A copy of the letter was provided to Stars and Stripes by protest organizers. “We ask for your partnership in working with your child to discuss meaningful actions they can take to engage in ...

The Florida Air National Guard’s 125th Fighter Wing started its week by becoming the fourth Air National Guard unit to be equipped with fifth-generation fighter aircraft, according to a unit ...

Brian McElhiney is a reporter for Stars and Stripes based in Okinawa, Japan. He has worked as a music reporter and editor for publications in New Hampshire, Vermont, New York and Oregon.

Alexander Banerjee is a digital editor for Stars and Stripes. Before joining Stripes, he spent four years as the editorial lead of The Factual, a nonpartisan and policy-oriented news startup.

DALLAS — A large balloon used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection for surveillance along the Texas border broke free and traveled about 600 miles to the north before crashing as high winds ...

EAGLE PASS, Texas — Vice President JD Vance visited the U.S.-Mexico border on Wednesday and said that arrests for illegal crossings had fallen sharply because President Donald Trump is demanding ...

It is designed for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; electronic warfare; search-and-rescue; strike; peacekeeping; and border patrol ... a reporter for Stars and Stripes based in ...

Republicans pushed through the resolution with a 217-215 party-line vote, approving a plan that would raise spending for the military and security at the U.S.-Mexico border while slashing federal ...

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 ...

Navy personnel will no longer see questions about gender identity when they fill out forms, and single-sex spaces on ships and bases can now be designated only as male or female. Those changes are ...

WASHINGTON — From health care for burn-pit exposures to transportation for blind veterans, services that veterans rely on from the Department of Veterans Affairs must be sustained and improved ...

WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs axed another 1,400 workers Monday, just two weeks after firing 1,000 staff members who had worked for less than two years in their jobs.