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Nearly 70 years after USS Indianapolis tragedy, survivor tells his tale
Just past midnight July 30, 1945, two torpedoes from a Japanese submarine struck the USS Indianapolis with almost 1,200 people aboard.
Pacific Athletes of the Year say staying motivated was tough due to COVID
Twelve high schools schools in DODEA-Pacific select one boy and one girl as school’s top athlete for school year 2021-22.
US military in South Korea rescinds nearly all its COVID-19 restrictions
U.S. Forces Korea is now at Alpha, one level above an everyday health condition, and will allow its personnel to patronize all off-base businesses, USFK said.
Family says air base in Japan denied spouse mental health referral before suicide
In May 2020, Trevor Balint sought mental health care but was turned away because the COVID-19 pandemic had restricted access to health care on base, his mother-in-law said.
In speech to USS Roosevelt crew, Modly calls fired captain either 'stupid' or knowingly negligent
Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly justified his firing last week of the USS Theodore Roosevelt’s skipper in a speech broadcast Monday over the ship’s public address system, calling Capt. Brett Crozier “stupid” if he thought a letter calling for his crew to be evacuated because of coronavirus concerns wasn’t going to leak.
Yokosuka commander ends pandemic-era tour at Navy’s largest overseas base
Capt. Rich Jarrett, who steered the Navy’s largest overseas installation through the coronavirus pandemic, relinquished command to Capt. Les Sobol.
Spiritual adjustments: Chaplains get creative to care for overseas troops during pandemic
“We are doing things we have never done before and probably things we should have done years before with technology,” said 374th Airlift Wing Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Dale Marlowe. “I think it is going to change the way we do our ministry.”