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Hatoyama Finds Expedient Excuse For Base Policy Shift

» by February 17th, 2011 at 9:46 pm » Comments (0)

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama really is the Roh Moo-hyun of Japan: Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's remarks to the effect that he cited the deterrent role of U.S. ...more »

US Marine Corps Opposes Lifting of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell

» by December 1st, 2010 at 3:23 am » Comments (35)

I guess this means that the Marines are just a bunch of bigots right? They are the few, the proud and perhaps the military's biggest opponents of lifting the ban on ...more »

Camp Mujuk To Receive $900,000 In Upgrades

» by July 21st, 2010 at 3:19 am » Comments (1)

It looks like a lot of improvements are coming for the Marines stationed at Camp Mujuk outside of Pohang on the southeast coast of Korea: Before the Marine Corps turned unpaved ...more »

US Marine Facebook Page Temporarily Shutdown for Supporting Tea Party Movement

» by April 15th, 2010 at 4:48 pm » Comments (9)

Here is an article in the Army Times that shows how the US Marines cracked down on a guy that had a Tea Party webpage: After a brief disruption, a politically charged Facebook page ...more »

US Troops On Okinawa To Be Used In A Korea Contingency

» by April 2nd, 2010 at 8:05 pm » Comments (10)

It seems like the leftists in Japan are as dumb as their Korean counterparts: The commander of U.S. Marine Corps troops in Asia has recently revealed to Japanese defense officials ...more »

A Profile of Camp Mujuk, South Korea

» by March 25th, 2010 at 4:18 am » Comments (33)

With the current Key Resolve exercise in South Korea concluded I figured now would be a good time to write a little bit about where the US Marines participating in ...more »

Picture of the Day: The US-ROK Alliance

» by 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 »

Moving Marines to Kadena Airbase Not Realistic Option According to General

» by December 14th, 2009 at 6:55 am » Comments (18)

It looks like no one should expect the US Marines to be moving to Kadena Airbase on Okinawa anytime soon: Don’t look for Marine Corps helicopters to operate regularly out ...more »

Marine Widow Hotaru Ferschke Faces Deportation

» by September 18th, 2009 at 5:19 pm » Comments (40)

This story has long been followed here on the ROK Drop and though I'm not surprised, incredibly the immigration department has yet to fix her immigration status: Hotaru Ferschke just wants ...more »

Picture of the Day: US Marine Graves In Hamhung, North Korea

» by September 10th, 2009 at 7:48 am » Comments (9)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Marines of the First Marine Division pay their respects to fallen buddies during memorial services at the division's cemetery at Hamhung, Korea, following the break-out from ...more »

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