Gary Warner

Gary Warner covers the Pacific Northwest for Stars and Stripes. He’s reported from East Germany, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Britain, France and across the U.S. He has a master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York.

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Air Force selects sites for upgraded North American air defense radar

Three locations in Oregon, and one each in Idaho and Nevada have been selected as potential sites for a part of a $400 million modernized radar system to detect air and space attacks in North America

Veterans who each lost part of a leg in Afghanistan try for new world record with Grand Canyon hike

Side-by-side portraits of two Coast Guard officers in dress uniforms in front of U.S. and Coast Guard flags.

Coast Guard commander, top enlisted leader in San Diego fired

Two military airmen in flight suits and helmets climb out of a fighter jet, seen from the front.

Navy rejects plan to move electronic attack jets from NAS Whidbey Island to California

Portrait of an Army officer in dress uniform and beret standing in front of a U.S. flag.

‘A warrior and a healer’: Green Beret’s family receives Silver Star seven years after his death in Niger ambush

A Green Beret killed in a 2017 ambush by Islamic militants in Niger was awarded the Silver Star on Tuesday, the culmination of an about-face by the Army over the controversial incident in the War on Terrorism.

USS Ronald Reagan goes into dry dock, expected to emerge in late 2026

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan has begun a maintenance stint that will keep it from deployment for 17 months. For the overhaul, the Reagan is moved to dry dock at Bremerton, allowing workers access to the hull, propellers and other machinery.

Green Beret killed in 2017 firefight in Niger to be awarded Silver Star

Body camera footage from Staff Sgt. Bryan C. Black, a Green Beret killed in a 2017 ambush in Niger, has led the Army for the second time to award Black posthumously for his bravery during the firefight seven years ago.

NORFOLK, Va. - The world's largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), sails in formation with the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers USS Winston Churchill (DDG 81), USS Mitscher (DDG 57), USS Mahan (DDG 72), USS Bainbridge (DDG 96), and USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) in the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 12, 2024. The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group is underway in the Atlantic Ocean completing Group Sail. Group Sail is the first at-sea integrated phase training event during a routine deployment training cycle. It is designed to challenge the Gerald R. Ford CSG s ability to use the capabilities of the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 2, and embarked Information Warfare team as a cohesive Strike Group to meet Navy and Joint Warfighting requirements that increases warfighting capability and tactical proficiency across all domains. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Maxwell Orlosky)

Navy to spend $300M to prepare Naval Base Kitsap as a homeport for Ford-class aircraft carriers

Before arriving at Kitsap, the Navy must spend up to $300 million to build new electrical substations and make other upgrades. The Navy said advances in automation mean the Ford-class carriers require more electrical power to execute functions once performed by crew members.

A rendering of a house on a suburban street.

JBLM to build more than 200 new homes to help tackle housing shortage

Joint Base Lewis-McChord broke ground this week on 212 new homes that base officials hope will ease a housing crunch in and around the military base in a rapidly growing region of Washington state.

A brown and yellow entrance sign reading “Welcome to Fort Wainwright” with snow on the ground beneath it and trees behind.

Fort Wainwright soldier charged for possessing more than 3,000 child porn images

A spokeswoman for the Army’s Office of Special Trial Counsel said the Army could have prosecuted Pvt. David Andres Mayoral under the Uniform Code of Military Justice or have the case filed by federal prosecutors. Mayoral was charged in federal court, which entails a mandatory minimum sentence.

The first day of summer in Section 43 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., June 21, 2017. The cemetery’s 651 acres is the final resting place for more than 400,000 active duty service members, veterans and their families. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser/Arlington National Cemetery/released)

Arlington scrubs race and gender from cemetery’s website

The purge was a response to President Donald Trump’s executive order to remove materials related to “DEI.” However, Arlington officials also said materials could be restored after review and possible revision to meet the requirements of Trump’s and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s orders.

The U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn.

More sexual abuse complaints filed against Coast Guard, service now faces $290M in claims

The new filings brings the total to 29 cadets and prospective cadets have filed complaints, and lawyers expect more claims will come. The former cadets claim they were assaulted or abused by their peers while attending the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and blame academy rules.

The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz operates in the South China Sea. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is conducting operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.

Naval Base Kitsap would swap oldest aircraft carrier for newest under Navy plan

The USS Nimitz, commissioned in 1975 just days after the fall of Saigon ended the Vietnam War, is slated to move from the naval base at Bremerton, which is west of Seattle on Puget Sound, to Naval Station Norfolk, Va., by April 2026.

Army hit with $210M in claims over JBLM doctor’s sexual abuse of patients

The Army is facing $210 million in claims from 42 soldiers and veterans who say they were victims of Maj. Michael Stockin, the Army doctor at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., serving a nearly 14-year sentence for sexually abusing patients.

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