P UBLISHED F OR T HOSE S ERVING
Volume 3, Issue 27
Dental Soldiers
hone tactical
skills
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On the Move
A 2nd Infantry Division Soldier prepares equipment for the 50th Engineer Company’s move to Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. The unit expects to
depart the peninsula for the United States in the middle of May. For related story, See Page 5.
Yellow Dust brings health, safety issues
18th Medical Command
YONGSAN -- Did you notice the
brownish tinge to the air recently? It
is what the Koreans call “HwangSa,”
meaning “Yellow Dust,” from the
deserts of China, Mongolia and
Manchuria.
This seasonal phenomenon occurs
intermittently throughout the spring and
is usually seen in the dry spring months
when meteorological conditions allow
the sand picked up from deserts
thousands of miles to the west and north
of Korea to settle on the Korean
peninsula.
It typically rises to a height of 3 to 5
km before blowing eastward at some
30 meters per second, crossing the West
(Yellow) Sea and arriving in Korea a few
days later.
Unfortunately, the Yellow Dust brings
many problems with it. It can create
IN THE R EPUBLIC OF KOREA
Busan Aquarium
offers fishy fun
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visibility problems for pilots, hinder the
operation of precision machines and
impair the growth of agricultural
products.
For humans, the small dust
particles in the 1- to 10-micron size
can cause respiratory and eye
problems. Lt. Col. Hee-Choon S. Lee,
preventative medicine consultant, 18th
Medical Command, said the dust is
especially dangerous to individuals
with existing respiratory problems.
“The effect (of the Yellow Dust) is
to trigger attacks of asthma and worsen
(a person’s) respiratory status,” Lee
said. “New research suggesting that
those without asthma may actually
develop asthma when exposed to
particulate pollution such as in the Yellow
dust phenomenon.”
To help prevent these problems, the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
April 29, 2005
PFC. PAUL ESPARZA
issued guidelines for outdoor activity
levels based on measured levels of dust
particles in the air. According to the EPA,
people with heart or lung disease, older
adults and children are at the highest risk,
but everybody should try to minimize
their exposure to this dust phenomenon
as the concentration level increases.
As the dust concentration level climbs
above 200, people with heart or lung
disease, older adults and children should
try to avoid outdoor physical activity,
and everyone else should try to avoid
prolonged or heavy outdoor exertion.
Levels above 300 are a greater health
concern, and those most at risk should
remain indoors and keep their activity
levels low, while others should try to
avoid all unnecessary outdoor activity.
Lee also suggested taking steps to
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Guilty Akbar
could face
death penalty
Army News Service
F O RT B R A G G, N . C . – S g t .
H a s a n A k b a r, t h e f o r m e r 1 0 1 s t
Airborne Division Soldier accused
of the March 23, 2003, grenade
attack on three tents in Kuwait, was
found guilty April 21.
A court-martial panel of nine
officers and six noncommissioned
officers deliberated for 2 and a half
hours before returning the verdict by
a unanimous vote: guilty of two
specifications of premeditated murder
and three specifications of attempted
premeditated murder.
Akbar now faces three possible
sentences: life in prison, life in
prison without the possibility of
parole, or death.
Akbar was convicted of a
grenade attack on three tents in
Camp Pennsylvania, Kuwait, that
took the lives of Capt. Christopher
Seifert and Maj. Gregory Stone.
Fourteen others were wounded from
the 101st Airborne Division, Fort
Campbell, Ky., in the night grenade
attack during the early days of
Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Maj. Richard Patterson, public
a ff a i r s o ff i c e r f o r Ta s k F o r c e
Bragg, said that although
T h u r s d a y ’s u n a n i m o u s v e r d i c t
means Akbar is eligible for the death
penalty, the court must make other
unanimous findings for that penalty
to be imposed.
Patterson said the court must find
unanimously that the Army has
proved aggravating circumstances,
and make a second finding that the
aggravating circumstances
outweigh any mitigating factor
raised by the defense.
The sentencing phase was set to
begin at 9 a.m. April 25.
( E d i t o r ’s n o t e : I n f o r m a t i o n
p ro v i d e d b y Ta s k F o rc e B r a g g
Public Affairs.)
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http://ima.korea.army.mil/morningcalmweekly Commentary The Morning Calm Weekly

MP Blotter
The following entries were excerpted
from the past several weeks military police
blotters. These entries may be incomplete
and do not determine the guilt or
innocence of any person.
