Park Slain 1979
This nameplate was used in 1979
Park Slain 1979
This nameplate was used in 1979

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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."

For his Eagle Scout project, Nijrell Jackson turned an empty space at an Okinawa community center into a garden with rows of sweet corn, carrots, daikon, radishes, cucumbers, melons and spinach.

Marine Corps family brings dual Eagle Scout projects to Okinawa charity

Nijrell and Leila Jackson continue a Scouting legacy begun by their father, Gunnery Sgt. Earl Jackson, a senior noncommissioned officer for an ammunition company at 3rd Supply Battalion on Camp Schwab.

Japanese visitors tour a World War II-era munitions storage site at Tama Hills Recreation Area in western Tokyo, Wednesday, May 26, 2021.

Air Force restarts ‘eco tours’ at Tokyo recreation area as on-base COVID-19 cases wane

The tours, which began in 2006 and happen only periodically, are a way for Japanese citizens to see what’s behind the barbed wire fence surrounding Tama Hills, the U.S. military-operated recreation area located on the outskirts of Tokyo.

Col. Edward Ballanco wrapped up his final assignment as U.S. Army Garrison Daegu’s commander at Camp Walker, South Korea, Monday, July 12, 2021.

Army colonel who oversaw ‘ground zero’ for US military’s COVID-19 cases is retiring

Col. Edward Ballanco wrapped up his final assignment as U.S. Army Garrison Daegu’s commander at Camp Walker. He will be retiring after 25 years of military service to settle in Montana, where he and his wife plan to launch a travel tour business.

Sailors assigned to Sasebo Naval Base, Japan, wear face masks and practice social distancing while walking on base April 9, 2020.

Two civilians banned from Sasebo after being found at off-base bar in violation of coronavirus rules

Security personnel checking bars and clubs frequented by Sasebo service members found the civilians in the bar on Friday, according to a base spokesman.

U.S. Navy Capt. Carlos Sardiello, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), gives blood for a serology study aimed at identifying antibodies associated with COVID-19 aboard the ship on April 22, 2020.

USS Roosevelt has nearly 1,000 virus cases after Navy reassesses how it determines who’s still sick

The initial testing of all 4,800 crew members aboard the USS Roosevelt has been complete as of Monday, according to the Navy.

Military aircraft sit on the flight line at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, in April 2019.

Okinawa Marines go on lockdown after dozens test positive for coronavirus

After months with no confirmed infections on the island, “this week the Marine Corps experienced two localized clusters of individuals who tested positive for the virus,” a statement on Facebook said.