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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 Navy hospital corpsman administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a fellow medical worker early this year at Naval Base Guam.

Guam announces proof-of-vaccine mandate; Air Force lifts ban on bars, nightclubs

Guam’s proof-of-vaccination policy takes effect Sept. 6, according to the territory’s Department of Public Health and Social Services.

The enlisted club at Osan Air Base, South Korea, is pictured before it opened in 2012.

Maskless partygoers prompt investigation at Air Force base in South Korea

Videos posted to Instagram and TikTok show military personnel drinking and dancing during an event at the Enlisted Club.

Col. Andrew Campbell, 374th Airlift Wing commander, receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 12, 2021.

US military base in Tokyo strictly curtails movements, activities for unvaccinated troops

Yokoa Air Base commander Col. Andrew Campbell’s updated public-health order comes just days after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin mandated that all active-duty service members get inoculated with the Pfizer two-dose vaccine.

Kubasaki High School on Camp Foster, Okinawa, closed eight classrooms on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, and asked the students to stay home until COVID-19 “quarantine and testing requirements."

COVID-19 outbreak shutters over a dozen Defense Department classrooms on Okinawa

The island prefecture hit a pandemic high on Wednesday with 809 new cases, public broadcaster NHK reported. Seven people died last week of COVID-19 complications.

A South Korean lawmaker claims that President Moon Jae-in has directed several military units to “test whether soldiers become immune to COVID-19 variants” by having them remove their masks.

South Korea’s military fires back at claim it’s experimenting with a ‘no mask’ coronavirus policy for troops

The Ministry of National Defense denied a lawmaker’s allegation that the South Korean president implemented a ‘no mask’ policy to test troops’ herd immunity against the coronavirus.

Lexie Berry, a junior at Daegu Middle-High School in South Korea, says she prefers the immediacy of a classroom over virtual study when she's seeking answers to questions.

Families of DODEA students in Korea reveal pros, cons of online study during coronavirus outbreak

Students at some Defense Department schools in South Korea face another week, at least, of online instruction as concern over spread of COVID-19 has temporarily closed eight schools there.