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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."

A sailor sanitizes his hands before entering the Navy Exchange at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, Aug. 13, 2020.

Navy base in Japan traces most of its 19 new coronavirus cases to a dinner party

The home of the 7th Fleet in Japan reported 19 new cases of the coronavirus Friday, as Japan’s capital city logged another 500 new infections.

Lance Cpl. Abben Nicholas, of the III Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion, uses a hand-washing station earlier this year at Camp Hansen, Okinawa.

Navy base in Japan cites risky behavior for new virus cases; US Forces Korea hints at returning to tighter restrictions

U.S. Forces Korea is 'strongly considering raising' its health protection level in light of record-breaking numbers of new coronavirus cases on the peninsula.

Senior Airman Kassidy Peters receives her first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Osan Air Base, South Korea, Dec. 29, 2020.

US Forces Korea to reduce its coronavirus-risk level, allow students to return to schools

Only the Seoul region will stay under the strictest prohibitions for the U.S. military after the three-day Lunar New Year holiday.

Shibuya Ward in central Tokyo, shown here on Feb. 4, is one of three city precincts still off-limits to personnel at Yokota Air Base, whose commander trimmed the no-go list on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021.

Base in South Korea lifts virus lockdown; parts of Tokyo now open to some US troops

Osan Air Base returned to its pandemic normal Saturday, a day after its commander declared a lockdown to trace the contacts of a service member who tested positive.

A Marine receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the naval hospital on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Feb. 18, 2021.

US Forces Japan contemplates ‘carrots for jabs’ as bases report four new virus cases

USFJ may ease movement restrictions as an incentive for service members to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Command Chief Master Sgt. Rick Winegardner Jr. said.