Posts Tagged With: USFK

Faces In Korea: Muhammad Ali

» by GI Korea February 6th, 2012 at 5:34 pm » Comments (29)

One of the side benefits of having US military servicemembers stationed in Korea is that many famous celebrities have come to visit the troops there over the years. However, there ...more »

Picture of the Day: Keeping Warm In 1946 Korea

» by GI Korea February 5th, 2012 at 12:43 pm » Comments (15)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="We stayed in an old schoolroom while stationed at Seoul, Korea.I recall Jaunary being quite cold. The stove was our only source of heat. We used ...more »

USFK To Review All Base Passes Given To Koreans

» by GI Korea February 3rd, 2012 at 3:23 am » Comments (97)

Due to the corruption that was uncovered in regards to the issuing base passes USFK is doing a full review of everyone who received one: The 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command will ...more »

Report: US To Agree To Changes in the US-ROK SOFA

» by GI Korea February 1st, 2012 at 3:37 am » Comments (2)

Via a reader tip comes a report that USFK is about to authorize a change to the US-ROK SOFA for servicemembers accused of rape or murder: Korea and the United States ...more »

USFK Security Guards On Strike Issue Open Letter to US Troops

» by GI Korea January 31st, 2012 at 5:17 pm » Comments (44)

Via a reader tip, US soldiers are continuing to guard gates in Area 1 while G4S has continued to not fulfill their contract obligations. In response to this, the security ...more »

Key Resolve Exercise To Begin Late Next Month

» by GI Korea January 28th, 2012 at 11:07 pm » Comments (6)

From KBS: The South Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command (CFC) says its biggest annual military drill will kick off late next month, and it has already notified North Korea of the impending ...more »

On Post USFK Clubs To Have Extended Weekend Hours Due To Curfew

» by GI Korea January 27th, 2012 at 5:06 pm » Comments (10)

This pretty much puts everything back to the way it used to be when USFK last had a curfew: Bars and restaurants at some U.S. Army bases in South Korea will ...more »

Itaewon Bar Owners Unhappy About USFK Curfew

» by GI Korea January 20th, 2012 at 5:38 pm » Comments (3)

Here is the most unsurprising thing you will probably hear all week, bar owners in Itaewon don't like the USFK curfewa: Nearly four months after the high-profile rape of a South ...more »

Picture of the Day: 1-15 FA Community Event

» by GI Korea January 20th, 2012 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="499" caption="A South Korean boy is all smiles as a U.S. soldier puts him atop a self-propelled gun at a U.S. artillery base in the city of ...more »

US Soldier Convicted Of Dongducheon Rape Loses First Appeal

» by GI Korea January 20th, 2012 at 10:30 am » Comments (0)

The US soldier convicted of a sadistic rape in Dongducheon lost his appeal and will be serving his full 10 years in a Korean jail: A South Korea appeals court Thursday ...more »