South Korea Sojourns V: Hallasan Mountain

Author's Note: This is the fifth in a series of articles about recreational travel opportunities for service members stationed in South Korea. Each article will highlight a specific South Korean destination, attraction, or event within the authorized travelling distance for U.S. forces in country.

South Korea Sojourns I: Namsan & Seoul Tower

Author's Note: This is the first in a series of articles about recreational travel opportunities for service members stationed in South Korea. Each article will highlight a specific South Korean destination, attraction, or event within the authorized travelling distance for U.S. forces in country.

Aircraft incident occurs

An FA-18D, assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, struck a power line off base during its landing approach to Osan Air Base, March 29, 2014. No one was injured in the incident and the aircraft landed safely. Emergency response teams and safety personnel have responded to the incident.

8th Army CSM takes flight

Crossing Borders: Airmen connect with kids at Korean orphanage

The room was quiet for the moment. A dozen adults stood by, some with hands in their pockets, some with arms crossed. Some paced, others surveyed and some sat down. All of them were waiting. Soon a child came running into the room, his stride stopped in front of the brown box one of the adults sat

AFAF campaign kicks off; bar set at $105K

The 2014 Air Force Assistance Fund campaign kicked off here March 24.The goal for this year's drive is to bring in more than $105,000 for the Air Force Aid Society, which loaned more than $54,000 to 70 military families at Osan in 2013."The Air Force Aid Society is Airmen helping Airmen, which is

Airman Spotlight: SSgt Brandon H. Parker

Unit: 51st Force Support Squadron Job title: Force Management Supervisor Job description and its impact on the overall mission: I supervise and perform personnel activities and functions, including personnel action requests; source documents; unit, field, and master personnel records. I update

51st Medical Group Space Available Policy Change

To balance the mission and health of the community, the 51st Medical Group will begin providing Space Available service via the TRICARE Plus program based on open enrollment capacity. Space Available will no longer be provided by open appointments to first-come, first-serve non-enrollees. This

Joint CBRN training tests EM responders’ readiness

How 'Derby Girls' Roll

HurriCaylen. Mobsta. Slamazon. These aren't call signs for pilots from the 25th or 36th Fighter Squadrons, but they are wingmen for two Osan Airmen who enjoy a different "rolling thunder."During their typical work days, one can be seen mentoring Airmen and the other briefing F-16 Fighting Falcon