From the Archives
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."
US military community gets creative in coping with coronavirus fears in South Korea
Camp Humphreys and other U.S. installations across South Korea have sharply curtailed access, temporarily closed schools, banned service members from most nonessential travel and put soldiers to work checking temperatures at entry gates to combat the coronavirus.
Coronavirus outbreak aboard Roosevelt carrier ended swiftly with sailors isolated ashore, study says
The USS Theodore Roosevelt’s coronavirus outbreak peaked March 30 with 30 new infections. Roughly a quarter of the ship’s crew were ultimately infected during the outbreak. Six sailors were hospitalized, and one died.
US military loosens coronavirus quarantine rules for vaccinated new arrivals to South Korea
Vaccinated individuals must quarantine until the mandatory test required upon arrival comes back negative, USFK announced Monday. Anyone living with that person must also restrict their movements until the result is available.
US military resumes sending soldiers, families to bases in coronavirus-hit area of South Korea
The U.S. military resumed sending newly arrived soldiers and family members to the coronavirus-hit city of Daegu this week despite a State Department warning against travel to the area as the number of infections in South Korea surpassed 5,300.
DODEA assigns school bus seats to students in South Korea as coronavirus precaution
Department of Defense Education Activity-Pacific West announced the policy, which took effect Monday, in a Nov. 10 letter posted on Humphreys High School’s Facebook page. Assigning students to specific seats would facilitate contact tracing in the event a student contracted COVID-19, the coronavirus respiratory disease.
AFN upgrade to give Zama better reception, more channels
A half-million-dollar overhaul to the system that provides AFN to Army televisions in Japan will give viewers at Camp Zama and its housing areas access to new channels and radio stations and improved quality and reception.