80 Years of Stars and Stripes Pacific

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."

Vehicles line up to enter Camp Casey, South Korea, Feb. 26, 2020.

Border-area Army base accounts for most US military COVID-19 cases in South Korea

The 31 new patients are from a military outpost near the Demilitarized Zone on the border with North Korea.

More than 190,000 people in Tokyo have contracted the coronavirus during the pandemic and more than 2,280 have died as of Tuesday, July 20, 2021.

COVID-19 wave churns in Tokyo as Olympics’ opening ceremony approaches

Meanwhile, the U.S. military in Japan reported two new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday.

Loadmasters with the 36th Airlift Squadron out of Yokota Air Base, Japan, watch bundles parachute down to Nomwin, Federated States of Micronesia, Dec. 13, 2019, during the annual Operation Christmas Drop.

Micronesia drops out of Operation Christmas Drop over coronavirus fears

The website for the U.S. Embassy in Micronesia said the nation has had no confirmed COVID-19 cases within its borders.

A U.S. women’s Olympic fencing team cadet athlete, Amanda Pirkowski, left, spars with Olympian Kelley Hurley inside Lotus Culture Center Arena at the Atago Sports Complex in Iwakuni, Japan, July 16, 2021.

Olympic fencers arrive in Tokyo after five-day training stay at Marine base

During their seven-day stay at MCAS Iwakuni, the athletes lodged at the Kintai Inn on base and practiced at the Atago Sports Complex, a facility the U.S. military shares with the city of Iwakuni.

A service member receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine late last year at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. Off base, 32% of the country’s 51 million residents have received the first dose of a vaccine as of Wednesday, July 21, 2021.

Army’s top surgeon in South Korea expects more COVID-19 in US ranks as nation’s cases climb

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency reported 1,784 new infections, the highest daily tally since the pandemic began.

Over the course of the Olympics cycling event July 24-25, 2021, about 50 service members from Camp Zama volunteered to set up barriers and keep the 18 miles of roadway clear and safe.

‘I get to cheer them on’: Volunteers from US military community revel in Olympic experience

Service members, Department of Defense civilians and military families from Camp Zama and Yokota Air Base have been helping out at the Olympics.

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