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A dose of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine is prepared at Brian D. Allgood Army Community Hospital on Camp Humphreys, South Korea, Jan. 13, 2021. <br>Ashley McLaughlin/U.S. Marine Corps
A dose of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine is prepared at Brian D. Allgood Army Community Hospital on Camp Humphreys, South Korea, Jan. 13, 2021. <br>Ashley McLaughlin/U.S. Marine Corps

The order, announced at 6 a.m. Saturday on U.S. Forces Korea’s official Facebook page, went into effect immediately for those stationed at Camp Humphreys and Yongsan Garrison.

Air Force veteran Isabelle Hyon DuCharme, left, shown here with her mother, Hyon Chu, turned to social media Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, to help find her dying mother's family in South Korea.<br>Isabelle Hyon DuCharme
Air Force veteran Isabelle Hyon DuCharme, left, shown here with her mother, Hyon Chu, turned to social media Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, to help find her dying mother's family in South Korea.<br>Isabelle Hyon DuCharme

#HelpForHyon: Internet rallies behind Air Force vet’s search for dying mother’s family in South Korea

Air Force veteran Isabelle Hyon DuCharme is hoping the Internet can help reunite her mother, who is intubated and on a ventilator because of COVID-19, with family members in South Korea.

Jan. Pfc. Nathan Salsgiver gives the coroanvirus vaccine to Pvt. Rodrigo Grimaldo at Camp Zama, Japan, Jan. 6, 2021. <br>Winifred Brown/U.S. Army
Jan. Pfc. Nathan Salsgiver gives the coroanvirus vaccine to Pvt. Rodrigo Grimaldo at Camp Zama, Japan, Jan. 6, 2021. <br>Winifred Brown/U.S. Army

US Army Japan to begin vaccinating remainder of its healthy population against coronavirus

The Army is the first service branch in Japan to announce it is making the Moderna vaccine widely available to phase three beneficiaries, the last phase of a Defense Department plan to vaccinate its people.

A member of security forces at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, simulates pulling over an alcohol-impaired driver, Jan. 15, 2019. <br>Jonathan Valdes Montijo/U.S. Air Force
A member of security forces at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, simulates pulling over an alcohol-impaired driver, Jan. 15, 2019. <br>Jonathan Valdes Montijo/U.S. Air Force

Joint Army-Air Force base in Alaska bans on-post alcohol sales after 10 p.m.

By Friday afternoon, the announcement had garnered nearly 300 comments on Facebook, most critical of the prohibition on overnight purchases.


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Tech. Sgt. Michael Wayne Morris, a maintainer at Aviano Air Base, Italy, died Jan. 12, 2021 from the coronavirus, his friends and family said in Facebook posts. <br>Facebook
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Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller speaks to reporters on a government aircraft en route to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Jan. 14, 2021.<br>Lisa Ferdinando/DOD

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A member of security forces at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, simulates pulling over an alcohol-impaired driver, Jan. 15, 2019. <br>Jonathan Valdes Montijo/U.S. Air Force
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A member of security forces at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, simulates pulling over an alcohol-impaired driver, Jan. 15, 2019. <br>Jonathan Valdes Montijo/U.S. Air Force
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By Friday afternoon, the announcement had garnered nearly 300 comments on Facebook, most critical of the prohibition on overnight purchases.

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A member of security forces at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, simulates pulling over an alcohol-impaired driver, Jan. 15, 2019. <br>Jonathan Valdes Montijo/U.S. Air Force

Joint Army-Air Force base in Alaska bans on-post alcohol sales after 10 p.m.

By Friday afternoon, the announcement had garnered nearly 300 comments on Facebook, most critical of the prohibition on overnight purchases.

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