Comments on: More Command Sponsorship for USFK Announced http://rokdrop.com/2008/10/11/more-command-sponsorship-for-usfk-announced/ Korea From North to South Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:31:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kalani http://rokdrop.com/2008/10/11/more-command-sponsorship-for-usfk-announced/comment-page-1/#comment-235898 Kalani Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:38:55 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=9462#comment-235898 I applaud Gen Bell and Gen Sharp for having the guts to force this issue. It is tied to the ROK "cheap charlie" attitudes and no one in the past would force the issue. It is about time to tell the truth that the ROK is NOT a war-zone and chances of it becoming so are remote. If the ROK doesn't treat the ROK as a war-zone, why should the USFK still follow a 50-year old policy? It is time the rules changed. I am getting a tingling feeling that this may also apply to the folks on a remote tour down at Kunsan AB in the near future. I noticed a job opening for a SCHOOL AGE children coordinator at Kunsan appear recently. All the folks at Kunsan live on base in dorms except for a small minority married to local nationals. However, for years they bent and stretched the rules to let spouses (visiting on tourist visas) reside in their rooms for a 90-day period. (Years ago this was also true at Osan AB, but I don't know if this is still true.) Bottomline: This is long overdue. I applaud Gen Bell and Gen Sharp for having the guts to force this issue. It is tied to the ROK “cheap charlie” attitudes and no one in the past would force the issue. It is about time to tell the truth that the ROK is NOT a war-zone and chances of it becoming so are remote. If the ROK doesn’t treat the ROK as a war-zone, why should the USFK still follow a 50-year old policy? It is time the rules changed.

I am getting a tingling feeling that this may also apply to the folks on a remote tour down at Kunsan AB in the near future. I noticed a job opening for a SCHOOL AGE children coordinator at Kunsan appear recently. All the folks at Kunsan live on base in dorms except for a small minority married to local nationals. However, for years they bent and stretched the rules to let spouses (visiting on tourist visas) reside in their rooms for a 90-day period. (Years ago this was also true at Osan AB, but I don’t know if this is still true.)

Bottomline: This is long overdue.

]]> By: Pete http://rokdrop.com/2008/10/11/more-command-sponsorship-for-usfk-announced/comment-page-1/#comment-235880 Pete Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:10:44 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=9462#comment-235880 I wonder how many of the "2100" spouses came to Korea on an entertainment visa and then became a spouse. No matter, more command billets is probably a good thing for all. If Jenkins had a "spouse" to come home to every night he probably would not have walked over to the North. I wonder how many of the “2100″ spouses came to Korea
on an entertainment visa and then became a spouse. No matter, more command billets is probably a good thing for all. If Jenkins had a “spouse” to come home to every night he probably would not have walked over to the North.

]]>