The staffing shortages at Sasebo Naval Base are limiting appointments for DOD civilians, raising concerns about access to ongoing care and prescriptions.
Several days of heavy rainfall may have caused a landslide at Sasebo Naval Base in southern Japan, with no injuries reported.
U.S. sailors and Japanese service members remembered American prisoners of war and Japanese laborers who died building the Soto Dam during World War II.
A U.S. Navy sailor assigned to a minesweeping ship that's headed to the Strait of Hormuz was medically evacuated to his home port after he was scratched by an Asian monkey while ashore in Thailand, officials say. Why it matters: The Navy reports the incident did not delay the USS Chief's mission and that the sailor is OK, but officials say the attack is a reminder that military missions face unexpected troubles and disruptions that are hard to war-game for. - "Weird stuff happens," one military official said. "This was definitely an unknown unknown." Zoom in: The Chief and the USS Pioneer were dispatched in mid-April from Southeast Asia to hunt and sweep for mines that Iran laid in and around the Strait of Hormuz. - During a stopover in…
Japanese and American youth basketball players competed at a DODEA school in Sasebo to strengthen connections between the base and local communities.
U.S. sailors joined American and Japanese civilian employees for a special photo to mark the 80th anniversary of Sasebo Naval Base in southern Japan.