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COVID-19

LaDonna Spivey, a personal trainer and volunteer for the USO at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo, leads a workout via Facebook Live.

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.”

Over the course of the Olympics cycling event July 24-25, 2021, about 50 service members from Camp Zama volunteered to set up barriers and keep the 18 miles of roadway clear and safe.

‘I get to cheer them on’: Volunteers from US military community revel in Olympic experience

Service members, Department of Defense civilians and military families from Camp Zama and Yokota Air Base have been helping out at the Olympics.

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency reported a new daily record of 2,223 coronavirus cases Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021.

‘A new crisis’: South Korea’s 2,223 COVID-19 cases set new one-day record; USFK reports 22

U.S. Forces Korea — responsible for roughly 28,500 American troops in the peninsula — announced that 22 service members tested positive for COVID-19 between July 13 and Aug. 8. About half of those troops were recently flown into the country.

A sign above an empty shelf informs commissary customers at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, of purchase limits for antibacterial and sanitation products, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020.

US bases in Japan hold town halls, cancel events over coronavirus concerns

Authorities at U.S. military bases across Japan are taking steps to reduce the likelihood that COVID-19 finds its way onto those installations, including stocking up on masks and hand sanitizer.

Commissary shelves that usually hold toilet paper are empty at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sunday, March 1, 2020.

Weekend rush leaves Japan commissary and exchange shelves short on toilet paper, hand sanitizer

Commissaries on military bases across Japan ran short of toilet paper over the weekend as service members prepared for possible quarantines due to COVID-19.

A Navy hospital corpsman administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a fellow medical worker early this year at Naval Base Guam.

Guam announces proof-of-vaccine mandate; Air Force lifts ban on bars, nightclubs

Guam’s proof-of-vaccination policy takes effect Sept. 6, according to the territory’s Department of Public Health and Social Services.

The enlisted club at Osan Air Base, South Korea, is pictured before it opened in 2012.

Maskless partygoers prompt investigation at Air Force base in South Korea

Videos posted to Instagram and TikTok show military personnel drinking and dancing during an event at the Enlisted Club.