Truce Signed 1953
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Atlantic Liners collide 1956
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From the Archives

The bullet-riddled truck in which four United Nations Command soldiers — two Americans and two South Koreans — were killed in an ambush at the Korean DMZ in April, 1968.

DMZ ambush survivors seen lucky to be alive

Observers at the scene of Sunday night's bold ambush by Communist North Koreans who machine-gunned and killed four United Nations Command soldiers reached one conclusion: "I don't see how anybody survived this."

U.S. Army Sgt. Cesar Alvarado, who serves with the United Nations Command’s Military Armistice Commission, waits for a serving of turkey during the USO’s 37th annual “Six Star Salute” on Thursday at Yongsan Garrison, South Korea. Alvarado was one of 80 troops from across the peninsula selected for the two-day program.

USO’s Six Star Salute pampers 80 troops nominated to program

Eighty servicemembers from four countries were in Seoul this week for the United Service Organizations’ 37th annual Six Star Salute, which honors young military people.

Wives and and a few of their family members listen to speakers at a foreign spouses’ monthly meeting at the Camp Casey United Service Organizations building.

Camp Casey USO program helps non-American spouses cope

The night spots operating outside Camp Casey range from American-style sports bars with polished wood to poorly lit concrete slabs with peeling paint.

Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, left, sheds a tear with Maureen Rosenblatt, holding her son Nathaniel, July 23, 2015, at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. Biden stopped by the base in support of her and first lady Michelle Obama's Joining Forces initiative to support servicemembers, veterans and their families.

Vice president's wife caps Asian trip with Kadena block party

Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, capped her four-country tour of Asia at a block party Thursday for servicemembers and their families at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa.

For his Eagle Scout project, Nijrell Jackson turned an empty space at an Okinawa community center into a garden with rows of sweet corn, carrots, daikon, radishes, cucumbers, melons and spinach.

Marine Corps family brings dual Eagle Scout projects to Okinawa charity

Nijrell and Leila Jackson continue a Scouting legacy begun by their father, Gunnery Sgt. Earl Jackson, a senior noncommissioned officer for an ammunition company at 3rd Supply Battalion on Camp Schwab.

Japanese visitors tour a World War II-era munitions storage site at Tama Hills Recreation Area in western Tokyo, Wednesday, May 26, 2021.

Air Force restarts ‘eco tours’ at Tokyo recreation area as on-base COVID-19 cases wane

The tours, which began in 2006 and happen only periodically, are a way for Japanese citizens to see what’s behind the barbed wire fence surrounding Tama Hills, the U.S. military-operated recreation area located on the outskirts of Tokyo.

Col. Edward Ballanco wrapped up his final assignment as U.S. Army Garrison Daegu’s commander at Camp Walker, South Korea, Monday, July 12, 2021.

Army colonel who oversaw ‘ground zero’ for US military’s COVID-19 cases is retiring

Col. Edward Ballanco wrapped up his final assignment as U.S. Army Garrison Daegu’s commander at Camp Walker. He will be retiring after 25 years of military service to settle in Montana, where he and his wife plan to launch a travel tour business.