during an anniversary event. U.K. officials have agreed to spend nearly $5 million to improve road safety near the two U.S. Air Force bases in England.

UK spending millions to improve road safety around US Air Force bases

Air Force relaunches warrant officer corps to beef up cyber, IT capabilities

Virginia defense contractor acquires Ohio business near Wright-Patterson AFB

Navy

Naval Base Guam is home to Submarine Squadron 15, Coast Guard Sector Guam, Naval Special Warfare Unit One and other tenant commands.

Driver fleeing security forces shuts down Guam base’s main gate for several hours

Navy data on Red Hill deflects serious health issues

Eisenhower carrier group arrives in Mediterranean as construction on Gaza corridor begins

Space Force

The head of U.S. Space Command, Space Force Gen. Stephen Whiting, visits Japan's Ministry of Defense in Tokyo, April 24, 2024.

China is ‘moving at breathtaking speed in space,’ Space Force general says in Tokyo

Ohio governor opposes push to move Guard units into the Space Force

SpaceX launch from Cape marks record turnaround time with record booster reflight

Coast Guard

Father Daniel Mode, chaplain of the U.S. Coast Guard, visits with the commands of U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam and Base Guam in Guam on Dec. 4, 2023. Mode’s military service commenced in 1988, encompassing various roles across the Navy and Marine Corps, including deployments supporting Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. This is his second tour as a U.S. Coast Guard chaplain. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir)

Coast Guard’s top chaplain fired for failing to act on knowledge of another’s sexual misconduct

US-required bridge inspections don’t test for ship strike. Then, one hit the Key Bridge

Coast Guard Cutter Stratton returns to California homeport after 111 days deployed to Bering Sea

Marine Corps

Marine Cpl. Miguel Maya, 23, was killed April 23, 2024, in an “aviation ground mishap” at Camp Pendleton, Calif., service officials said.

Marine killed at Camp Pendleton was an aircraft technician from Texas

Marine dies during ‘routine military operations’ at Camp Pendleton

US, Philippine troops will practice island raids during ‘shoulder to shoulder’ exercise

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U.S.

This image taken from video provided by KOCO shows damage caused by a tornado in Sulphur, Okla., Sunday, April 28, 2024.

Oklahoma towns hard hit by tornadoes begin long cleanup after 4 killed in weekend storms

7 Minnesotans accused in massive scheme to defraud pandemic food program to stand trial

Senators wary of sending National Guard to quell campus protests

Europe

A defendant is led into the courtroom, at the Higher Regional Court at the start of a trial, in Stuttgart, Germany, Monday, April 29, 2024. Nine people charged in connection with an alleged far-right plot to topple the German government are going on trial in one of three cases linked to the plot that came to light in late 2022. (Bernd Wei'brod/dpa via AP)

9 people are on trial in Germany over an alleged far-right coup plot

Two Russian journalists jailed on ‘extremism’ charges for alleged work for Navalny group

Putin likely didn’t order death of Russian opposition leader Navalny, US official says

Asia-Pacific

Richelle Dietz fills up a bowl of water from the water dispensary at her home on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Dietz family relies on bi-weekly water deliveries for basic needs since their water was tainted in 2021.

More than a dozen military families in Hawaii spark trial over 2021 jet fuel leak that tainted water

Funeral held for 20 Cambodian soldiers killed in an arms depot explosion at an army base

France and the Philippines to start talks on a `visiting forces agreement,’ French envoy says

Middle East

This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa.

Likely missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targets a container ship in the Red Sea

Millions of Afghans made Pakistan home to escape war. Now many are hiding to escape deportation

Armed men kidnap a senior judge in Pakistan’s restive northwest

Africa

Kenyan Red Cross personnel and volunteers conduct search and rescue missions, around houses submerged by flood water in Machakos county, Kenya Monday, April 22, 2024. Heavy rains pounding different parts of Kenya have led to the deaths of at least 13 people and displaced some 15,000, the United Nations said, as forecasters warned more rains can be expected until June. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

At least 70 people killed by flooding in Kenya as more rain is expected through the weekend

Burkina Faso’s army massacred over 200 civilians in a village raid, Human Rights Watch says

US to pull troops from Chad and Niger as the African nations question counterterrorism role

Americas

The Haitian flag waves over the Champ de Mars in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in June 2022. Sidewalk vendors have become sparse because of kidnapping gangs. (Jose A. Iglesias/Miami Herald/TNS)

‘The big elephant in Haiti’: As country sinks into anarchy, how much is US’ fault?

When will flights resume between Miami and Haiti? American Airlines making changes

Under its current president, Mexico’s military built airports instead of reining in murders

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Japan

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Korea

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Okinawa

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Guam

Guam Micronesia Island Fair June 1 - 2

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Veterans

Army Chief Warrant Officer James Benecke pleaded guilty last week to one count of abusive sexual contact with two teenagers during separate flights last year. Benecke, who was stationed in Alaska, faces up to two years in prison, a $250,000 fine and a year of supervised release.

Repairman sentenced to life in prison in killing of South Carolina Army veteran

A South Carolina man was sentenced to life in prison after he was found guilty of the murder of a disabled U.S. Army veteran, according to the 8th Circuit Solicitor’s Office.

Sports

Sigonella's Alice Lefringhouse slides under the tag by Sentinel pitcher Riley Lombardo during an April 27, 2024, game at Spangdahlem High School in Spangdahlem, Germany.

Sentinels finally pick on someone their own size

Spangdahlem splits with Sigonella for first victory of season after pair of scrimmages and contests against D-I foes.

History

Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia and Herzegovina, July, 1997: A C-130 gets a simulated emergency hose-down by the 401st Expeditionary Air Base Group Fire Department during a mobile airlift techniques exercise. The nose art makes it seem that maybe the plane didn't want a bath ...

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C-130 hose-down in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1997

Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia and Herzegovina, July 1997: A C-130 gets a simulated emergency hose-down by the 401st Expeditionary Air Base Group Fire Department during a mobile airlift techniques exercise.

Living

As the season warms, food festivals flood the calendar. One of them, Rolling Kitchens, turns a disused gasworks in Amsterdam into a pop-up, open-air restaurant. The event happens May 8-10.

Will travel for food: Events designed to tickle the taste buds

Here are just a few upcoming events that cater to local food and drink.

Travel

Andalusia Farm, just off U.S. Highway 441 north of Milledgeville, Ga., was once the home of author Flannery O’Connor and her mother, Regina Cline O’Connor. Now a house museum, about 90% of its artifacts are original to the home.

Charming Georgia town a treat for ‘Flanatics’ of celebrated Southern writer O’Connor

Film festivals abound across the Continent this month.

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At Junglia, a theme park under construction in northern Okinawa, attractions will include safari rides in which patrons will be chased by dinosaurs.

Junglia, a nature-focused theme park, is in the works for northern Okinawa