It looks like a lot of improvements are coming for the Marines stationed at Camp Mujuk outside of Pohang on the southeast coast of Korea:

Before the Marine Corps turned unpaved Camp Mu Juk into a modern installation, conditions were so spartan that Marines called it Camp Mud Juk.

Now, the Marines plan further improvements to the remote 88-acre base, which lies amid the rice fields of Ochon, about 20 minutes outside Pohang, a seaport on the east coast.

Plans call for a community services building, small commissary and base exchange, as well as a building that will house the base military police and other security forces, said Col. Douglas O. Fegenbush Jr., deputy commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Korea.

About 60 Marines serve there year-round, and Marine units from outside Korea come in throughout the year for training and exercises.

“We called it Mud Juk back in the old days,” Fegenbush said. “It was quite the cute term we had, because there were no paved roads.” Marines stationed there lived in Quonset huts with open squad bays and toilet facilities.

Workers will spend six months renovating an old one-story gym and turn it into a community services center that’s slated to open sometime next spring.

The $900,000 project calls for a library and a multi-purpose room that can be converted to a conference room, theater or chapel. A game room will have foosball, pool tables, Ping-Pong, darts, a sound system and an area for playing electronic games.  [Stars & Stripes]

You can read the rest at the link.

If you haven’t already I recommend everyone read my prior profile of Camp Mujuk here.