Joe Fleming

1 month ago | stripes.com | Ken Falke |Joe Fleming

Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) stand in the shape of a ribbon holding teal paper to recognize Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. (Hank Gettys/U.S. Navy ) The United States Navy prides itself on its core values of honor, courage and commitment.

2 months ago | stripes.com | Doug Feinberg |Joe Fleming

UConn guard Azzi Fudd shoots against South Carolina forward Sania Feagin during the first half of the national championship game, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (Chris O'Meara/AP) TAMPA, Fla. — UConn is back on top of women’s basketball, winning its 12th national championship by routing defending champion South Carolina 82-59 on Sunday behind Azzi Fudd’s 24 points.

Mar 17, 2025 | stripes.com | Kareem Chehayeb |Joe Fleming

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s president on Monday ordered troops to retaliate for gunfire from the Syrian side of the border after more deadly fighting erupted overnight along the tense frontier. The fighting occurred after Syria’s interim government accused militants from Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group of crossing into Syria on Saturday, abducting three soldiers and killing them on Lebanese soil.

Mar 16, 2025 | stripes.com | Alexander Soule |Joe Fleming

The South Yard assembly building at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, Conn. — dubbed Building 600 — has been assigned an appraised value of nearly $640 million. (General Dymanics Electric Boat) (Tribune News Service) — The USS District of Columbia will be among the most expensive ships in U.S. history, when the nuclear submarine launches years from now into the Thames River at a projected cost of $16 billion, at last report.

Mar 11, 2025 | stripes.com | Jon Gambrell |Joe Fleming

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks under a portrait of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, as armed forces commander slisten, at rear, in a ceremony meeting a group of officials, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March 8, 2025.