A family consisting of a father, mother and five children group together to pose on a grass lawn, with trees in the background.

For some military families, adoption forges bonds that span borders and generations

American military families adopt at a lower rate than the overall U.S. population, but those that do find military life — particularly overseas — can shape family experiences in distinctive ways.

700 hail King in Osan march

More than 700 American military men of all races and ranks marched in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Sunday, climaxing a weekend tribute here to the slain civil rights leader.

Retired Army officer honors her great-grandfather, UN troops at key Korean battlefield

Julie MacKnyght, a retired Army lieutenant colonel, toured Chipyong-ni, where U.S. and French troops under the United Nations Command held off waves of Chinese attacks in 1951.

The shoeshine boys of Seoul

On a cold March day in 1952, some American soldiers whose rifles indicated they might have just come from the front, paused on a street in Seoul and gave candy bars to hungry children.

Homeschoolers at Army base in South Korea prep for a new school year

Homeschooled children at Camp Humphreys met up for their own back-to-school event. U.S. military families are twice as likely to homeschool their children when compared to civilian families, according to one study.

‘Guardian of peace’: UN Command marks 75 years on Korean Peninsula

The multinational U.N. Command marked its 75th year of mediating disputes between North and South Korea with the firing of 17 simulated artillery rounds that echoed throughout this Army base on Tuesday.

Air Force colonel takes over Korea-based fighter wing once commanded by her husband

It is the second time Col. Kathryn Gaetke has taken a leadership role previously held by her husband, Col. Matthew Gaetke, also an F-16 pilot.