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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.”

Col. Andrew Campbell, 374th Airlift Wing commander, receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 12, 2021.

US military base in Tokyo strictly curtails movements, activities for unvaccinated troops

Yokoa Air Base commander Col. Andrew Campbell’s updated public-health order comes just days after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin mandated that all active-duty service members get inoculated with the Pfizer two-dose vaccine.

Kubasaki High School on Camp Foster, Okinawa, closed eight classrooms on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, and asked the students to stay home until COVID-19 “quarantine and testing requirements."

COVID-19 outbreak shutters over a dozen Defense Department classrooms on Okinawa

The island prefecture hit a pandemic high on Wednesday with 809 new cases, public broadcaster NHK reported. Seven people died last week of COVID-19 complications.

A South Korean lawmaker claims that President Moon Jae-in has directed several military units to “test whether soldiers become immune to COVID-19 variants” by having them remove their masks.

South Korea’s military fires back at claim it’s experimenting with a ‘no mask’ coronavirus policy for troops

The Ministry of National Defense denied a lawmaker’s allegation that the South Korean president implemented a ‘no mask’ policy to test troops’ herd immunity against the coronavirus.

Lexie Berry, a junior at Daegu Middle-High School in South Korea, says she prefers the immediacy of a classroom over virtual study when she's seeking answers to questions.

Families of DODEA students in Korea reveal pros, cons of online study during coronavirus outbreak

Students at some Defense Department schools in South Korea face another week, at least, of online instruction as concern over spread of COVID-19 has temporarily closed eight schools there.

Staff Sgt. Vincent Lim of the 731st Air Mobility Squadron and his wife, Joy Mae Lim, eat with their children at the food court on Osan Air Base, South Korea, Monday, March 2, 2020.

US military community gets creative in coping with coronavirus fears in South Korea

Camp Humphreys and other U.S. installations across South Korea have sharply curtailed access, temporarily closed schools, banned service members from most nonessential travel and put soldiers to work checking temperatures at entry gates to combat the coronavirus.

A sailor mans the rails aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt as the aircraft carrier prepares to depart Naval Base Guam, June 4, 2020.

Coronavirus outbreak aboard Roosevelt carrier ended swiftly with sailors isolated ashore, study says

The USS Theodore Roosevelt’s coronavirus outbreak peaked March 30 with 30 new infections. Roughly a quarter of the ship’s crew were ultimately infected during the outbreak. Six sailors were hospitalized, and one died.