From the Archives
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.
DODEA assigns school bus seats to students in South Korea as coronavirus precaution
Department of Defense Education Activity-Pacific West announced the policy, which took effect Monday, in a Nov. 10 letter posted on Humphreys High School’s Facebook page. Assigning students to specific seats would facilitate contact tracing in the event a student contracted COVID-19, the coronavirus respiratory disease.
AFN upgrade to give Zama better reception, more channels
A half-million-dollar overhaul to the system that provides AFN to Army televisions in Japan will give viewers at Camp Zama and its housing areas access to new channels and radio stations and improved quality and reception.
Yokota petty officer adding a little light humor to PBS documentary
It’s just a few minutes before 10 a.m. at Yokota Air Base, Japan, and while many U.S. servicemembers are sipping their first cup of coffee, Eagle 810 radio disc jockey Petty Officer 3rd Class Christian Garzone has spent the last four hours rousing his audience with his humorous, fast-talking on-air antics.
Young baker’s ‘cake cups’ brighten coronavirus quarantine for thousands in South Korea
Over her summer break from school, Kiri Peterson, 16, began making cake parfaits for troops and their families serving out their mandatory two-week coronavirus quarantine at Camp Humphreys.
US military moves to make pandemic travel easier for troops based in Japan
U.S. Forces Japan announced new options to make travel easier for vaccinated service members, Defense Department employees and their families.
This time, the focus is on Frank, not Sly
The commercials on AFN’s Eagle 810 radio station are sometimes baffling, but I’m even more puzzled by the recurring "Frank Stallone Friday." Who’s Frank Stallone? Why Friday? What’s up with that?