Stars and Stripes

Stars and Stripes

Stars and Stripes is a U.S.-based newspaper that covers news relevant to the United States Armed Forces. While it operates within the Department of Defense, it maintains editorial independence from it. The publication's First Amendment rights are protected by the U.S. Congress, and it has an independent ombudsman who regularly updates Congress on issues that concern its readers.

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  • 1 day ago | stripes.com | Wyatt Olson

    Mischa Johnson was six months pregnant on Aug. 1, 2024, when her husband reported her missing from their home on Schofield Barracks in central Oahu. (Honolulu Police Department) WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, Hawaii — Army Pfc. Dewayne A. Johnson II said in a Hawaii courtroom Wednesday that he hated himself “every day” for killing his wife and unborn child in a rage last summer.

  • 1 day ago | stripes.com | John Vandiver

    Air Force Lt. Gen. Alex Grynkewich is shown during a humanitarian airdrop over Gaza on March 10, 2024. He has been nominated to replace Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli as commander of U.S. forces in Europe and NATO supreme allied commander in Europe, the Pentagon announced June 5, 2025.

  • 1 day ago | stripes.com | John Vandiver

    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte make opening remarks at a defense ministers meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels on June 5, 2025. Hegseth said that for NATO to remain credible, Europe must channel growing defense budgets into hard power rather than relying primarily on U.S. military strength.

  • 2 days ago | stripes.com | Wyatt Olson

    U.S. Army Pfc. Dewayne Johnson sits with his teammates during an exercise at Helemano Military Reservation, Hawaii, in November 2023. (Joshua Linfoot/U.S. Army) WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, Hawaii — Army Pfc. Dewayne Arthur Johnson II pleaded guilty Tuesday to the rage-fueled killing of his wife and her unborn child with a machete last summer.

  • 2 days ago | stripes.com | John Vandiver

    The U.S. will call on all NATO members to develop concrete plans to spend 5% of their gross domestic product on defense, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said June 4, 2025. (NATO) The United States will demand that all NATO allies develop clear plans to hit new defense spending targets in a timely manner, the top American diplomat to the bloc said Wednesday.