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From the Archives

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Nearly 70 years after USS Indianapolis tragedy, survivor tells his tale

Just past midnight July 30, 1945, two torpedoes from a Japanese submarine struck the USS Indianapolis with almost 1,200 people aboard.

Kitty Hawk Strike Group Command Master Chief Terry Etherton checks his e-mail Friday at Yokosuka's new USO. The 2,000-square-foot center has free Wi-Fi and computers for active-duty military and their families.

Yokosuka opens USO center

The new USO lounge might look like your parents’ living room — if your parents’ living room was wired for Wi-Fi and full of sailors.

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USO events in Far East honor families in the military

Several United Service Organizations at U.S. military bases in the Pacific will host events this month to show appreciation for military families.

U.S. Army Sgt. Cesar Alvarado, who serves with the United Nations Command’s Military Armistice Commission, waits for a serving of turkey during the USO’s 37th annual “Six Star Salute” on Thursday at Yongsan Garrison, South Korea. Alvarado was one of 80 troops from across the peninsula selected for the two-day program.

USO’s Six Star Salute pampers 80 troops nominated to program

Eighty servicemembers from four countries were in Seoul this week for the United Service Organizations’ 37th annual Six Star Salute, which honors young military people.

Wives and and a few of their family members listen to speakers at a foreign spouses’ monthly meeting at the Camp Casey United Service Organizations building.

Camp Casey USO program helps non-American spouses cope

The night spots operating outside Camp Casey range from American-style sports bars with polished wood to poorly lit concrete slabs with peeling paint.

Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, left, sheds a tear with Maureen Rosenblatt, holding her son Nathaniel, July 23, 2015, at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. Biden stopped by the base in support of her and first lady Michelle Obama's Joining Forces initiative to support servicemembers, veterans and their families.

Vice president's wife caps Asian trip with Kadena block party

Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, capped her four-country tour of Asia at a block party Thursday for servicemembers and their families at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa.

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.