U.S. veterans are among those who have been jailed in Russia, as arrests of Americans in country become increasingly common.

Japanese police in three prefectures withheld information on cases involving five people connected to the U.S. military and suspected of sexual offenses since 2021, officials told Stars and Stripes on Friday.

Sobriety checks at Marine Corps installations in Japan begin at 8 p.m. Friday and will continue through Saturday, the service announced.

The Marine Corps plans to continue outgoing sobriety checks Friday and Saturday at all Japan installations and increase off-base patrols as a response to discontent on Okinawa over two service members’ indictments for alleged sexual crimes.

The Marine Corps has kicked off a 25-day littoral combat exercise with thousands of troops from three allied nations in Australia’s Northern Territory.

Camp Fuji, the combat training center for Marines at the base of its namesake mountain, now has a place to help troops on their quest for higher education.

A Virginia appellate court ruled Tuesday that a U.S. Marine should never have been granted an adoption of an Afghan war orphan and voided the custody order he’s relied on to raise the girl for nearly three years. The decision marked a major turning point in a bitter custody battle that has international ramifications far greater than the fate of one child.

J.D. Vance, 39, enlisted in the Marine Corps after graduating from high school in 2003 and served for four years, including a six-month stint in Iraq beginning in late 2005. The experience “taught me how to live like an adult,” Vance wrote in his memoir.

The U.S. Navy Blue Angels Jet Demonstration Team, U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II and the U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II are among the highlights of the 60th Cleveland National Air Show over Labor Day weekend.

Evan Wright, the author of the iconic book “Generation Kill,” which captured the danger and wild camaraderie of young Marines in combat, has died. He was 59.