John Vandiver

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Paratroopers assigned to the Army's 82nd Airborne Division make a jump in North Carolina in 2024. About 600 soldiers from the division’s 3rd Brigade will parachute into Norway next week as part of the Swift Response exercise, service officials said.

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U.S. Africa Command attacked Islamic State group fighters in the Golis Mountains in northeastern Somalia on May 4, the 25th strike on targets in the country this year. (AFRICOM) STUTTGART, Germany — U.S. Africa Command is launching airstrikes in Somalia at a record-setting pace as the military seeks to counter an influx of Islamic State group fighters, military figures show.

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U.S. Army Sgt. Liam Harris, a Combined Joint Task Force–Horn of Africa engineer, measures a board for a new aid station at Baledogle airfield in Somalia on April 25, 2025. (Micheala Maldonado/U.S. Army) STUTTGART, Germany — A new medical facility is among the recent improvements at a remote U.S. military airfield in Somalia that also is being fortified following heavy attacks in recent years.

1 week ago | stripes.com | John Vandiver

A NATO E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft arrives at iauliai Air Base, Lithuania, April 23, 2025. Three E-3A aircraft will support the mission of monitoring the Baltic Sea region from the base. (NATO AWACS) NATO is sending long-range surveillance aircraft to Lithuania for a mission across the Baltics, the alliance said in a recent statement.

1 week ago | stripes.com | John Vandiver

A Black Dagger Zombie missile target, designed to fly a ballistic flight path and demonstrate defensive protection, launches from Fort Wingate, N.M., Nov. 2, 2024. The Army is launching a new space operations specialty for enlisted troops, the service announced May 2, 2025. (Defense Department) A new space operations specialty for enlisted soldiers will support ground forces through the use of electronic warfare, Army officials announced recently.