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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."

Since October 2020, the Department of Agriculture has waived the costs of meals provided by the military exchange services at Department of Defense Education Activity schools overseas.

Days are numbered for free student meals at US military bases overseas

Free meals for students on U.S. bases overseas will no longer be available once the 2022-23 school year begins, Navy Exchange Service Command announced Wednesday.

Osan senior right-hander Anne Mountcastle was named the school’s female Athlete of the Year.

Pacific Athletes of the Year say staying motivated was tough due to COVID

Twelve high schools schools in DODEA-Pacific select one boy and one girl as school’s top athlete for school year 2021-22.

Street Beat performs during a festival at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, May 19, 2022. U.S. Forces Korea did away with its mask policy in April but allowed garrison commanders the option to require them in high-traffic areas.

US military in South Korea rescinds nearly all its COVID-19 restrictions

U.S. Forces Korea is now at Alpha, one level above an everyday health condition, and will allow its personnel to patronize all off-base businesses, USFK said.

Trevor Balint, 34, went missing at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in the early hours of Feb. 1, 2021.

Family says air base in Japan denied spouse mental health referral before suicide

In May 2020, Trevor Balint sought mental health care but was turned away because the COVID-19 pandemic had restricted access to health care on base, his mother-in-law said.

In a Dec. 15, 2019 photo, Capt. Brett Crozier, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, gives remarks during an all-hands call on the ship's flight deck.

In speech to USS Roosevelt crew, Modly calls fired captain either 'stupid' or knowingly negligent

Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly justified his firing last week of the USS Theodore Roosevelt’s skipper in a speech broadcast Monday over the ship’s public address system, calling Capt. Brett Crozier “stupid” if he thought a letter calling for his crew to be evacuated because of coronavirus concerns wasn’t going to leak.

Capt. Rich Jarrett, outgoing commander of Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, speaks during his change-of-command ceremony at the base theater, Friday, July 8, 2022.

Yokosuka commander ends pandemic-era tour at Navy’s largest overseas base

Capt. Rich Jarrett, who steered the Navy’s largest overseas installation through the coronavirus pandemic, relinquished command to Capt. Les Sobol.