Posts Tagged With: Good Neighbors
Picture of the Day: Volunteers Wanted for USFK English Camp
April 27th, 2013 at 1:57 pm » Comments (25)
ATTENTION YONGSAN FAMILIES: Volunteer to host a Korean student in your home for a week as part of USFK’s Good Neighbor English Camp from May 12-18. Volunteer U.S. families (with or without children) are needed to host one or more students for six nights in their homes, providing them breakfast each day along with six evening meals. Cots are available if needed. Host families are requested to transport the student(s) to designated assembly points (Seoul American High School) in the morning and pick them up at night every day. Local
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2nd Infantry Division Honors Community Volunteers
April 27th, 2013 at 4:55 am » Comments (3)
The 2nd Infantry Division, USAG Red Cloud and Area I honored more than 100 community volunteers at the Warrior’s Club on Camp Casey April 24. The check presented during the ceremony represented over half a million dollars in service to our community!
USFK Good Neighbor English Camp To Be Held In May
April 20th, 2013 at 6:40 pm » Comments (0)
The Ninth Annual USFK Good Neighbor English Camp will be held May 12-18. Participants are 65 10th grade Korean students from Seoul and Gyeonggi Province areas. Volunteer U.S. families (with or without children) are needed to host one or more students for six nights in their homes, providing them breakfast each day along with five evening meals. For more information about the Good Neighbor English Camp program, call the USFK Public Affairs Office, 723-4685/723-7669 or send e-mail to pacom.yongsan.usfk.list.pao-comrel@mail.mil
Marines Save the Life Of Elderly Korean Man In Pohang
March 18th, 2013 at 7:15 pm » Comments (11)
Despite all the recent high profile GI crime incidents lately, it is good to see that there are still US military servicemembers doing the right thing in Korea: Four Marines rescued a Korean from a burning building after a fire broke out March 8 in Pohang, Republic of Korea. Lance Cpls. James T. Simon, Jace A. Pido, Zachary W. Regan and Tyler J. Vermillion, all members of Company B, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, were on liberty in Pohang when the fire started. “There were several people panicking in the
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USFK NCO Recognized by Gangwha Island Mayor for Public Service
January 23rd, 2013 at 6:48 pm » Comments (3)
This is a pretty cool story about a US Army NCO recognized by the Ganghwa Island Mayor for his public service in regards to maintaining trails on Koryo Mountain: The mayor of a South Korean island recognized a U.S. Army staff sergeant for helping to keep the trails of a landmark mountain open for hikers. Ganghwa Mayor Yu Cheon-ho presented a service award to Staff Sgt. Ryan Hayes, the noncommissioned officer in charge of Detachment J, for clearing the trails on Koryo Mountain. Ganghwa’s most prominent peak, Koryo Mountain towers
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2ID Soldier Saves Life of Korean Man Involved In an Auto Accident
January 22nd, 2013 at 6:39 pm » Comments (17)
Great job SFC David George!: Sgt. 1st Class David George, from Seattle and a Blackhawk helicopter crew chief with 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 2nd Inf. Div., was driving home when he noticed a vehicle had crashed into a tree off the road. A bystander was trying to unsuccessfully pull the driver out of the vehicle. George handed the bystander his phone to call for emergency services while George assisted the driver. Moments before the car burst into flames, George pulled the driver to safety. “Luckily I was there,” said George.
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USFK Servicemember Thanked By Korean Family for Helping Teenager
August 20th, 2012 at 10:45 am » Comments (24)
A Korean family thanks a USFK servicemember for rendering aid to their injured teenage son: A South Korean teenager and his family visited a U.S. military base here last week to thank a soldier for helping the young man who was injured when his scooter collided with a taxi. Pfc. Clifford A. Rookstool of Fayetteville, N.C. – a UH-60 helicopter repairer with the 2nd (Assault) Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade at the K-16 Air Base – was riding his bicycle when he witnessed the July 17 accident
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2nd Infantry Division Soldiers Help Needy In Dongducheon
February 17th, 2012 at 11:00 pm » Comments (0)
Via the 2nd Infantry Division Facebook page comes this news about how 2ID soldiers were busy helping needy people in Dongducheon earlier this month:
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US Marines Donate Toys To Orphanages In Gyeongi Province
December 30th, 2011 at 5:40 pm » Comments (2)
The fine work by the US Marine Corps with their Toys for Tots program continues: – U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Korea delivered a portion of Toys for Tots donations collected during this year’s drive to three orphanages in the cities of Pocheon and Yangju, Republic of Korea during their fourth of nine trips into the Gyeonggi Province, Dec. 17. “Last year we supported more closely to Seoul. We need to reach further out into the community. Outside of Seoul, people don’t know about Toys for Tots,” said Gunnery Sgt. Min
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