! Military police were notified of an
assault consummated by battery. Preliminary
investigation revealed that two Soldiers were
involved in a verbal altercation which turned
physical, when the first Soldier struck the
second Soldier in the face with a closed fist.
The first Soldier was apprehended and
transported to the MP station where he was
administered a series of field sobriety tests,
which he failed. The two Soldiers were
transported to a local medical facility where
the first Soldier was administered a
command-directed blood alcohol test, with
results pending. The second Soldier was
treated and transported to a local hospital
and treated for a broken ankle and released.
The first Soldier was then transported back
to the MP station, where he was released to
his unit. He was later advised of his legal
rights, which he waived, rendering a sworn
statement attesting to the incident. This is
an alcohol-related incident. Investigation
continues by MPI.
! Military police were notified of an
aggravated assault. Investigation disclosed
that a Soldier and an unknown subject were
involved in a verbal altercation, which turned
physical, when the unknown subject
repeatedly struck the Soldier in the face with
an open fist. The Soldier was transported to
a local medical facility for treatment of head
injuries and altered mental status, and then
MEDAVACed to a local hospital for further
evaluation. The Soldier is currently being
treated for injuries including lacerations to
the back of his head, swelling to the left side
of his face, and small hematoma to the back
of the head and left temple. Investigation
continues by MPI.
! Investigation by military police revealed
that person(s) unknown by means unknown
removed five U.S. dollars from a Soldier’s wallet,
which was left unsecured and unattended in
a locker at the post gym. Unknown person(s)
then fled the scene in an unknown direction.
The Soldier stated that this is the second time
that this has happened. He stated that he only
put five dollars in his wallet this time to see if
it would happen again. The Soldier rendered a
written sworn statement attesting to the above
incident. A search of the area by The MPs for
subject(s) and or witness met with negative
results.
War on Terror 10 years old?
By Gary Sheftick
Army News Service
ARLINGTON, Va. – Ten years ago today, my old friend
survived the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building.
Clark Peterson was the only surviving member of his
office. A total of 168 people died in the attack on the Murrah
Federal Building, including seven members of the U.S. Army
Oklahoma City Recruiting Battalion.
Clark was a member of the Advertising and Public Affairs
Office of the OKC Recruiting Battalion. He was talking with
the A&PA Chief, John Moss, minutes before the explosion.
His supervisor’s desk was at the front of the building, near
windows facing the street, and Clark was sitting there discussing
a project. Just moments before the explosion, Clark said he stood
up and walked to his own desk at the rear of the office.
That move saved his life, according to Clark.
As he sat down, Clark turned on his computer. At first, he
thought that he was being shocked by an electrical short in
the computer. But it was the shock wave from a bomb instead
that sent him reeling through the air.
Timothy McVeigh had just detonated a homemade bomb
next to the building in a truck filled with thousands of pounds
of ammonium nitrate and diesel fuel.
Clark woke up on a pile of rubble a couple of floors below
where his office had been. He was injured, but said at the time
that the psychological trauma was worse than the physical.
Whenever he closed his eyes to sleep, he said that he saw terror.
John Moss died in the explosion, along with the battalion’s
newspaper editor, Peggy Holland, and the office secretary,
Karen Carr.
In 1998, upon recommendation of the Recruiting
Command, the Army’s Civilian Journalist of the Year Award
Letters to the Editor
Ambassador thanks
USFK troops
(The following is a letter from
Christopher R. Hill, outgoing
ambassador to the Republic of Korea,
to Gen. Leon J . LaPorte, commander,
U.S. Forces Korea.)
Gen. LaPorte,
As I leave my post as ambassador to
the Republic of Korea to take up my new
position in Washington as Assistant
Secretary of State for East Asian and
Pacific Affairs, I wanted to thank you
and the incredible USFK team for the
work you do in support of this alliance. visited with many of the outstanding
Since my arrival last August, I have Soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who
was named in honor of Moss and Holland. Every year the
best Army civilian journalist receives the Moss-Holland Award.
Today several survivors of the Oklahoma City terrorist
attack joined about 1,600 others — including former President
Bill Clinton and Vice President Dick Cheney — at a memorial
built on the site of the federal building. All bowed their heads
for 168 seconds of silence beginning at 9:02 a.m., the time of
the explosion April 19, 1995.
