MacArthur relieved of command 1951
This nameplate was used in 1951
Park Slain 1979
This nameplate was used in 1979

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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.

A vintage photo from World War II showing an Army Air Forces lieutenant posing in uniform for a photo portrait.

Pentagon project seeks to ID American POWs killed in Tokyo prison fire of 1945

Nearly 80 years after a devastating fire tore through a Japanese military prison during World War II, a Defense Department agency is working to identify American prisoners of war who died in the blaze.

The Navy vessels patrols Vietnam’s coast in May 1967.

Former Navy warship goes down unexpectedly ahead of sinking exercise

A decommissioned U.S. warship, originally selected for target practice during a joint military exercise, sank unexpectedly on its own Monday off the Philippines’ western coast.

Three adults look at items in plastic bags that were put into a silver tube time capsule when they were children.

Yokota school unearths Pokemon, Teletubby and other millennial memories from time capsules

Former pupils visited an elementary school at Yokota Air Base in Japan to open a time capsule that was buried in 2000.

A group of U.S. military members and Guam government officials pose for a photo holding dogs.

Air Force teams up with Guam to control island’s ‘boonie dog’ population

The Guam government and U.S. military have reached a novel agreement that lets civil engineers work outside Andersen Air Force Base to help rein in the island’s stray dog population.

U.S. Marines wade to meet their comrades and Filipino counterparts in a small boat off the coast.

Troops repel mock beach assault in the Philippines amid South China Sea tensions

U.S., Filipino and Australian troops dug into beach dunes and unleashed a barrage of firepower — including high-powered rockets — during Balikatan training aimed this week at repelling an amphibious assault.

A Marine gives the all-clear for flight while demonstrating the Skydio X2D unmanned aircraft system.

Intelligence Marines test civilian drones, paragliders in Okinawa warfighting drill

U.S. Marines demonstrated how they’re using civilian drone and powered paragliding technology to provide commanders with a clearer battlefield picture during a recent drill on this Okinawa island.