Historic Events | 80th Anniversary

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 new cluster of coronavirus infections at Camp Hansen, a Marine Corps base on Okinawa, was first reported on Dec. 17, 2021.

Okinawa governor blasts US military discipline as COVID-19 cases climb at Marine base

Last week, governor asked III Marine Expeditionary Force commander Lt. Gen. James Bierman Jr. to stop flying in new personnel. He also requested that all Camp Hansen workers be tested for the virus, and that U.S. personnel be barred from leaving the base.

A Marine leaves the exchange at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, where all patrons are required to wear a mask, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022.

Familiar restrictions return to US bases in Japan as COVID-19 case numbers roar back

Will Henjum, 7, is the first to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech pediatric COVID-19 vaccine at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, Nov. 17, 2021.

‘Not a surprise’: US military COVID-19 cases set pandemic record in South Korea

One individual tested positive after arriving in South Korea, but the remaining 681 cases are community generated, USFK said.

Children return an empty shopping cart outside the commissary at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022.

Global supply chain slowdown means empty shelves at US military commissaries

Air Force spouse Valerie Jackson shopped the commissary on Wednesday at this Marine Corps installation because the shelves are much emptier at nearby Kadena Air Base.

One YouTuber is on a quest to preserve quirky and nostalgic AFN ads, from killer vending machines to poorly dubbed Hercules

Soldiers pose in masks at Osan Air Base, South Korea, Jan. 6, 2022.

South Korea pressures US military to do more to curb coronavirus infections

Pyeongtaek, where Camp Humphreys is located, reported that roughly 42% of the city’s COVID-19 cases between Jan. 3 and 16 stemmed from people affiliated with the U.S. military, a public health official said.