Japanese educators from elementary schools on Okinawa recently visited Kadena Air Base to receive a crash-course in a new method of teaching. In January, their American counterparts will visit their schools to learn how Japanese classrooms are run.

Lop Buri, Thailand, Feb. 9, 2009: Smoke grenades cloud a mock United Nations humanitarian relief distribution station under attack in Lop Buri, Thailand, during a training drill for Cobra Gold ’09.

An ocean liner built for a double life as a secret Cold War transport ship for troops will become the world’s largest artificial reef on the ocean floor on the Gulf Coast, according to plans from tourism officials in Okaloosa County, Fla.

Kabul, Afghanistan, Sep. 28, 2019: Hasiba, 19, prepares to vote in her first presidential election at a polling station in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 28, 2019.

Over Afghanistan, Jan. 6, 2015: Afghan National Army soldiers rest in the back of an Mi-17 helicopter after being evacuated from a remote outpost in southern Afghanistan.

Norfolk, Virginia, Jan. 9, 2009: BMSN Riscinda Rogers, Chicago, Il., left, and the crew of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush receive instructions to prepare the ship for the arrival of President George W. Bush for the next day’s commissioning ceremony.

Grafenwoehr, Germany, Feb. 3, 1969: Infantry troops taking part in the Carbide Ice exercise are silhouetted against the morning sun as they roll through the village of Koenigstein in the Vilseck — Grafenwoehr area.

Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Dec. 6, 2013: A rancher watches over a herd of sheep in a field just outside the U.S. Air Force’s transit center in Manas, Kyrgyzstan.

Heidelberg, Germany, Oct. 30, 1948: Devils, ghosts, pirates, ladies and what appears to be a time travelling Austrian Hungarian police officer from the early 1900s pose for a photo.

Children — donned in their best Halloween costumes — are eager to pet “Clarence the Camel,” the mascot of the pilots of the 86th Fighter Group and donate some of their candy to the children of Berlin, so that Clarence can ferry them to the blockaded city on his own C47 Operation Vittles flight.

Andorra la Vella, Sep. 27, 1962: An Andorran woman throws the photographer a questioning look on a street in Andorra la Vella, Andorra.

Grafenwoehr, Germany, Aug. 28, 1947: Staff Sgt John L. Bell, L Company, 18th Infantry Division cleans his pistol after shooting.

Soc Trang, South Vietnam, May 9, 1962: Army Maj. Robert M. Campbell (center) sector advisor for Vietnamese troops operating in the Vinh Long Province, confers with two Vietnamese officers after Marine Helicopter Squadron 362 — aka “Archie’s Angels” — ferried them into the Mekong Delta area.

Seoul, South Korea, September 1959: Children carefully paint the features on puppets in one of the classroom of the Seoul Children’s home.

Somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea, Apr. 16, 1970: The catapult deckedge operator signals as a C-1 Trader is readied for a catapult launch aboard the USS Forrestal. The ship is conducting operations in the Mediterranean Sea.

Typhoon Tip trigged a freak fire here Friday [Oct. 19, 1979] that killed a Marine and injured at least 41 other persons, according to Marine officials. This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Oct. 21, 1979. It is republished unedited in its original form.

Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 22, 1979: Capt. Cynthia Young, a nurse, talks to an unidentified burn victim from the Camp Fuji fire on board a C-141 before liftoff as Airman Joseph Dancer of the 665th Tactical Hospital at Yokota AB, Japan, monitors the intravenous medication.

Camp Page, South Korea, Apr. 18, 1959: Tug of war contest between the 226th Signal Company and the 1st Missile Battalion was won by the Missilemen.

Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, Dec. 12, 1951: Ava Gardner grants one of her magnetic smiles to a young German customs official after arriving at Rhein-Main Air Base with her newly minted husband, Frank Sinatra.