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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California’s National Guard fire crews are operating at 40% capacity due to deployment

2 days ago | stripes.com | Clara Harter

Firefighters conduct a fuels reduction project along Sugarloaf Road as the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection teamed with U.S. Forest Service and California National Guard firefighters in a burning effort Feb. 10, 2021, north of Meadow Lakes, California. (ERIC PAUL ZAMORA/Fresno Bee/TNS) (Tribune News Service) — As California braces for a potentially dangerous fire season, Gov.
Hilltop ceremony honors bomber crews, Japanese civilians killed in 1945 raid

5 days ago | stripes.com | Seth Robson

Col. Richard McElhaney, 374th Airlift Wing commander, attends a ceremony honoring fallen World War II airmen and Japanese civilians at Sengen Shrine in Shizuoka, Japan, June 21, 2025.
US used decoys and bunker-busters to attack Iran nuclear sites causing ‘damage and destruction,’ Pentagon says

6 days ago | stripes.com | Matthew Adams

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speak Sunday, June 22, 2025, during a news conference at the Pentagon after the U.S. military attacked three sites in Iran to destroy the country’s nuclear program.
Beijing official overseeing Hong Kong warns of persisting national security threats

1 week ago | stripes.com | Kanis Leung |Samuel Weinstein

A pedestrian walks past a banner celebrating the 5th Anniversary of the implementation of Hong Kong National Security Law in Hong Kong, Saturday, June 21, 2025.
ICE agents arrest Russian woman who attempted to enter Marine Corps Base Hawaii

1 week ago | stripes.com | Wyatt Olson

Anastasiia Vorobeva of Russia was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on June 12, 2025, after she attempted to enter Marine Corps Base Hawaii without valid identification.
Air Force says F-16’s unplanned landing did not impact delayed Japan Airlines flight

1 week ago | stripes.com | Seth Robson |Hana Kusumoto

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon lands during a public flight demostration at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 11, 2022. (Leon Redfern/U.S. Air Force) The 35th Fighter Wing on Friday denied reports that an Air Force fighter jet’s precautionary landing disrupted a commercial flight in northeastern Japan days earlier.
British warship sails Taiwan Strait a week after Japanese destroyer’s passage

1 week ago | stripes.com | Keishi Koja |Alex Wilson

The British patrol ship HMS Spey, seen here near the Malay Peninsula in April 2025, passed through the Taiwan Strait on June 18, 2025. (British navy) A British patrol ship passed through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, less than a week after a Japanese destroyer made a similar trip through the contentious waterway.
Aw, shucks: corn on the cob seems to be strictly stateside

1 week ago | stripes.com | Lisa Smith Molinari

One benefit of being stationed overseas as a military family has been appreciating things that Americans take for granted. I’m not talking about ethereal concepts like democracy and freedom. I’m talking about really important things that make a tangible difference in our everyday lives as Americans. I’m talking about corn on the cob. Yes, that sweet vegetarian delicacy indigenous to this great land of ours.
Federal prosecutors score first wins on New Mexico military border zone trespass cases

1 week ago | stripes.com | Colleen Heild

U.S. soldiers, from 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, assigned to Joint Task Force — Southern Border, conduct a patrol of the southern border near Santa Teresa, N.M., April 13, 2025.
Navy announces $8 billion contract for Hawaii and Wake Island

1 week ago | stripes.com | Kevin Knodell

PF-35B Lightning IIs with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211, the Wake Island Avengers, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fly over Wake Island in 2018. Wake Island, which is claimed by the Marshall Islands and remains under the control of the U.S. Air Force, is home to a massive 9, 800-foot runway at Wake Island Airfield — (Sgt.