Svetlana Shkolnikova
Congressional Reporter at Stars and Stripes
Covering Congress + beyond @starsandstripes 🪖
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stripes.com | Svetlana Shkolnikova
Building 1 at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo., shown in 2022, is the provisional headquarters of U.S. Space Command. (U.S. Space Command photo) WASHINGTON — New military construction would be needed to support a permanent U.S. Space Command headquarters in Colorado, a government watchdog found as lawmakers continue to argue over the final location of the combatant command.
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legion.org | Svetlana Shkolnikova
Lawmakers renew effort to award nation’s top military award for valor to Maj. James Capers Jr.Lawmakers have renewed an effort to award the Medal of Honor to Maj. James Capers Jr., a reconnaissance Marine who in 1967 led his nine-member team to safety despite being grievously wounded in the jungles of Vietnam.
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stripes.com | Svetlana Shkolnikova
Former Marine Corps Maj. James Capers salutes during a ceremony at Camp Lejeune, N.C., in June 2021. (U.S. Marine Corps photo ) WASHINGTON — Lawmakers have renewed an effort to award the Medal of Honor to Maj. James Capers Jr., a reconnaissance Marine who in 1967 led his nine-member team to safety despite being grievously wounded in the jungles of Vietnam.
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2 weeks ago |
stripes.com | Svetlana Shkolnikova
The hold on military promotions initiated by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., did not risk national security, the Government Accountability Office wrote in a recent report. (Jack Sanders/U.S. Air Force) WASHINGTON — A 10-month blockade on 447 military promotions initiated by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., in 2023 disrupted the flow of leadership and upended some military families’ lives but did not harm readiness, according to a government watchdog.
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2 weeks ago |
stripes.com | Svetlana Shkolnikova
Army Lt. Col. Erin Fritzler, commander of the Los Angeles Recruiting Battalion, and recruits participate in the Torrance Armed Forces Day Parade in Torrance, Calif., on May 17, 2025. Proposed legislation, dubbed the BONUS Act, would make bonuses earned by service members for enlisting, reenlisting or excelling in their duties exempt from federal taxes.
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