From the Archives
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.
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.
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.
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.
Many TVs at Pacific bases go dark as AFN’s HD upgrades take effect
Televisions at many U.S. military facilities in the Pacific have gone dark as viewers grapple with upgrades needed to receive American Forces Network’s new high-definition channels.
Fashion inspired by a global pandemic: Photo project helps Yokota family fend off stay-at-home boredom
As the populations of entire nations languish in coronavirus lockdowns, under stay-at-home orders or in self-isolation, one military family found a creative outlet for coping with being cooped up for days on end.
Spouse Calls: Love for AFN Super Bowl ads
The burning gridiron question returns every year to the overseas military community. It’s not about coaches or quarterbacks. It’s about those commercials.