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Three people bow in front of a hillside stone memorial displaying U.S. and Japanese flags, with offerings and flowers placed at its base.

Japanese neighborhood preserves memory of WWII crash and its cost

About 75 people, including approximately 30 Marines and sailors from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, attended the annual Marukoyama Memorial Ceremony.

Brown paper grocery bags with white signs reading “Welcome Wagon of Korea” and pictures of U.S. and South Korean flags rest on a table.

Snacks, smiles, support: Welcome Wagon eases transitions at America’s largest overseas base

Welcome Wagon of Korea started as a grassroots effort to help service members and their families arriving at Camp Humphreys in South Korea, the largest U.S. military installation overseas. It has grown into a formally recognized base nonprofit, with 48 volunteers offering snacks, smiles and support that ease the transition of relocating.

Students and visitors look at photographs on display.

Against the odds, DODEA students stage evening of music, theater and art

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — High school students at this airlift hub in western Tokyo recently transformed their school into a gallery and a stage for

A black-and-white, 1940s-era portrait of a Navy sailor in hat and uniform posing with his hands on his hips.

Navy medic killed during WWII to join names on Okinawa Peace Memorial

A Navy corpsman killed during the Battle of Okinawa will be the first American in five years added to a memorial on the island commemorating the battle.

A young man steps out of a C-17 Globemaster II onto stairs. Above the doorway, lettering reads “U.S. Air Force” and “Spirit of Kamehameha.”

Wet but spirited Friendship Festival draws throngs to Air Force base in Tokyo

Yokota Air Base’s annual Friendship Festival drew tens of thousands of visitors to check out Air Force aircraft and other attractions.

Two divers in scuba gear survey the wreckage of a ship under water.

Navy to scrap historic platforms used to salvage doomed USS Arizona

The U.S. Navy and Pearl Harbor National Memorial will begin work next week to permanently remove a pair of dilapidated platforms that were connected to the USS Arizona during salvage operations following its sinking in the 1941 Japanese surprise attack.

An Osan Elementary School student poses in fighter pilot gear on Career Day at Osan Air Base, South Korea, May 9, 2025.

Career Day at South Korea fighter base fuels elementary interest in aviation

Curious, career-minded fourth- and fifth graders spent a recent afternoon collecting information from aviation professionals at the annual Career Day on this U.S. installation south of Seoul.