Here is a good story about a Korean mom helping out a lost 4 year old daughter of a Camp Red Cloud soldier:
Krista Bailey, 4, couldn’t wait to go to school for the first time.
She thought about what to do …
Mommy says to get to school, I get on the school bus.
Mommy is in the shower. I’m going outside. I can find the school bus myself.
Krista walked outside the Camp Red Cloud barracks and blended in with a group of people leaving the base. When the light turned green, she crossed the street.
She saw a bright bus with children painted on the side, but the bus driver said she couldn’t board.
So Krista took the next bus — Uijeongbu city bus No. 23.
It was scary. After a while, Krista cried. [Stars & Stripes]
Read the rest of the story but a Korean mom by the name of Im Su-jung noticed the girl on the bus and contacted the police which were able to return her to her parents. It was a good thing Ms. Im did which let this story conclude with a happy ending. As much as it is pointed out how Koreans tend to ignore helping other people, more often then not there are still plenty of people in Korea willing to help out.
On a side not though, I am wondering are families now allowed to live in the barracks at Camp Red Cloud? If so this must be a new thing.
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8:30 am on July 13th, 2008 1
Wow. I didn’t know there was family housing ON POST at Camp Red Cloud!!! That’s great!!!
So I guess if I checked this warrant officer’s LES I should not find out that he is actually claiming his family lives in San Francisco or something like that?
And I also guess that 2ID will be asking congress to stop the $150 a month payment to soldiers in Area 1 because of an “unaccompanied, hardship” tour living conditions.
9:28 am on July 13th, 2008 2
Go get ‘em Rommel.
10:15 am on July 13th, 2008 3
2ID has been rather liberal with the command sponsorship and POV privleges in the last couple years…. If you are an Officer or Warrant that is….
I also heard a rumor that the rank limit on PoV ownership may be under review for lowering again.
This will give the DUI news a boost if it should come to pass.
10:21 am on July 13th, 2008 4
I am wondering are families now allowed to live in the barracks at Camp Red Cloud?
No, families are technically not allowed to live with their spouses on post. However, more and more spouses are coming to Korea even if they are not command sponsored. Most of them get a place nearby, as there are more and more apartment buildings going up around Area I installations every day. They receive a special housing pay based on their individual housing contract. Because these families live so close to post, who is to stop them from coming to stay with their spouse on post whenever they want?
So no, Rommel, the Army has already thought of that and will charge you with BAH fraud if families are doing that.
12:44 pm on July 13th, 2008 5
What school was the girl headed off to? There’re no schools up there, unless they had arranged for her to be bused to school at Yongsan or were paying to send her to a Korea foreigners’ school.
12:30 am on July 14th, 2008 6
So now we can keep our families in the barracks at RED CLOUD?
I wonder if this issue will be addressed or is this a single mother officer without a family care plan
1:39 pm on July 14th, 2008 7
The soldier is based at CRC and the mom and child live at Yongsan. They’re command sponsored.
2:10 pm on July 14th, 2008 8
Thanks Erik for the clarification which probably means the wife was going to take the bus from CRC back to Yongsan with the 4 year old. Makes sense now.
6:22 am on July 15th, 2008 9
Yeah, well, they should run all of the families out of Korea, all the same. And tear down the fancy barracks and put everyone back in quonset huts. And get rid of the DA civilians, too.
9:41 am on July 15th, 2008 10
How many trips to the TMC and Family Advocacy were required after this occured?