COVID-19
USO’s online programs prove popular with troops during coronavirus lockdowns
“I think we are busier now than before the pandemic,” Yokota USO manager Mardie Marqueze-Velasquez said Wednesday. “We can’t reach them physically, but we have great teams across the globe of volunteers and staff.”
South Korean worker linked to US military in Daegu tests positive for coronavirus, lies to get on base
The man, who was a contracted construction worker on Camp Walker, was the eighth confirmed case linked to U.S. Forces Korea, the command said in a press release.
Military retailers prepare for a coronavirus Black Friday with curbside pickup, capacity limits, social distancing
The post-Thanksgiving event, considered the start of holiday shopping, will go on, tempered by measures to mitigate the virus’ spread, said a spokesman for the Army and Air Force Exchange Service.
You weren’t going anywhere anyway: Air Force suspends Space-A travel for many eligible flyers
Travel restrictions and advisories from separate wings of the U.S. government leave service members, their families, Defense Department civilians and Americans in general with shrinking travel options.
US soldiers with premature twins are evacuated from South Korean city hit hard by coronavirus
“We can see the boys as much as we want to now,” said Spc. Cody McFall, the infants' father. “That’s a blessing to me.”
Reverse trick-or-treating: Yokota volunteers will bring Halloween spirit to kids in quarantine
The Yokota COVID-19 Errands Run Group is coordinating an event Oct. 31 in which costumed volunteers will deliver candy to the doorsteps of those quarantined in on-base housing, temporary tower units and the Kanto Lodge.
Free school meals program extended to students at schools on US military bases overseas
Students at most overseas Department of Defense Education Activity schools will receive free meals for the rest of the school year, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service said Monday.