By If this deal holds the US base relocation to Camp Humphreys will be complete by 2015:
South Korea and the United States have agreed to complete the long delayed relocation of U.S. military bases to south of the Han River by 2015, a government source said Thursday.
The agreement was made in a meeting of top defense officials from both sides held in Seoul to finalize the timeline and cost for relocating American military facilities to Pyeongtaek, about 70 kilometers south of the capital.
Vice Defense Minister Chang Soo-man represented the Korean delegation at the talks held in the Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command headquarters, while U.S. Forces Korea Commander Gen. Walter Sharp led the U.S. side, according to the Ministry of National Defense.
“The two sides have practically agreed to complete the U.S. base relocation by 2015, though a few technical issues need to be further ironed out,” the source told The Korea Times on condition of anonymity. [Korea Times]
You can read my prior posting describing the history of the Camp Humphreys relocation here.
Considering that they are still “a few technical issues” to be worked out, does anyone think this relocation will actually be complete by 2015?
3:40 pm on April 24th, 2009 1
NO – it will not be completed by 2015.
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April 24th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Thats why a few technical issues need to be ironed out. Technically they don’t want to do it by 2015, and 2020 is much more auspicious as the appropriate date, with a few technical issues to be decided later.
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3:58 pm on April 24th, 2009 2
I was just at CH yesterday. They’re certainly well on the road to transforming the entire installation. I don’t see how it will take 5 or 6 more years!!!!
So I say they’ll get it done on time.
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April 24th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
Despite all they are doing, they are not even close. 2025 is more realistic. Oh yeah, where are all the training areas and the rail head?
Is there anyone here who thinks Casey will go away entirely? I’d like to hear the theory on that one.
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11:37 pm on April 24th, 2009 3
BTW, I like how Area I turned Gen. Sharps safety stand down into “PHT Warrior Abatement Weekend”. How did that go? The Juicy’s were almost inconsolable.
So once again, we are left asking, what was this all REALLY about?
One good thing. While are the soldiers were attending PHT training, the Ville Pimps didn’t have to wait for tee times at the good ole golf course (yet another reason the Casey Country Club can’t close).
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April 25th, 2009 at 2:22 am
We’ll see how things go tonight – My class on Korean Culture turned into a class on best practices for picking up Korean chicks. I figured if I can get my guys chasing Korean tail the’ll stay away from the juicy scene. Granted – it’s technically illegal to employ P
SYOPS on your own troops, but it’s for their own good.
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12:41 am on April 25th, 2009 4
It will easily take 5 or 6 more years. Even the USFK HQs won’t be done until 2014 or 2015, and I suspect that’s the date they published. There will still be 5 more years of building and moving after 2015.
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1:35 am on April 25th, 2009 5
Why does anyone other than the Korean bar owners care about this issue?
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8:14 pm on April 26th, 2009 6
Maybe they plan to live and work here in the future? Maybe it affects the overall U.S. strategy in the Korean theater or Pacific theater? Maybe there should be more people that care to have input on the types of facilities our replacements will be living in, so they stay in tune with changes and do a input where they can or where needed?
As in, maybe they are doing more than just using oxygen to keep cells alive. They may use oxygen to pontificate, plan, and discuss.
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11:32 pm on April 26th, 2009 7
I have a feeling this will work just like the Kanto Plains consolidation went in mainland Japan back in the 70’s. Anybody remember that?
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9:18 am on June 18th, 2009 8
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