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Cmdr. Katie Koenig, a spokeswoman for U.S. Pacific Command, said in a statement to Stars and Stripes. She added that the interaction was safe and professional but did not say exactly when the ...
STUTTGART, Germany — More dredging gear was headed on Friday to the site where four U.S. soldiers remain missing in Lithuania, as personnel from multiple countries join an effort complicated by ...
A mission to find four missing U.S. soldiers in Lithuania has been hampered by wet and muddy terrain, complicating an effort involving hundreds of personnel, U.S. Army officials said Thursday.
“I didn’t know what time it was. It was dark, and I didn’t know anything about it,” Cram, 99, told Stars and Stripes by phone Thursday. “I wasn’t going to be able to get light in my foxhol ...
He joined the U.S. Navy in 2004 and has been assigned to Stars and Stripes since 2021. His previous assignments have taken him to Afghanistan, Bahrain, Guam and Japan.
He was Stars and Stripes’ roving Pacific reporter from 2011-2013 while based in Tokyo. He was a freelance writer and journalism teacher in China from 2006-2009.
STUTTGART, Germany — A series of airstrikes this week killed multiple Islamic militants in Somalia, U.S. Africa Command said Wednesday. The strikes, which were in coordination with the Somali ...
An American soldier killed during the Korean War has become the 100th service member identified from remains turned over by North Korea seven years ago, the Defense Department announced Wednesday.
The State Department has approved the potential sale of MQ-9B drones to Qatar, advancing a deal with a key Middle East ally amid ongoing fighting between U.S. forces and Houthi militants in the ...
Mohammad Issa told Stars and Stripes by email that night. The carrier departed its homeport, Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Wash., on Friday, according to a Monday news release from the fleet.
Seth Robson is a Tokyo-based reporter who has been with Stars and Stripes since 2003. He has been stationed in Japan, South Korea and Germany, with frequent assignments to Iraq, Afghanistan ...
Svetlana Shkolnikova covers Congress for Stars and Stripes. She previously worked as a reporter for The Record newspaper in New Jersey and the USA Today Network. She is a graduate of the ...