Stars and Stripes Daily Headlines

June 15, 2017     Navy: 4 F/A-18 pilot deaths tied to oxygen system failures Four pilot deaths have been tied to oxygen system failures in the cockpits of F/A-18 Hornets, the Navy revealed Thursday in an in-depth review of oxygen problems plaguing its fighter and trainer jets.   Missing Shiloh sailor found alive on ship A missing USS Shiloh sailor presumed to have fallen overboard last week has been found alive in the ship’s engineering room, a Navy spokesman said Thursday.   VA to Congress: Go ahead and fix the GI Bill, if you can find the money The Department of Veterans Affairs is agreeable to extending Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to more servicemembers and their families, providing Congress can find the additional funding, a VA official testified Thursday.   Coalition planes strike most ever ISIS targets in May U.S.-led coalition warplanes dropped more munitions on Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria last month than in any previous month of the nearly three-year war against the terrorist group, according to Pentagon statistics released this week.   Card in a bottle sparks 70-year-old Army mystery in Japan Using a whiskey bottle, a business card and some rudimentary carpentry, Lt. Col. Eugene J. McNamara found a way to be remembered.   Large-scale exercise unifies nations to protect Baltic region NATO warships, fighters and submarines cruising over and under the Baltic Sea will conclude a major U.S.-led maritime exerciseFriday, with allies training in the defense of small coastal nations nervous in the shadow of Russia.   DODEA Pacific East schools outperform national averages, accrediting agency says Some Department of Defense Education Activity schools in the Pacific received high marks from a team of evaluators who toured the region last month.   VA chief withdraws Staab appeal, vows to replace ‘IU’ pay cut Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin made two surprise announcements Wednesday before the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee that should relieve some financial stress for more than 600,000 veterans.   Army’s first openly gay general celebrates advances during pride observance in S. Korea The U.S. military's first openly gay general says advances in granting rights to the military’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community have increased the ability “to fight tonight” in South Korea.   North Korea says American student was released on ‘humanitarian grounds’ North Korea said Thursday that it released an American university student “on humanitarian grounds,” making its first official statement on the issue two days after Otto Warmbier was sent home to Ohio in a coma.   US Air Force weather unit in Germany hosts allies in training event German, Polish and Hungarian weather troops attended a training event hosted by the 7th Weather Squadron at McCully Barracks in Wackernheim, Germany.   USFK commander to celebrate Army’s 242nd birthday with soldiers in Japan Wednesday marked 242 years since the Continental Army was formed to fight for American independence. Camp Zama has been hosting a range of activities this week to mark the milestone.