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A black and white photo of people, mostly men in suits, walking while holding photos of Martin Luther King Jr.

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.

A sign above an empty shelf informs commissary customers at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, of purchase limits for antibacterial and sanitation products, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020.

US bases in Japan hold town halls, cancel events over coronavirus concerns

Authorities at U.S. military bases across Japan are taking steps to reduce the likelihood that COVID-19 finds its way onto those installations, including stocking up on masks and hand sanitizer.

Commissary shelves that usually hold toilet paper are empty at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sunday, March 1, 2020.

Weekend rush leaves Japan commissary and exchange shelves short on toilet paper, hand sanitizer

Commissaries on military bases across Japan ran short of toilet paper over the weekend as service members prepared for possible quarantines due to COVID-19.

A Navy hospital corpsman administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a fellow medical worker early this year at Naval Base Guam.

Guam announces proof-of-vaccine mandate; Air Force lifts ban on bars, nightclubs

Guam’s proof-of-vaccination policy takes effect Sept. 6, according to the territory’s Department of Public Health and Social Services.

The enlisted club at Osan Air Base, South Korea, is pictured before it opened in 2012.

Maskless partygoers prompt investigation at Air Force base in South Korea

Videos posted to Instagram and TikTok show military personnel drinking and dancing during an event at the Enlisted Club.

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.