This is a good program to see the South Koreans participating in:

Rear Adm. Peter Gumataotao, Commander, U. S. Naval Forces Korea, presented a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal to Cmdr. Duk Cho, Director of the Republic of Korea Naval Academy Museum, for Cho’s participation in the Officer Exchange Program to the U.S. Naval Academy.

“I am honored to be receiving a medal for having done what I was given to do,” said Cho. “I was glad to have been able to teach Korean culture and tradition to cadets.”

Cho participated in the Officer Exchange Program from July 2007 to July 2009, teaching American Naval History at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. The Officer Exchange Program began in 1993, under which eight Korean officers and six American officers have taught in the partnering schools. Cho was the seventh officer from Korea to teach at the U.S. Naval Academy.

“One of the best U.S. Navy mottos I found was spoken by Capt. James Lawrence, who commanded the USS Chesapeake during the War of 1812,” said Cho.  “His last order before the ship sank was ‘Don’t give up the ship!’  I asked my students what other things that ‘D.G.U.T.S’ could mean.  The most impressive answer was ‘Diversity gives us the strength,’ which I think was a very telling answer.”  [USFK Website]

Foreign instructor are always interesting to receive classes and training from simply because of the different perspective on things that they bring.