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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."

The Okinawa Domestic Connection Program allowed U.S. troops to travel from Haneda International Airport to Naha, Okinawa, after a minimum eight hours between flights in approved lodging.

Thanks, omicron: Japan cancels popular Tokyo-Okinawa flights for returning US military travelers

The cancellation of a flight program follows Japan’s decision to close its borders Tuesday to most new incoming foreign travelers through the end of December.

A Patriot Express flight arrives at Osan Air Base, South Korea, Oct. 28, 2020.

US military imposes 10-day quarantine for all newcomers to South Korea

The 14-day “working quarantine” that permitted new arrivals under the status of forces agreement to move between their homes or other quarantine sites and their workplaces is no longer permitted.

When Heatherly Shepherd isn't in school, the volleyball court or volunteering in church, she can be found interning at American Forces Network-Osan. She's even had a feature segment aired on AFN Pacific Update on her school's welcome-back Luau.

On court or on air she's part of a winning team

When students intern at offices on military bases, most are relegated to getting coffee and snacks for their seniors in the department, or performing menial tasks that few among the rank and file would do.

Bikers dressed as Santa gather at a highway rest stop in Ebina, Japan, to deliver hundreds of toys that will be donated to Japanese children's homes, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021.

Santa doesn’t always ride a sleigh: Bikers, veterans donate hundreds of toys for Japanese children

More than 30 bikers dressed as Santa Claus gathered at a highway rest stop southwest of Tokyo over the weekend with decorated motorcycles and bags full of presents.

From left to right: Ray Shepherd, Defense Media Activity director; Brig. Gen. Tammy Smith, 8th Army deputy commanding general for sustainment; Maj. Gen. James Walton, U.S. Forces Korea director of transformation and restationing; and Col. Joseph Holland, Camp Humphreys garrison commander; take part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, to mark the grand opening of American Forces Network Pacific Korea's new headquarters at Humphreys.

AFN makes historic move of Korea HQ to Camp Humphreys

Palmer Payne was a 19-year-old soldier in Japan when he volunteered to go to Korea to help set up a mobile American Forces radio unit at the start of the 1950-53 war.

Chris and Yuko Nesbitt run Help Oki, a food bank and thrift shop in Okinawa City. They say they have passed out five times as much food, clothing and other assistance during the coronavirus pandemic as they did before.

Former Marine’s Okinawa food bank is filling gap created by the coronavirus

Chris and Yuko Nesbitt, who run Help Oki, a food bank and thrift shop in Okinawa City, has passed out five times as much food, clothing and other assistance during the pandemic as they did before.