For those of you stationed at Camp Carroll there was a little excitement the other day:

 

Construction workers at Camp Carroll found a live Korean War-era U.S. grenade Friday morning, the second piece of old ordnance uncovered in Korea in the last three weeks, military officials said.

U.S. Army Garrison-Daegu spokesman Phil Molter said workers found the pineapple-style grenade around 10:30 a.m. as they were digging at a warehouse construction site. Technicians from the 6th Ordnance Battalion confirmed it was a grenade, and a South Korean explosive ordnance team from an army ammunition site at Youngcheon, southeast of Daegu, removed it from Camp Carroll.

A spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense said the EOD team would detonate the grenade sometime next week.

“No one was ever worried about it” causing problems, Molter said.

Camp Carroll is located on the edge of the “Pusan Perimeter” area that saw heavy fighting during the war.

On April 14, a mortar was found behind the U.S. Forces Korea headquarters at Yongsan Garrison in Seoul. It is also believed to be a remnant from the Korean War, garrison spokeswoman Jane Lee said.

Construction workers found it while dredging a sewage canal that runs behind the White House, which houses USFK officials including commander Gen. Walter Sharp. The building was evacuated, Lee said.

An EOD team took the mortar, which was in “extremely poor condition,” to Warrior Base for detonation, according to Capt. Scott Mignot, commander of the 718th Ordnance Company. [Stars & Stripes]

You can read the rest at the link but this is something that happens from time to time on USFK when new construction happens. Likewise around the DMZ unexploded ordinance is usually an issue during the monsoon season when UXO could be washed off of hill sides and left along roads where people walk.