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."

Marines enter and exit an exchange store at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Dec. 20, 2021.

Coronavirus cluster grows at Okinawa Marine base as more workers test positive for omicron

The coronavirus cluster at Camp HQansen grew Wednesday by another 17 cases for a total of 217, according to a statement from the Public Health Department.

A car leaves Camp Hansen, a Marine Corps base on Okinawa, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021.

Admonished by Japan, US military re-imposes pre-travel COVID testing for its personnel

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi expressed “deep regret” that a unit of Marines was not tested for COVID-19 before it arrived on Okinawa aboard a U.S. government flight.

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.