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Family of pregnant woman slain by Army private express grief in court

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.
Pick of Air Force 3-star general as EUCOM boss also keeps American in lead of NATO forces

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.
Hegseth stresses deterrence through hard power at meeting of NATO defense chiefs

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.
Hawaii-based soldier pleads guilty to killing wife, unborn child with machete

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.
US to insist on clear path for NATO allies to hit new defense spending goal, diplomat says

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.
Hard work made it look easy for Kubasaki’s Cadet

2 days ago | stripes.com | Dave Ornauer

Kubasaki senior Carlos Cadet has been named Stars and Stripes Pacific track Athlete of the Year. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes) CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa – For most track and field athletes, Carlos Cadet’s 2024 season would have been considered a successful one. He went unbeaten in the triple jump, winning the event at the Far East meet, and won six of eight meets in the long jump.
USS Tripoli heads to Japan to lead amphibious ready group in the Pacific

2 days ago | stripes.com | Alex Wilson

Sailors secure target stands on the aircraft elevator during a gun shoot aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli somewhere in the eastern Pacific Ocean, June 2, 2025. (Kaleb Schultz/U.S. Navy) The amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli is on its way to Japan, where it will replace the USS America as the lead vessel of the Navy’s sole amphibious ready group outside the United States.
Humphreys’ Jarazabek pushed through pain to notable gain

2 days ago | stripes.com | Dave Ornauer

Pacific record-breaking sophomore Cassandra Jarzabek of Humphreys will take her ledger of records to Europe where she'll run for SHAPE High School next fall and spring.
US troop presence in Syria will be reduced to a single base, envoy says

2 days ago | stripes.com | Lara Korte

A Syrian Free Army vehicle idles beside a U.S. Army vehicle near al-Tanf Garrison, Syria, on May 6, 2023. The number of U.S. bases in Syria will eventually drop from eight to one, Tom Barrack, the American ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria, said June 2, 2025, in an interview with a Turkish TV station.
Japanese soldier killed in Battle of Okinawa ID’d by DNA, a first for Japan

3 days ago | stripes.com | Brian McElhiney |Hana Kusumoto

As of March 2025, Japan had tested DNA from 7,026 sets of World War II-era remains recovered in the country and overseas. (Pixabay) TOKYO — Human remains discovered on Okinawa in 2004 have been identified as those of a Japanese soldier, marking the first time DNA alone was used to confirm the identity of a casualty from the Battle of Okinawa.