80 Years of Stars and Stripes Pacific

A military officer in flight suit salutes while standing at attention in front of four flags including the American flag and Air Force flags. The officer is positioned against a large American flag backdrop with red and white stripes. In the foreground, seated military personnel in camouflage uniforms and caps are saluting back.

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.

An official photo of military working dog Ooyvey of the 8th Security Forces Squadron is displayed at a memorial ceremony on Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, Wednesday, June 19, 2019.

‘She kept us safe’: Airmen remember fallen security forces dog in South Korea

Airmen from the 8th Fighter Wing gathered Wednesday at the base theater to mark the passing of a comrade who gave eight years of service to the U.S. Air Force and to South Korea.

Hazy shade of success

The growl of engines and the rattle of wheels and tracks could be heard throughout the valley, but the vehicles could not be seen.

Sgt. Robert E. Owens Jr., with the U.N. Command, Military Armistice Commission at Camp Bonifas, arm-wrestles a South Korean high school student Wednesday in Seoul during the USO Good Neighbor Program.

USO program aims to forge bonds between troops, S. Korean youths

Sgt. Robert Owens II came down from Camp Bonifas on the Demilitarized Zone on Wednesday to meet South Korean high-school students visiting the U.S. military.

USO helps Korean spouses prepare for life in the U.S.

Marvin Sanders, center, walks a group of new brides through the cooking portion of the USO's Cross-Cultural School at Camp Kim, South Korea.

Tug of war competition at Camp Page, 1959

Tug of war contest between the 226th Signal Company and the 1st Missile Battalion was won by the Missilemen. Hq. and Hq. Company was second and 19th Infantry third.

A Korean woman pulls weeds among the gravesites.

Precisely at 8 a.m. every day a tall, lanky U.S. Army sergeant gives the word and 21 flags of the U.N. countries that fought in Korea are raised over the more than 2,000 dead who still rest in the only U.N. cemetery in the world.

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