COVID-19 | 80th Anniversary

LaDonna Spivey, a personal trainer and volunteer for the USO at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo, leads a workout via Facebook Live.

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.”

A new cluster of coronavirus infections at Camp Hansen, a Marine Corps base on Okinawa, was first reported on Dec. 17, 2021.

Okinawa governor blasts US military discipline as COVID-19 cases climb at Marine base

Last week, governor asked III Marine Expeditionary Force commander Lt. Gen. James Bierman Jr. to stop flying in new personnel. He also requested that all Camp Hansen workers be tested for the virus, and that U.S. personnel be barred from leaving the base.

A Marine leaves the exchange at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, where all patrons are required to wear a mask, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022.

Familiar restrictions return to US bases in Japan as COVID-19 case numbers roar back

Will Henjum, 7, is the first to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech pediatric COVID-19 vaccine at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, Nov. 17, 2021.

‘Not a surprise’: US military COVID-19 cases set pandemic record in South Korea

One individual tested positive after arriving in South Korea, but the remaining 681 cases are community generated, USFK said.

Children return an empty shopping cart outside the commissary at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022.

Global supply chain slowdown means empty shelves at US military commissaries

Air Force spouse Valerie Jackson shopped the commissary on Wednesday at this Marine Corps installation because the shelves are much emptier at nearby Kadena Air Base.

Soldiers pose in masks at Osan Air Base, South Korea, Jan. 6, 2022.

South Korea pressures US military to do more to curb coronavirus infections

Pyeongtaek, where Camp Humphreys is located, reported that roughly 42% of the city’s COVID-19 cases between Jan. 3 and 16 stemmed from people affiliated with the U.S. military, a public health official said.

Japan reported a new one-day pandemic high of 84,795 infections on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022.

US troops are free of home confinement but COVID-19 remains strong in Japan

The U.S. military population in Japan awoke Monday to something closer to normal life after three weeks confined to their homes and military bases to stem the tide of COVID-19.