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More Command Sponsorship for USFK Announced

» by GI Korea October 11th, 2008 at 5:28 am » Comments (2)

It looks like even more command sponsored slots will be opening up soon in USFK: Hundreds of military families living in South Korea without command sponsorship could get official recognition ...more »

Non-partisan Voter Assistance (Yongsan Garrison and Osan AB)

» by Kalani October 10th, 2008 at 8:03 am » Comments (3)

There will be voting assistance at Yongsan Garrison on Saturday, 11 Oct from 8:45 to 18:00. They will be collocated in the VFW tent. There will be voting assistance at ...more »

S. Korea to buy U.S. munitions

» by Kalani October 8th, 2008 at 10:03 pm » Comments (4)

There was a small article in the Stars and Stripes about the ROK purchasing munitions. This is a LONG, LONG story of the ROK trying to get munitions cheap ...more »

Vignette: Suwon Bomb and Strafing Range (Kooni Range) 1955

» by Kalani October 8th, 2008 at 9:04 pm » Comments (1)

The range was started in 1951 when the Suwon AB was expanded to accommodate multiple fighter wings during the Korean War. The exact date of its origin remains unknown -- ...more »

USFK Contractors Could Lose Jobs Over Visa Changes

» by GI Korea October 7th, 2008 at 9:48 am » Comments (19)

Here is some news for all you USFK contractors out there: U.S. Forces Korea officials are denying status of forces agreement visa renewals to many civilian contractors who lived in ...more »

8th FW Hosting Static Display (4 Oct 2008)

» by Kalani October 3rd, 2008 at 8:08 am » Comments (2)

In Aug 2008, the ROKAF held the first open house at Kunsan in over 30 years. The ROKAF held a static display -- in conjunction with the Automotive Show ...more »

New HMMWV’s for 2ID

» by GI Korea October 1st, 2008 at 5:48 am » Comments (0)

It is about time the old soft skin HMMWV's were replaced in 2ID: Sixty-one up-armored Humvees were delivered to the 2nd Infantry Division last week, the first of approximately 170 ...more »

Command Sponsorship Increase Announced in 2ID

» by GI Korea September 29th, 2008 at 4:51 am » Comments (14)

This is great news for some people getting stationed in 2ID: For the first time, the majority of servicemembers in parts of U.S. Army Garrison-Red Cloud will be able to ...more »

Ask A Korean on Why Do Koreans Complain About the US Military?

» by GI Korea September 24th, 2008 at 10:22 am » Comments (7)

In the posting below I have a posting on why GI's complain about being stationed in Korea and now make sure you head over to Ask A Korean a read ...more »

Why Do GI’s Complain About Korea?

» by GI Korea September 24th, 2008 at 5:34 am » Comments (29)

Introduction Recently there were cooperative cross postings on Roboseyo’s blog as well as Ask A Korean on Why Expats Complain About Korea? The cross postings drew a lot of debate around ...more »

Sept 11, 2001: America Under Attack

» by Kalani September 11th, 2008 at 8:11 am » Comments (1)

After reading Col. Childress' account of 9/11, I went back and reread the events of that day in my chronicles. After reading it, I thought I'd post it here as ...more »

A Google Earth Profile of Uijongbu

» by GI Korea August 29th, 2008 at 7:23 am » Comments (3)

In recent months Google Earth has updated their software to now include high resolution footage of the Uijongbu area to the delight of Korea watchers such as myself that have ...more »
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