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Some civilian workers assigned to Navy bases overseas are getting the service’s help explaining to their landlords why their rent may not be paid on time as the partial government shutdown enters its second week.

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Some Navy civilian workers abroad sent letter vouching for them with landlords amid shutdown

The Navy sent a letter to its civilian workers overseas who have been furloughed that explains to landlords why they can’t pay their rent on time.

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 1h

SPORTS: The Dragons overcame a penalty- and mistake-filled first half to score 21 second-half points and pull away from Nile C. Kinnick for a 35-13 victory at newly inaugurated Red Devils Field.

It was the first game for both teams after the one-week layoff due to the government shutdown.

Kubasaki finishes perfect in regular season as Hater runs wild

Dragons’ senior Ryan Hater scores four times and has two interceptions in a DODEA-Pacific Division I victory over Nile C. Kinnick.

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Staff with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said the remains, recovered in Papua New Guinea, have been identified as that of U.S. Army Technician Fifth Grade Ell T. Simantz.

Remains of WWII soldier killed in the Pacific theater identified through DNA, other technology

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 1h

SPORTS | If the Panthers defeat winless Osan in the season finale they’ll advance to play Matthew C. Perry in DODEA-Pacific’s Division II title game.

Zama tops Yokota, but probably falls short of spot in finals

If the Panthers defeat winless Osan in the season finale they’ll advance to play Matthew C. Perry in DODEA-Pacific’s Division II title game.

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 1h

U.S. service members in Japan were looking for low-interest loans and visiting food banks as an end to the 9-day-old federal government shutdown appeared nowhere in sight.

US service members in Japan make plans to weather lengthening government shutdown

U.S. service members in Japan were looking for low-interest loans and visiting food banks as an end to the 9-day-old federal government shutdown appeared nowhere in sight.

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 2h

SPORTS | Tennis and volleyball summaries from DODEA-Pacific teams in action Oct. 9.

Here's what you missed:

Pacific Scoreboard: Oct. 9, 2025

Tennis and volleyball summaries from DODEA-Pacific teams in action Oct. 9.

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 2h

STORM TRACKER: Tropical Storm Nakri remains forecast to steer well clear of Okinawa, passing about 180 miles northeast of the island early Saturday morning, packing middling tropical-storm intensity.

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 2h

California is challenging President Donald Trump’s grip on the state’s National Guard, telling a federal court the White House used claims of unrest in Los Angeles as a pretext for a deployment that has since expanded nationwide — including now sending troops to Illinois.

Trump sends California National Guard to Illinois as White House seeks to extend control

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 2h

President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in Illinois is facing legal scrutiny at a pivotal court hearing, a day after a small number of troops began protecting federal property in the Chicago area.

Federal court to weigh Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in Chicago area

U.S. District Judge April Perry will hear arguments over a request to block the deployment of Illinois and Texas Guard members.

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 2h

Soldiers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade are taking insights gleaned from observing and advising their Ukrainian counterparts fighting Russia to shape the Army’s future battlefield capabilities.

173rd Airborne Brigade innovation team in Italy setting course for Army’s tech future

Soldiers are taking insights gleaned from observing their Ukrainian counterparts to shape the Army’s future battlefield capabilities.

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 2h

A construction team inadvertently unearthed a World War II-era explosive device at the Port of Long Beach in California.

WWII-era explosive found at California port during construction

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 2h

A retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who disclosed national security information about the Russia-Ukraine war to someone claiming to be a Ukrainian woman he met on a foreign dating site was sentenced Wednesday to federal prison time.

Retired US Army officer gets prison time for national security disclosure about Ukraine war

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 3h

KTOWN NOW: Celebrate fall in the Kaiserslautern Military Community with these festive events scheduled for this weekend!

Oktoberfest, Diwali, beer and more: Your weekend in the KMC starts here

Celebrate fall in the Kaiserslautern Military Community with these festive events scheduled for Oct. 10-12, 2025.

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 3h

#ARCHIVES: US troops train with Iraqi soldiers, 2004

Cpl. Keith Brumlow, right, and Pfc. Nicholas Davenport, left, of the 1st Armored Division, go through close quarter combat training with members of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps at Firebase Melody in Baghdad.

US troops train with Iraqi soldiers in Baghdad, 2004

Soldiers go through close quarter combat training with members of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps at Firebase Melody in Baghdad, March 17, 2004.

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 4h

FROM THE ARCHIVES | Here's a look back at Firebase Melody in Baghdad.

US troops train with Iraqi soldiers in Baghdad, 2004

Soldiers go through close quarter combat training with members of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps at Firebase Melody in Baghdad, March 17, 2004.

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 11h

U.S. service members are volunteering to keep score for professional golfers and collect information for broadcasters during a PGA Tour event at Yokohama Country Club this week.

US military volunteers in Japan back up pro golfers during PGA tournament

U.S. service members are volunteering to keep score for professional golfers during a PGA Tour event at Yokohama Country Club.

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 11h

Expedited tests of all water sources at U.S. military bases on Guam found only a minute presence of a banned pesticide at two wells at Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, according to Joint Region Marianas.

Tests for pesticide show water at military bases on Guam ‘safe to drink,’ command says

Water wells at U.S. military bases on Guam are safe for drinking, said Joint Region Marianas after testing.

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 12h

WATCH: The guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold, with sailors in their summer whites manning the rails, recently concluded a decade with the U.S. 7th Fleet and sailed away from Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan.

Read more about the Benfold here: bit.ly/4h4tybR

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 12h

About two-thirds of respondents to a recent poll back bigger European defense budgets, a slight downtick from a year and a half ago, but a result that shows residents are still largely on board with the repeated calls for NATO members to spend more on their militaries.

Poll shows Europe’s desire for bigger military budgets dips; there’s a but, though

Europeans are less inclined to support defense spending increases than they were a year and a half ago, according to a new survey.

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 12h

A new Pentagon barracks task force unveiled this week is charged with tackling the U.S. military's persistent base housing woes that have plagued personnel worldwide, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth demanding a strategy within 30 days.

Task force given job of finding fixes to base housing issues plaguing personnel worldwide

A new Pentagon barracks task force is charged with tackling the military’s persistent base housing woes.

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 13h

A man who fatally struck a U.S. Army soldier stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in a vehicle collision on a Washington interstate, then carjacked another vehicle to flee, was sentenced this week to nearly four years in prison.

Driver sentenced in interstate crash that killed JBLM soldier, a father of four

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 14h

UPDATE | A military spokesperson says an “element” of the 200 Texas National Guard troops deployed to Illinois has now started protecting federal property in the Chicago area.

Texas National Guard troops now protecting federal property in Chicago area, official says

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 15h

Build up to bed down: The U.S. military is moving ahead with plans to develop a Norwegian airfield into a "bed-down" site where American and NATO allied forces can be deployed in a crisis.

Build up to bed down: US eyes project to give 500-plus troops Norway airfield digs

The U.S. military is moving ahead on development of an airfield at Rygge Air Station in southern Norway.

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 15h

PACIFIC STORM TRACKER | U.S. bases on Okinawa entered Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness 3 on Thursday morning in advance of Tropical Storm Nakri.

Nakri is currently forecast by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center to pass about 220 miles east of Kadena Air Base early Saturday morning.

Tropical Storm 29W (Nakri), # 1: Okinawa in TCCOR 3

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 16h

Facing a deadline next week on whether to sign a statement acknowledging new restrictions on how they do their jobs or risk being thrown out of the Pentagon, journalists who cover the U.S. military appear headed toward a showdown with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Pentagon, journalists on collision course as restrictions on reporting loom

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