Robert Hawthorne, chief of the American Forces Network Pacific technical services division, died Thursday at this base in western Tokyo after suffering a heart attack.
Thousands of Defense Department employees in Japan, unhappy that Congress trimmed their access to health care at military hospitals this year, turned out at a series of town halls to let the Pentagon hear their dissatisfaction.
Andrew Hakun, 52, a Navy veteran and father of two boys, died in February 2021 after a long, agonizing wait for surgery following a heart attack at this base in western Tokyo, according to his widow and medical records.