Stars and Stripes Daily Headlines

June 17, 2017     7 US servicemembers wounded in 2nd Afghan insider attack in a week Seven U.S. servicemembers were wounded and at least one Afghan soldier was killed on Saturday in the second insider attack in Afghanistan in a week, NATO and Afghan officials said.   Damaged Fitzgerald returns to Yokosuka as search continues for 7 missing sailors Seven sailors are missing and three more, including the commanding officer, were confirmed injured after the USS Fitzgerald collided with a merchant vessel early Saturday off the coast of Japan.   Senior ISIS propagandist killed by US airstrike in Afghanistan, US military says  A U.S. airstrike has killed a senior media official belonging to the Afghan branch of the Islamic State group, the U.S. military saidFriday.   2nd Camp Lejeune commander relieved of duty due to ‘loss of trust and confidence’ Col. Daniel P. O’Hora, commander of the Marine Corps Engineering School aboard Camp Lejeune, was fired June 6. An investigation into O’Hora has been opened and remains ongoing.   WWII vet was part of top-secret unit involved with espionage in Europe An Army Air Forces veteran, whose secret missions aided the resistance in Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II, diedTuesday of cardiac arrest at Bryn Mawr Hospital.   US, Japan conclude joint drills in disputed South China Sea Japan's Defense Ministry announced Friday that the Maritime Self-Defense Force’s largest warship, the Izumo helicopter carrier, wrapped up three days of joint drills with the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in the disputed South China Sea.   Jail records identify two soldiers held in Fort Carson shooting Two Fort Carson soldiers were held in the Douglas County jailFriday afternoon, a day after a shooting on the post left one soldier injured and led to heightened security.   NCIS, Norfolk police search for missing USS Wasp sailor The Naval Criminal Investigative Service and local police have been searching for Norfolk-based sailor Gage Brady, since his family reported him missing. Brady, 20, of the USS Wasp, was last seenon Sunday when he went to meet a friend.   Mississippi shipyard wins $3 billion contract for assault ship The U.S. Navy will pay Huntington Ingalls Industries $3 billion to design and build an amphibious assault ship at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Mississippi.   WWI ordnance donated to Pennsylvania church for sale The church was having a sale in its parking lot and people had dropped off items to be sold, South Whitehall police Chief John Christman said. One of the boxes left overnight contained the suspicious item, he said.