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PHILIPPINE SEA (NNS) -- Sailors assigned to amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), alongside Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), completed amphibious integration training (AIT) while on routine patrol in the 7th Fleet area of operations, March 19.
 

Kadena AB – According to a Government Accountability Office study, more than 60 percent of taxpayers are likely to file their taxes incorrectly this year.
 

NORFOLK, Va. — A Virginia Beach-based Navy SEAL has been charged with kidnapping and raping a fellow sailor in a hotel room near Fort Knox, Ky., according to the Navy.
 
A general court-martial is set to begin Tuesday for Chief Petty Officer Stephen Varanko III at Naval Station Norfolk.
 

All Vietnam veterans and military/veterans members of the VFW Post 9723 and American Legion Post 28 are invited to attend a "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day" flag raising ceremony at 7:25 a.m. March 30.
The ceremony is set to be held at Ryukyku Middle School/Kadena Middle School on Kadena Air Base.

CAMP SOUMAGAHARA, Japan, March 10, 2017 — American Marine Corps and Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces conducted aerial integration training using the Marines’ MV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft and Japanese CH-47 Chinook helicopters during exercise Forest Light 17-1 in the Soumagahara training area of Gunma prefecture, Japan, March 10, 2017.

A fellow soldier has been arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of two Fort Stewart soldiers, according to officials.
Sgt. Shaquille D. Craig, 24, of Selma, Ala., was arrested Thursday by the Hinesville Police Department, Fort Stewart spokesman Kevin Larson said. He faces two murder charges.