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  • 6 days ago | stripes.com | Wyatt Olson

    The 2024 National Defense Authorization Act directed the GAO to examine how well DODEA is meeting the special education needs of its students and to identify key obstacles. (Pixabay) Some special needs students attending Defense Department schools are being underserved due to staffing shortages and high turnover among special education personnel, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a report released Thursday.

  • 1 week ago | stripes.com | Wyatt Olson

    Retired Adm. Harry Harris, former commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, speaks during a Pacific Forum event in Waikiki Beach, Hawaiii, on April 15, 2025. (Wyatt Olson/Stars and Stripes) WAIKIKI BEACH, Hawaii — America should abandon its policy of “strategic ambiguity” toward Taiwan and instead declare outright whether it will or will not defend the island if attacked by China, a former head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said Tuesday.

  • 1 week ago | stripes.com | Wyatt Olson

    A U.S. Army soldier conducts overwatch of the southern border at Santa Teresa, N.M., on March 26, 2025. (Griffin Payne/U.S. Army) Two service members were killed and a third seriously injured Tuesday morning in a vehicle accident near Santa Teresa, N.M., Joint Task Force Southern Border said in a news release. The service members were deployed to the area in support of the task force.

  • 1 week ago | stripes.com | Wyatt Olson

    Vaughn P. Drake Jr. poses in his Army uniform in this undated photo taken during World War II. (Pacific Historic Parks) Vaughn P. Drake Jr., who at 106 was believed to be the oldest surviving veteran of the 1941 Japanese surprise attack on Hawaii, died Monday in Lexington, Ky. Drake was a 23-year-old Army engineer helping to build barracks at Kaneohe Naval Air Station on the windward side of Oahu when the attack took place on Dec.

  • 2 weeks ago | stripes.com | Wyatt Olson

    Remote control operators with the 96th Test Wing simulate command and control of a high-speed maritime target vessel at the Eglin Range Control Complex in Florida, Nov. 9, 2023. (Michelle Gigante/U.S. Air Force) A Pentagon initiative to create a high-speed, interconnected military command system is lagging due to fragmented efforts and a lack of clear oversight, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released Tuesday.

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