For many of those who survived the tragedy, and even for
many involved in the recovery operations, the memories of
that day are still too painful to discuss. It was the worst terrorist
attack in America at the time.
Some even trace the beginning of the nation’s War on
Terror to the attack in Oklahoma City. But it could also be
said that the enemy there was from within.
McVeigh was a former Soldier who reportedly was
retaliating for an incident exactly two years earlier in Waco,
Texas, when a number of Branch Dividians went up in flames
during a siege by government agents.
Others claim the first terrorist bombing of the World Trade
Center Feb. 26, 1993 began America’s War on Terror.
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker has said that
the War on Terror actually began with the Iran Hostage Crisis
in November 1979. He participated in a mission that attempted
rescue of the hostages.
Perhaps the chief of staff’s vision makes the most sense
when it comes to the roots of the War on Terror. In the
hostage crisis, we were pitted against foreign terrorists, from
nearly the same part of the world where we face them today.
In any case, it’s clear that the beginnings of the War on
Terror date back much further than Sept. 11, 2001.
It just took that tragic attack to unite us to fight back in force.
form U.S. Forces Korea . I have been to
Osan Air Base, Kunsan Air Base, Chinhae
and the DMZ, and also participated in the
Ulchi-Focus Lens exercise.
What is evident in each of my visits is
not only a strong foundation of patriotism
toward the United States and pride in their
jobs, but also a dedication to the US-ROK
alliance that makes this the strongest
partnership I have seen anywhere.
Please convey my appreciation to
every member of USFK for helping
preserve peace and stability here in the
Republic of Korea.
Christopher R. Hill Christopher R. Hill
Assistant Secretary of State
East Asian and Pacific Affairs

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is available to all authorized Status
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their families throughout South
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interests of our varied listening
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Seoul Schools
Re-registration
Re-registration for all currently
registered students returning to
school and all new kindergarten
students will be May 17-20.
Registration for students
kindergarten through grade 12 will be
at Hannam Chapel Annex May 17.
Students with last name beginning
with A-L may register from 8 a.m. until
noon. Students with names starting
with M-Z register noon to 3 p.m.
Re-registration and registration will
be at the Seoul Americna High School
gymnasium May 18-20. May 18,
students with names beginning with
A-F may come from 8 a.m. to noon;
G-L, noon -3 p.m.
May 19 students with names
beginning with M-R may register 8
a.m. to noon; S-Z, noon -3 p.m. May
20 registration is open to all students
who have not yet registered.
OES Starlight Ball
Far East District #21, Oklahoma
Jurisdiction, PHA will celebrate the
second annual Order fo the Eastern
Star Starlight Ball May 7. The event
will begin at 6 p.m. at the Naija
Ballroom, Dragon Hill Lodge. Attire
for the event is formal.
For information on the event, contact
the appropriate area coordinator. In
Area I, call Lisa Brown at 010-5847-
4088; Area II, (Yongsan) Candy
Johnson, 011-9164-3862 (Osan) Leslie
Chism, 010-7213-9875; Area III, Linda
Rollocks, 010-8695-8064; and Area IV,
Chris Fullard, 010-3141-1837.
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8th PERSCOM transformation
enhances personnel service
8th PERSCOM Public Affairs Army, 8th PERSCOM will continue to battalions, which provide postal and
YONGSAN – Human Resource provide world class personnel services personnel service for all Soldiers, civilians
Transformation is coming to Korea when support with Soldiers who are trained and family members in the Republic of
Col. Michael J. Harris, commander, 8th in their warrior tasks and drills, and who Korea, will realign under the 19th Theater
Personnel Command, and Command Sgt. are ready to fight tonight, up to the day of Support Command, with the EUSA G1/
Maj. Carlos Martinez-Rivera AG providing technical oversight and
officially case 8th “... 8th PERSCOM will continue control of theater HR assets.
