» by GI Korea March 12th, 2010 at 4:00 pm » Comments (0)

I think this may be more troops to help with the disaster response in Haiti: Defense Minister Kim Tae-young says the government will create a 1,000-strong unit of troops for overseas ...more »

» by GI Korea March 4th, 2010 at 6:57 am » Comments (0)

Here is some more information about the ROK F-5 jet crash accident that killed 3 pilots: [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Soldiers yesterday comb Mount Hwangbyeong to recover the wreckage of two ...more »

» by GI Korea March 4th, 2010 at 2:52 am » Comments (1)

What a bad week for the ROK military with a tank and two airplanes already crashing and now this: A military helicopter crashed into a field in Namyangju east of Seoul ...more »

» by GI Korea March 3rd, 2010 at 4:46 pm » Comments (3)

This is a tragic accident, but what I find surprising is that two planes crashed into the same mountain: Two older F-5 fighter jets crashed into a mountain in the eastern ...more »

» by GI Korea March 3rd, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (13)

The driver of the K1 tank apparently fell asleep while driving after an over night training exercise and ran over these vehicles.  Thankfully no one was seriously hurt.  You can ...more »

» by GI Korea February 18th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (1)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="477" caption="South Korean soldiers cheer yesterday during the inauguration ceremony of United Nations peacekeeping troops bound for Haiti at a military camp in Incheon, west of Seoul. ...more »

» by GI Korea February 4th, 2010 at 3:52 pm » Comments (2)

Here is a first for the ROK Army, participation in one of the biggest Asian military exercises held every year in Thailand, Cobra Gold: More than 800 U.S., Thai and South ...more »

» by GI Korea January 27th, 2010 at 6:31 am » Comments (5)

Here is an interesting chart for everyone to see how many countries currently have ROK military personnel deployed in support of UN peacekeeping operations: Via KBS World. more »

» by Kalani January 12th, 2010 at 6:08 pm » Comments (1)

Have finally posted to my historical website for Osan AB the photos of Robert Evilsizor, former Commander, Co A, 839th Engineering Aviation Battalion (EAB) (SCARWAF). "SCARWAF" stands for Special Category ...more »

» by GI Korea January 10th, 2010 at 5:09 am » Comments (0)

Korea has announced its latest expansion of its naval assets: The German Type 214 was selected by Korea over the French/Spanish Scorpene Class that has been ordered by Chile, ...more »

» by GI Korea November 13th, 2009 at 9:04 pm » Comments (7)

No surprise here: Arms experts and military officers say it was technological superiority that allowed South Korea to send a North Korean patrol boat scuttling back trailing a cloud of smoke ...more »

» by GI Korea November 11th, 2009 at 11:14 am » Comments (2)

The down sizing of the Korean military continues: The government plans to replace soldiers with maritime police officers to guard coastal areas and, in the process, reduce the number of personnel ...more »