http://rokdrop.com/2006/11/29/general-bell-pushes-rok-on-command-transfer/ Korea From North to South Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://rokdrop.com/2006/11/29/general-bell-pushes-rok-on-command-transfer/comment-page-1/#comment-134852 The Captain’s Journal » 2nd Infantry Division Deploys to Iraq - No, Not Really! Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:14:43 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=1844#comment-134852 [...] wanted to allow the USFK relocation to Camp Humphreys just like they have never really wanted to take operational control from USFK [...] [...] wanted to allow the USFK relocation to Camp Humphreys just like they have never really wanted to take operational control from USFK [...]

]]> http://rokdrop.com/2006/11/29/general-bell-pushes-rok-on-command-transfer/comment-page-1/#comment-33769 MilBlogs (Daily Archive) Wed, 09 May 2007 08:42:51 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=1844#comment-33769 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] to allow the USFK relocation to Camp Humphreys just like they have never really wanted to take operational control from USFK either. However, Rumsfeld forced the issue on the South Korean government by calling their bluff [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] to allow the USFK relocation to Camp Humphreys just like they have never really wanted to take operational control from USFK either. However, Rumsfeld forced the issue on the South Korean government by calling their bluff [...]

]]> http://rokdrop.com/2006/11/29/general-bell-pushes-rok-on-command-transfer/comment-page-1/#comment-5710 USFK Announces War Time Control Handover By 2010 at ROK Drop Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:52:57 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=1844#comment-5710 [...] is an issue that General Bell has been pushing hard on, that the Korean government has been hoping the US government would forget about with the [...] [...] is an issue that General Bell has been pushing hard on, that the Korean government has been hoping the US government would forget about with the [...]

]]> http://rokdrop.com/2006/11/29/general-bell-pushes-rok-on-command-transfer/comment-page-1/#comment-1036 Camp Humphreys Relocation to Be Delayed? at ROK Drop Wed, 13 Dec 2006 02:50:52 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=1844#comment-1036 [...] Those of us who have served in Korea for awhile knew the 2008 timeline wasn’t going to happen, but 2013 give me a break?  The Korean government has never wanted to allow the USFK relocation to Camp Humphreys just like they have never really wanted to take operational control from USFK either.  Both the Yongsan and the operational control issues have long served as great cannonfodder by South Korean politicians looking to demagoge the issue to their own political advantage.  Plus the Koreans have never wanted to fully fund the move despite all the prime real estate they are gaining from the closed out USFK facilities.  Heck they won’t even properly fund the US-ROK Alliance while giving over a billion dollars to North Korea a year! You also have the Fifth Column in South Korea, organized by North Korean agents that want to stop the move because North Korea wants to keep 2ID and USFK locked into their current locations that are well within artillery range of North Korea which would mean their easy destruction during war time.  Additionally the locations of the bases, particularly Yongsan have been completely surrounded by urban cities which has led to accidents and incidents with the Korean public that gets demagoged by the North Korean sponsored anti-US activists groups in order to draw a wedge between USFK and the general Korean public.   The consolidation of US forces would remove all US forces out of North Korean artillery range and additionally under the ballistic missile protection of US Army PATRIOT missile batteries.  This would create better force protection for USFK forces along with giving USFK commanders more flexibility during war time. [...] [...] Those of us who have served in Korea for awhile knew the 2008 timeline wasn’t going to happen, but 2013 give me a break?  The Korean government has never wanted to allow the USFK relocation to Camp Humphreys just like they have never really wanted to take operational control from USFK either.  Both the Yongsan and the operational control issues have long served as great cannonfodder by South Korean politicians looking to demagoge the issue to their own political advantage.  Plus the Koreans have never wanted to fully fund the move despite all the prime real estate they are gaining from the closed out USFK facilities.  Heck they won’t even properly fund the US-ROK Alliance while giving over a billion dollars to North Korea a year! You also have the Fifth Column in South Korea, organized by North Korean agents that want to stop the move because North Korea wants to keep 2ID and USFK locked into their current locations that are well within artillery range of North Korea which would mean their easy destruction during war time.  Additionally the locations of the bases, particularly Yongsan have been completely surrounded by urban cities which has led to accidents and incidents with the Korean public that gets demagoged by the North Korean sponsored anti-US activists groups in order to draw a wedge between USFK and the general Korean public.   The consolidation of US forces would remove all US forces out of North Korean artillery range and additionally under the ballistic missile protection of US Army PATRIOT missile batteries.  This would create better force protection for USFK forces along with giving USFK commanders more flexibility during war time. [...]

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