Stars and Stripes spent recent weeks speaking with Americans impacted by the 9/11 attacks — those who were in the Pentagon when it was struck, those who enlisted in the aftermath and some who went to war seeking revenge for the attack.

“She was so happy,” Kathy Dillaber says about the last vision she had of her sister, Patty Mickley, on Sept. 11, 2001. Mickley was one of the 184 people who died that day in the terrorist attack on the Pentagon.

The nation will pay tribute to the victims and heroes of 9/11 with a series of remembrance services.

“The attacks of 9/11 created a generation of Gold Star families,” said Kimberly Hazelgrove, an Army intelligence analyst whose husband died in Iraq in 2004.

Kurihama Flower Park in Yokosuka, Japan, has a Flower Train, a playground with an impressively monstrous slide and many blooms that change with the seasons.

The season for kongguksu, a cold, creamy broth made from yellow soybeans, is closing at Jinju Hoegwan in Seoul as the weather cools.

The visitor center will keep the stories from the 9/11 attacks at the Pentagon alive for younger generations of Americans who do not remember or were not yet born.

The death toll from the Trump administration’s year-long campaign to stop alleged traffickers in Latin America has reached at least 230.

As NATO strengthens its collective defenses, part of that effort involves preparing military chaplains from different countries and faiths to work together during peacetime and war.

The request said the government is researching potential industry sources for weapon systems that can fire low-cost munitions against air and missile threats.

The new regulations lay out testing timelines for when each service must submit a report on its fitness and body composition program, as well as guidelines for pregnancy and postpartum fitness.

Sgt. Jason Paun, 22, from Georgia, was a crew member with 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, a V Corps spokesman said.

Poland secured another $4 billion in U.S.-backed military financing, marking the latest push by Warsaw to build up an arsenal heavy on American hardware as it deepens ties with Washington.

Frankfurt’s ‘little market hall’ offers international flavors, fresh produce and local favorites, making it a must-visit food market for tourists and locals alike.

The events showcase how drone warfare spilling out of Ukraine has become a main feature of the security environment on NATO’s eastern flank.

Diesel will cost more than $6 a gallon at U.S. military gas stations in Japan and South Korea as fuel prices continue to climb across the Pacific.

Top U.S. and South Korean commanders inspected frontline positions within the Demilitarized Zone amid increased North Korean construction and repeated crossings of the heavily fortified border.

Japan’s military cleared 20,138 pieces of unexploded ordnance weighing 11.47 tons during the past fiscal year, as the former World War II battleground continues to yield thousands of pieces of buried ammunition.

The service hopes to solve logistical issues that have plagued the upkeep of its aging bomber fleet of B-52 Stratofortress and B-1 Lancer aircraft by ensuring a more streamlined parts pipeline, as well as upgrading the bombers to last until the 2050s.