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U.S. soldiers assigned to the 2nd Cavalry Regiment conduct a convoy during an exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, in January 2023. President Donald Trump aims to redeploy 20,000 American troops from Europe, Italy's leading news agency said Jan. 23, 2025. It’s unclear what units would be targeted for cuts.

Trump aims to cut US force in Europe by 20,000, compel subsidies from allies, Italian report says

President Donald Trump wants to withdraw 20,000 U.S. troops from Europe and demand a subsidy from allies to pay for the remaining American military presence on the Continent, Italy’s leading news agency reported this week.

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An Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon with the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron takes off at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 13, 2025.

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Kadena Elementary, the first "21st century" school on Okinawa, opened its doors on Feb. 28, 2018.

Sewer issue shutters elementary, middle schools at Air Force base on Okinawa

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Army

Soldiers of 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team (MBCT) 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), participate in a combined arms rehearsal for a Large-Scale, Long-Range Air Assault as part of Operation Lethal Eagle 24.1, April 22, 2024, at Fort Campbell, Ky.

Large-Scale, Long-Range Air Assault (L2A2) allows the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) to rapidly concentrate highly lethal, low-signature, and cohesive combat forces from dispersed locations to overwhelm adversaries at a place and time of our choosing. L2A2 means delivering one brigade combat team over 500 nautical miles in one period of darkness, arriving as a cohesive element where the enemy least expects it, capable of fighting behind enemy lines for 14 or more days.

4 Army units to deploy to Europe, South Korea and CENTCOM

US Army intelligence brigade soldiers in Italy mark official move into upgraded digs

Sex-assault charge dropped against Army officer called out of retirement to face court-martial

Air Force

Kadena Elementary, the first "21st century" school on Okinawa, opened its doors on Feb. 28, 2018.

Sewer issue shutters elementary, middle schools at Air Force base on Okinawa

Air Force scraps course that used videos of Tuskegee Airmen and female WWII pilots

Man who was fired from Space Force post is Trump’s pick for key Air Force role

Navy

250112-N-FS097-1068 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 12, 2025) - Sailors prepare for flight operations on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Jan. 12, 2025. Vinson, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group ONE, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nate Jordan)

Navy to revamp ship maintenance, training schedules to ready the fleet for potential China conflict

Missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea leaves Norfolk for its final deployment

Navy relieves commander of Naval Warfare Training Group Norfolk

Space Force

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Steven E. Vera, non-commissioned officer in charge of technical training for the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard, trains 45 augmentees on marching in preparation for the 60th Presidential Inauguration at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C., Jan. 8, 2025. This marks the first time the Space Force will participate in a presidential inauguration, a significant milestone for the youngest branch of the U.S. Armed Forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff. Sgt. Jordan Powell)

Space Force will play a role in the 60th presidential inauguration, a historic first for the youngest branch

Blue Origin lined up again for overnight debut launch of New Glenn rocket

Space Launch Delta 45 helps US break launch record for second year in a row

Coast Guard

U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Detroit deploys a helicopter crew to conduct overflights of Canadian vessel Manitoulin trapped in a frozen Lake Erie on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025 in Buffalo, N.Y. (U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Detroit via AP)

Freighter on the move after it was freed from ice on frozen Lake Erie

Coast Guard to ‘surge assets’ to South Florida to comply with Trump’s executive order

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Marine Corps

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro poses with Chesty XVI, mascot of Marine Barracks Washington, and his promotion warrant after promoting him to the rank of Corporal on Jan 16. 2025 at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C. During the ceremony, Secretary Del Toro announced USS McClung (LSM 1) as the name for the first ship in the new McClung-class of medium landing ships. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Prelle)

Chesty XVI, official mascot of Marine Barracks Washington, is promoted to corporal

Marine Corps Osprey loses load of MREs while training off Okinawa

Okinawa governor delivers protest letter over sex crime allegation against Marine

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Europe

Survivors and relatives attend a ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Auschwitz memorial holds observances on the 80th anniversary of the death camp’s liberation

Anti-extremism center opens in former house of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss

Russia says its troops have captured a strategic town in eastern Ukraine

Asia-Pacific

An Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon with the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron takes off at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 13, 2025.

Air Force puts fighter jets, airmen through dispersal drills in Japan, South Korea

Lessons about Tuskegee Airmen, female flyers quickly return to Air Force basic training

Marines take aim with new high-tech anti-drone system in Hawaii

Middle East

Igor Abramovich surveys heavy damage to a house from the 14-month war between Hezbollah and Israel in Kibbutz Manara, on the border with Lebanon, northern Israel, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

A destroyed Israeli kibbutz on the Lebanese border starts to pick up the pieces. Who will return?

