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Okinawa

A Marine Corps veteran sitting in a wheelchair speaks about his wartime experiences.

Visiting veterans remember WWII Battle of Okinawa on 80th anniversary

World War II veterans returned to Okinawa to commemorate the “devastating” battle that lasted from April 1 to June 22, 1945.

Allison Couch, left, and Melissa Patten lug boxes of Girl Scout cookies into the group's building at Atsugi Naval Air Facility, Japan, on Tuesday.

Cookie time again: Girl Scouts prepare for kickoff of annual campaign

U.S. Forces Korea commander Gen. Leon J. LaPorte got to buy the first boxes of Girl Scout cookies in South Korea this year.

In Korea, F-86 Sabre pilots and other personnel of the 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing listen to election returns over Armed Forces Radio Service in November 1952.

Military radio had its beginnings in the days of the doughboys

Although American Forces Network Radio has officially been on the air for 60 years, listeners began tuning in at the end of World War I.

University of Maryland

University of Maryland extends its military ties

Not many colleges have a campus near the Demilitarized Zone.

As part of an Eagle Scout project he planned and supervised, Daniel Polaski, 13, helps clear debris from a bridge and shrine site that had been overgrown with vegetation.

Scouts shine as they clean shrine

Tucked away in a thicket of jungle, here, a historic shrine lay virtually inaccessible.

Marine Staff Sgt. Billy Dixson was honored at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Nov. 13, 2020, for saving a local woman from drowning after getting caught in a rip current.

Rip-current rescue: Okinawa-based Marine’s quick actions save a Japanese woman’s life

Most swimmers and divers avoid rip currents as inherently dangerous, but Marine Staff Sgt. Billy Dixson likes to pole-spear octopus there.

Henry Rollins

Punk’d: Rocker Rollins stops by Camp Hansen

The line continued out the door at the MHG mess hall on Monday, with Marines eagerly awaiting a handshake and autograph from the man many indicated they viewed as a punk music legend.