John Vandiver
Reporter at Stars and Stripes
Reporter for Stars and Stripes newspaper. I cover the U.S. military, with a focus on its activities in Europe and Africa.
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1 week ago |
stripes.com | John Vandiver
A soldier arranges antipersonnel mines during training in Surin province, Thailand, July 27, 2022. Finland voted June 19, 2025, to withdraw from an international antipersonnel land mine ban, making it the latest NATO member to exit the agreement following Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
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1 week ago |
stripes.com | John Vandiver
GTA Teleguam Holdings, a cellphone service provider on Guam, will pay $450,000 to over 1,300 U.S. military personnel as part of a settlement over unlawful bill charges it assessed, the Justice Department said in a statement June 17, 2025.
New $47 million commissary on Panzer Kaserne breaks ground, will replace 4 existing Stuttgart stores
1 week ago |
stripes.com | John Vandiver
The commissary on Patch Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany, will be one of four in the area that will close when the new commissary on Panzer Kaserne in Böblingen is built. The other three are on Robinson and Kelley Barracks, and the current commissary on Panzer. Ground was broken for the new commissary on June 16, 2025, and it is scheduled to open in 2028.
New $47 million commissary on Panzer Kaserne breaks ground, will replace 4 existing Stuttgart stores
1 week ago |
stripes.com | John Vandiver
A rendering of the new commissary that is being built on Panzer Kaserne in Boeblingen, part of U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart in Germany. The new commissary will have more than 37,000 square feet of sales area and have an elevated parking garage next to it.
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2 weeks ago |
daytondailynews.com | John Vandiver
“We have a lot of them, about 45,000,” he said. “It’s a lot of troops. It’s a city.”Trump’s comments came during a White House meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and coincide with a push by Berlin to meet Trump’s demands for more defense spending. Trump said he and Merz would discuss the status of U.S. forces in the country. His favorable characterization of Germany during Merz’s visit contrasts with the harder line he took toward Berlin during his first term.
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The U.S. soldiers who died during a mission in Lithuania were remembered Tuesday as a mix of dedicated young fathers, talented Army mechanics and key members of a close-knit unit. Read more at: https://t.co/eD33GQm2hr Source - Stars and Stripes
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