Qatar says agreement reached to release Israeli hostage, allow Palestinians to return to north Gaza

22 reported killed in Lebanon before agreement to extend deadline for Israeli forces to withdraw

Africa

People displaced by the fighting with M23 rebels make their way to the center of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Rwanda-backed rebels enter outskirts of strategic city in what Congo calls ‘declaration of war’

International peacekeepers killed as fighting rages around eastern Congo’s key city

Fighting in Sudan’s civil war sets ablaze the country’s largest oil refinery, satellite photos show

Americas

U.S. Customs and Border Protection members load illegal aliens on a C-17 Globemaster III at the Tucson International Airport, Ariz., Jan. 23, 2025. Under the direction of U.S. Northern Command, U.S. Transportation Command is supporting Immigration and Customs Enforcement removal flights by providing military airlift. (Dept. of Defense photo by TSgt Kimberly Nagle)

White House says Colombia agrees to take deported migrants after Trump tariff showdown

Colombia president decrees emergency powers to restore order in coca region wracked by rebel combat

Venezuela wanted a dissident dead and hired Tren de Aragua gang to kill him, Chile says

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Japan

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VIDEO: Meet cute small creatures at animal café near Camp Zama

Korea

Celebrating Seollal in South Korea; this year Jan. 28-30

Valentine’s Day in Korea: February not only month love is in the air

Love in Korea: What to know about dating in ROK

Okinawa

VIDEO: Strawberry season ripe for pickin’ in Okinawa

Pro baseball makes early arrival in Okinawa

Hit the road for Okinawa’s beautiful cherry blossoms

Guam

A quick look at Guam's beautiful parks

Taste of Guam: Bite into island's tasty land crabs

Yap's historic sites: Exploring remote island where WWII ended

Veterans

Wine Styles owner Arthur Lampros, left, and Valentyna Parsaieva, head of export for Shabo, a Ukrainian winery, right, take part in a wine tasting at Wine Styles, Dec. 20, 2024 in Dumfries, Va. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Ukrainian winemaker, US vets team up on a mission: showing the best of Ukraine, one glass at a time

A group of former American military officers and diplomats who served in Kyiv are teaming up with a Ukrainian winery owner to bring a taste of the Black Sea coast to a U.S. audience.

Sports

Lakenheath's Adrian Hill spins out of the control of AFNORTH's David Diaz during a 215-pound wrestling match on Jan. 25, 2025, at Spangdahlem High School in Spangdahlem, Germany.

Top wrestlers push themselves in last meet before sectionals

SHAPE’s Julyan Serranto-Garcia, Lakenheath’s Adrian Hill and AFNORTH’s James Bennett all have dreams of finishing on the podium at the season-ending championships.

History

HED: Welcome Home, 2003

Wiesbaden, Germany, 14 May 14, 2003: Sgt. Kerry Boese and wife Sheila share a tender moment as son Samuel, 22 months, just seems happy to have dad home. Boese and other members of the 159th Medical Company, 421st Medical Evacuation Battalion returned to Wiesbaden, Germany from Operation Iraqi Freedom.

META TAGS: Wars on Terror; Operation Iraqi Freedom; U.S. Army; military family

Welcome Home, 2003

Here is a photo from the Stars and Stripes archives of Sgt. Kerry Boese and wife Sheila sharing a tender moment as son Samuel, 22 months, just seems happy to have dad home in Germany on May 14, 2003.

Living

The Italian town of Aosta is the site of one of the largest and most important crafts fairs of the Alpine region. Hundreds of local craftsmen will sell wares made from traditional materials including wood, iron, leather, lace, wicker, soapstone and wool on Jan. 30-31.

Mountains offer more than skiing this time of year

Snow sculptures, music, crafts and hot air balloons among the varied cultural offerings happening soon in high places.

Travel

A man stands in front of John’s of 12 Street in New York.

The next phase of the true-crime boom? Themed tours.

Passion Art Cafe in Budaiya, Bahrain, encourages patrons' creativity by offering instruction in such activities as pottery in an art studio upstairs from the cafe.

Bahrain cafe and art studio inspires creativity, community

Loaded steak fries from JJ's American Diner near Camp Humphreys, South Korea.

Diner near Camp Humphreys offers American comfort food with international flair