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 troops are free of home confinement but COVID-19 remains strong in Japan
The U.S. military population in Japan awoke Monday to something closer to normal life after three weeks confined to their homes and military bases to stem the tide of COVID-19.
Longtime AFN leader dies of heart attack at US air base in Japan
Robert Hawthorne, chief of the American Forces Network Pacific technical services division, died Thursday at this base in western Tokyo after suffering a heart attack, according to a Facebook post by the network Saturday.
New memoir details AFN DJ Gorgeous George’s odyssey behind the mic
During the Vietnam War, an acne-prone, academic underachiever named George Smith walked into an Army recruiting office in Pennsylvania Dutch country and landed himself a radio gig that lasted for four decades.
USS Theodore Roosevelt’s fateful Vietnam port call had blessing of Pacific’s highest commanders
The decision to move forward with the port call was made by high-ranking Pacific military officials only after a thorough analysis of risks posed at that point in the spread of the virus, according to a written statement provided to Stars and Stripes by Pacific Fleet spokesman Cmdr. Myers Vasquez.
Pacific spotlight: Frank Gravinese
You’re a morning DJ for the Navy base radio station. Do you have fans?It’s funny, I actually do have a number of fans.
AFN knows they can’t please everybody, but they try
"I kissed a girl and I liked it / the taste of her cherry ChapStick / I kissed a girl just to try it / I hope my boyfriend don’t mind it."