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."
Reverse trick-or-treating: Yokota volunteers will bring Halloween spirit to kids in quarantine
The Yokota COVID-19 Errands Run Group is coordinating an event Oct. 31 in which costumed volunteers will deliver candy to the doorsteps of those quarantined in on-base housing, temporary tower units and the Kanto Lodge.
AFN discovers Johnny Carson footage thought to be lost forever
On Monday, American Forces Network and Defense Imagery Management Operations Center officials presented Jeff Sotzing, Carson’s nephew and CEO of the Carson Entertainment Group.
Free school meals program extended to students at schools on US military bases overseas
Students at most overseas Department of Defense Education Activity schools will receive free meals for the rest of the school year, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service said Monday.
Japan exempts US military from ban on foreign travelers as new coronavirus variant spreads
A new ban on foreign travelers to Japan does not affect the US military population covered by the status of forces agreement, a spokeswoman for US Forces Japan said.
AFN passes on sexual assault documentary; will be used in training
The Pentagon says the American Forces Network won’t be showing an Oscar-nominated documentary about sexual assault in the military because the film fails to tell the whole story about efforts to fight a problem that is rapidly becoming a crisis for Defense Department.
Making friends at a new school is tougher during the pandemic, but a DODEA program aims to help
A pilot program at six overseas military schools in the Pacific aims to help kids arriving at new schools make friends amid the pandemic.