HeyJaredJoseph Ditzler
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Ramble along the Appalachian Trail inside Shenandoah National Park (opens the original)
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A backpacker pauses at one of the many overlooks along the Appalachian Trail in Shenandoah National Park, Va. (Joseph Ditzler/Stars and Stripes) Not too steep, not too rocky, not too hot or cold — backpacking the Appalachian Trail through the Shenandoah National Park in September is just right. If you’re in the area, and desire a walk, the 27-mile section of the Appalachian Trail between Thornton Gap and Route 522 in central Virginia can’t be beat. My backpacking buddy and I carved out four days
Federal appeals court reinstates Bowe Bergdahlâs desertion, misbehavior convictions (opens the original)
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Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl leaves the Fort Bragg courtroom facility after the defense and prosecution rested in a sentencing hearing on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, on Fort Bragg, N.C. Bergdahl, who walked off his base in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held by the Taliban for five years, pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. (Andrew Craft/The Fayetteville Observer via AP) (Andrew Craft) A federal appeals court has reinstated former Army sergeant and Taliban captive Bowe Bergdahlâs
A rock star-worthy weekend getaway (opens the original)
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John Lennon's patronage at the French Bakery is memorialized by his portrait overlooking the baguettes he is said to have purchased there regularly during his family's summer stays in Karuizawa, Japan. (Joseph Ditzler/Stars and Stripes) The early August heat subsides as you move west from Tokyo, from an uncomfortable broil to a refreshing cool in the mountains of Nagano prefecture, where no better weekend getaway awaits than Karuizawa. An established stop on the old Nakasendo route in central Ja
Roasted chicken thigh worth the wait at Japanese mountain resort (opens the original)
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Two servings of mushiri with an appetizer of asparagus wrapped with fried chicken at Wakadori in Karuizawa, Japan. (Joseph Ditzler/Stars and Stripes) Lines outside of restaurants are as common in Japan as cherry blossoms and always beg the question, what is going on in there? Passing a gathering line outside Wakadori, a small izakaya-style restaurant in Karuizawa, a mountain resort town a 2 ½-hour drive west of Tokyo, I was intrigued enough to find out. With my name on the waitlist, I parked on
South China Sea breakdown leaves Navy destroyer powerless for several days (opens the original)
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The USS Benfold sails in the South China Sea, July 23, 2026, a day before a generator problem left the guided-missile destroyer drfting without power, the Navy said. (Andrew Novak/U.S. Navy) A guided-missile destroyer that’s part of the USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group was adrift four days without power in the South China Sea following an equipment failure last month, according to 7th Fleet. The USS Benfold on July 24 suffered an “engineering casualty” involving its generators, which c
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