COVID-19
USO’s online programs prove popular with troops during coronavirus lockdowns
“I think we are busier now than before the pandemic,” Yokota USO manager Mardie Marqueze-Velasquez said Wednesday. “We can’t reach them physically, but we have great teams across the globe of volunteers and staff.”
Coronavirus travel rules force tough decisions for military families separated by oceans, time zones
Service members stationed overseas who fly stateside to see their spouses or children may face up to a month in quarantine with some of the associated costs coming out of their own pockets.
Border-area Army base accounts for most US military COVID-19 cases in South Korea
The 31 new patients are from a military outpost near the Demilitarized Zone on the border with North Korea.
COVID-19 wave churns in Tokyo as Olympics’ opening ceremony approaches
Meanwhile, the U.S. military in Japan reported two new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday.
Micronesia drops out of Operation Christmas Drop over coronavirus fears
The website for the U.S. Embassy in Micronesia said the nation has had no confirmed COVID-19 cases within its borders.
Olympic fencers arrive in Tokyo after five-day training stay at Marine base
During their seven-day stay at MCAS Iwakuni, the athletes lodged at the Kintai Inn on base and practiced at the Atago Sports Complex, a facility the U.S. military shares with the city of Iwakuni.
Army’s top surgeon in South Korea expects more COVID-19 in US ranks as nation’s cases climb
The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency reported 1,784 new infections, the highest daily tally since the pandemic began.