Troopers block Bama Schools 1963
This nameplate was used in 1963
North Korea Hijacs U.S. Naval Vessel 1968
This nameplate was used in 1968

COVID-19

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.”

COVID-19 vaccines are unpacked at Osan Air Base, South Korea, Dec. 28, 2020.

Updated COVID-19 boosters arrive in South Korea as infection numbers decline

Updated bivalent booster shots arrived in South Korea for U.S. military personnel late last month.

Visitors pose with Navy security during the 44th Friendship Day celebration at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022.

Yokosuka’s first Friendship Day since COVID-19 pandemic draws 50,000 people

Yokosuka Naval Base held its first event since 2019 that was open to Japan’s general public.

People gather and dance on Balboni Field during the Humphreys Fall Festival at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, Oct. 15, 2022.

US military's COVID-19 caseload drops to new low in South Korea

U.S. Forces Korea reported its lowest weekly count of new COVID-19 cases so far this year.

This is the third year sailors are participating in a once-per-year physical fitness assessment, which the Navy required to cut down on the risk of spreading COVID-19.

Sailors will get 3 extra months to complete physical fitness tests next year

The Navy is giving sailors three more months to complete mandatory physical fitness tests in 2023.

An estimated 60,000 to 70,000 people are expected to attend this year’s Tokyo Comic Con at at the Makuhari Messe convention center east of central Tokyo.

Tokyo Comic Con 2022 brings big stars after three-year pandemic hiatus

Get your cosplay costume, cameras and celebrity wish lists ready: Tokyo Comic Con is back after a three-year COVID-19 hiatus.

Airmen at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, complete final preparations for supply bundles bound for remote Pacific islands as part of Operation Christmas Drop, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022.

Operation Christmas Drop is back in full force for first time since pandemic

A weeklong mission returns to air drop essential supplies to far flung and isolated islands of the Federated States of Micronesia and Republic of Palau.