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Picture of the Day: A Helping Hand

» by GI Korea March 12th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (4)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="A Republic of Korea (ROK) Marine helps undo the safety harness from a Marine assigned to the 3D Marine Logistics Battalion from Okinawa, Japan, after rappelling ...more »

Picture of the Day: The US-ROK Alliance

» by GI Korea March 11th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (6)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="Joint military exercise: A Korean Marine, left, bumps fists with a U.S. Marine during a joint drill by South Korean and U.S. troops in Pohang, North ...more »

Discussing Operational Control On the Korean Peninsula

» by GI Korea March 8th, 2010 at 4:11 am » Comments (3)

Via the Korea Economic Reader comes an Asia Foundation article from Bruce Bechtol that discusses the issues facing the US and South Korea in regards to the transfer of war ...more »

US Troops Would Likely Not Arrive In Time for Korean Contingency

» by GI Korea February 7th, 2010 at 11:33 am » Comments (16)

This shouldn't come as any huge shock to anyone: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday said American ground forces may be unable to arrive in South Korea in time for ...more »

US Naval Academy Recognizes Korean Instructor

» by GI Korea February 5th, 2010 at 9:50 pm » Comments (2)

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 ...more »

Osan AB (1952): Photos of Robert Evilsizor

» 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 »

US-ROK Alliance to Have New Defense Guidelines

» by GI Korea December 16th, 2009 at 9:20 am » Comments (1)

Really nothing new here from the latest statement on the status of the US-ROK alliance: South Korea and the United States are discussing a plan to draw up "defense guidelines" next ...more »

Presidents Obama & Lee’s Press Conference Statements

» by GI Korea November 19th, 2009 at 9:17 am » Comments (9)

Well it appears none of Chickenhead's recommendations for President Obama's trip to South Korea came about: South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and U.S. President Barack Obama urged North Korea Thursday to ...more »

US & South Korea Announce OPLAN 5029 Revisions

» by GI Korea November 3rd, 2009 at 8:29 am » Comments (11)

The revisions to OPLAN 5029 have been long discussed between the US and South Korea and now it seems those revisions have finally become official: South Korea and the U.S. have ...more »

Obama Asks Lee to Send Troops to Iraq, Will the US Delay War Time Control Hand Over?

» by GI Korea June 22nd, 2009 at 3:38 pm » Comments (4)

It just goes to show that it doesn't matter who is in the White House to keep this dumb idea going: South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said Saturday his country will ...more »

USFK Confirms Operational Control Handover in 2012

» by GI Korea May 23rd, 2009 at 1:37 am » Comments (2)

Much like OFK here is something I need to see to believe: The U.S. Department of Defense has confirmed that it will hand full operational control of South Korean troops to ...more »

Key Resolve/Foal Eagle Exercise Begins in South Korea

» by GI Korea March 10th, 2009 at 4:02 pm » Comments (5)

Despite the always predictable tempertantrums from the North Koreans, the major US and Korean military training exercise Key Resolve/Foal Eagle has now begun: This year’s exercises have been surrounded by media ...more »
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