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Jan 18, 2025 | 
stripes.com | Lolita Baldor |Ann Pinson
An Army National Guard soldier displays a United States flag and the distinctive patch worn by personnel supporting the 60th Presidential Inauguration on Joint Base Andrews, Md., Jan. 14, 2025. (Andrew Enriquez/U.S. Air National Guard) WASHINGTON — When thousands of National Guard forces and law enforcement officers locked down Washington during racial protests and the Jan.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
stripes.com | Tara Copp |Ann Pinson
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a Department of Defense Commander in Chief farewell ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Thursday, Jan.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
stripes.com | Ann Pinson
south korea martial law Stars and Stripes • December 3, 2024
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
stripes.com | Ann Pinson
Police officers guard the Moscow City Court entrance, in Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 17, 2023. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP) MOSCOW — Russian prosecutors asked for a seven-year sentence in the trial of a U.S. citizen accused of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine against Russia, Russian news agencies reported Saturday.
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May 27, 2024 | 
stripes.com | Lucy Papachristou |Ann Pinson
(Joseph Barron/U.S. Air Force) LONDON — A U.S. military serviceman detained in Russia on suspicion of theft has also been charged with threatening to kill his girlfriend, Russian independent outlet Mediazona reported on Monday, citing the local prosecutor’s office. Prosecutors in Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East said they had approved an indictment of a U.S. citizen born in 1989. It did not name the U.S. citizen but the details matched Staff Sgt.
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May 26, 2024 | 
stripes.com | Josh Funk |Ann Pinson
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency forensic anthropologist Carrie Brown looks at objects in a lab at Offutt Air Force Base, Monday, May 20, 2024, in Bellevue, Neb. (Charlie Neibergall/Associated Press) OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — Generations of American families have grown up not knowing exactly what happened to their loved ones who died while serving their country in World War II and other conflicts.
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May 19, 2024 | 
stripes.com | Craig Whitlock |Ann Pinson
This undated photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows Leonard Francis, also known as “Fat Leonard.” (U.S. Marshals Service) Few Navy officers entangled themselves in the Fat Leonard corruption scandal more than Steve Shedd. In court documents and testimony, the former warship captain confessed to leaking military secrets on 10 occasions for prostitutes, vacations, luxury watches and other bribes worth $105,000.
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Nov 17, 2023 | 
stripes.com | Colleen Long |Ann Pinson
President Joe Biden speaks while sitting next to other leaders during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. (Jeff Chiu/AP) SAN FRANCISCO — President Joe Biden signed a temporary spending bill a day before a potential government shutdown, pushing a fight with congressional Republicans over the federal budget into the new year, as wartime aid for Ukraine and Israel remains stalled.
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Aug 8, 2023 | 
stripes.com | David Choi |Ann Pinson
CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — Hundreds of Boy Scouts are camped inside a middle school at Camp Humphreys for a weeklong stay after pulling out of the 25th World Scout Jamboree in a heat wave. Cots were spread across the Humphreys Middle School gym Tuesday afternoon. Several Boy Scouts tossed a football while others played board games inside the gym. Life Scout William Yungbluth of Milwaukee said parts of the jamboree campsite were flooded knee high and that Humphreys was a good change of scenery.
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Jul 23, 2023 | 
stripes.com | James Robson |Ann Pinson
Jamaica's Deneisha Blackwood, center, celebrates with teammates and coaching staff after the Women's World Cup Group F soccer match between France and Jamaica at the Sydney Football Stadium in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, July 23, 2023. The match ended in a 0-0 draw. (Mark Baker/Associated Press) SYDNEY — The underdogs are rising up at the Women's World Cup.
