Navy Fires Destroyer's Leadership as Ship Moves Homeport to Japan Cmdr. Angela Gonzales, the commanding officer, and Cmdr. Jonathan Zang, the executive officer, were fired from the John Finn...
The Tragic, Conflicting and Now Politicized Tale of a US Sailor Sitting in a Japanese Prison Navy Lt. Ridge Alkonis is far from the only American military employee to face a Japanese legal system that places a high...
Air Force Moves F-16s from Europe to Japan as Ukraine War Lingers and Pacific Tensions Simmer The move comes after the Pentagon announced it was pulling older F-15 Eagles from Kadena Air Base in an attempt to bring more...
Attacks on Satellites May Trigger Military Response, US and Japanese Officials Say With additional treaty obligations between the U.S. and Japan, American forces could be drawn into a skirmish if Japanese...
COLA Reinstated for Service Members in Japan for the First Time in Months The latest change comes amid rapid currency fluctuations that led to the halting of the payments.
What Prompted Japan to Adopt Its ‘Earth-Shattering’ Military Buildup Plan? Kishida’s proposals, articulated in the new “National Security Strategy” and two other accompanying documents, represent a...
Marine Corps F-35 Damaged After Landing Gear Failure in Okinawa The pilot was flying out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni and had to make a "precautionary landing" at Kadena Air Base...
Japan, US Hold Joint Arms Drills Amid China, N Korea Worry Japan and the United States have begun a major joint military exercise in southern Japan as the allies aim to step up...
GOP Lawmakers Sound Alarm over Pulling F-15s from Japan The letter comes after the Air Force last week confirmed plans for a "phased" withdrawal of the F-15s from Kadena over a two...
6 More Ghost Stories from the Most Haunted Place in the US Military The island of Okinawa, Japan, is arguably the most haunted duty station U.S. military members can be sent to.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
![](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2022-10/1time%20disappearing%20lady%201200.jpg?itok=1-g9q__5 "The "disappearing lady" asks taxi drivers and security forces on Kadena Air Base for a ride, but disappears before she can tell them where she's going.")