PERSCOM’s colors in an to provide world class Personnel Some of the new enablers will be
Inactivation Ceremony implemented before 8th PERSCOM’s
scheduled for June 15 on Services Support with Soldiers who inactivation, and they will continue after
Yongsan’s “Knight Field.” are trained in their warrior tasks the unit’s transformation. These
Any unit inactivation brings initiatives include the introduction of a
and drills ...”
with it change. In the case of new Turbo PCS Web site, installation
8th PERSCOM’s inactivation — Col. Michael J. Harris of self-service personnel manifest
and merger with Eighth Army commander, 8th PERSCOM kiosks at Incheon Airport and Osan Air
G1, however, change brings Base, distribution of Self Service Human
with it exciting opportunities. Eighth its lateral transfer and the casing of its Resource CDs, and implementation of
PERSCOM’s transformation will be colors,” said Harris. “There will be an a 24 hours per day, 7 days per week
governed by three important factors: The overlap time with the merging commands Human Resources Call Center (24/7 HR
Army and 8th U.S. Army will remain taking over PERSCOM missions. And Call Center).
committed to “Taking Care of its People” there will not be a gap or interruption in The new Turbo PCS Web site has
with the merging of G1 and AG personnel; service to the Soldiers we support or their been implemented to assist Soldiers in
Human Resources support on the commanders, from a readiness Korea who are changing duty stations
Peninsula will improve; and 8th perspective. All Postal and Personnel somewhere outside of Korea. Every
PERSCOM and the G1/AG will missions will continue.” Soldier in Korea has to have a Levy
implement several new personnel service The 8th PERSCOM consists of a briefing before receiving orders to his
support initiatives on peninsula, or directorate staff, two personnel services or her next duty assignment.
enablers, that will capitalize on the latest battalions and a headquarters company, Turbo PCS automates the levy
information technology. These enablers for a total of about 700 Soldiers. The briefing and Soldiers’ requests for PCS
will allow EUSA to offer human resource directorate staff will merge with 8th U.S. orders. Soldiers must be on assignment
services unlike anything available across Army G1 to form a consolidated G1/ instructions to access the new site.
the Department of Defense. AG. This merger aligns with emerging Once a Soldier is on AI, all he or she
These factors will turn PERSCOM’s Army Doctrine and is part of an needs to do is log into the Turbo PCS
inactivation into a smooth incremental process that paves the way site using his or her Army Knowledge
transformation—a merger that blends for the Transformation of all PERSCOM Online user identification and password.
PERSCOM’s missions and personnel into units and their eventual realignment The 24/7 HR Call center and
a continuous flow of service without under a Human Resource Services interactive Web site will offer services
interruptions to the customer or the US- Center. unlike anything available across DOD
ROK Partnership Alliance. To enhance HR resources on the
“With the Transformation of the peninsula, the personnel services See PERSCOM
PERSCOM, Page 4
Model United Nations
SAHS students practice diplomacy at far East conference
Chelsea Ricketson
Seoul American High School
YAKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — “Decorum, delegates,”
ordered the chair of the council.
Model United Nations’ delegates are familiar with this
command; an order for them to maintain composure and
be quiet in formal session.
The Far East MUN conference, organized by Yokota
High School and Kinnick High School, was held here from
March 28 to April 1.
High school students from Korea, Japan and Guam
gathered in Yokota to represent their assigned country and
debate about issues in selected committees: Security Council,
Economic and Social Council, Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues, and Non-Government Organizations.
Delegations from different countries convened for three
consecutive days to discuss selected issues in hope of an
COURTESY PHOTO
eventual resolution in the form of a written document, called
a Resolution. The resolution outlined measures member Several SAHS students pose for a photo during their trip to Yokota Air
states were urged to follow in order to resolve the issue at base, Japan, for the Far East Model United Nations conference March 28
hand. All the delegations’ cooperation and effort are required thru April 1.
in order to follow through the lengthy process. that the United Nations doesn’t create resolutions in a matter
“We would be stuck in council for nearly seven hours, of minutes. This process takes active participation from every
discussing and debating on the same issue, sometimes member nation.”
coming to no resolve,” said junior Aimee Miles, Seoul MUN sessions may seem drawn-out and wearisome to
American High School. “But it is important to understand See MUN
MUN, Page 4
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DUST
keep the dust out of homes and offices
and to clean off the dust when coming
in from outside. “Washing exposed
areas with soap and water after
coming in from the outside is also
recommended,” he said.
The Korea Meteorological
Administration issues an information
notice at dust level concentrations
above 200, a watch at concentrations
MUN
some people, however, in-depth
discussions are essential, not only to
develop a simple conclusion but rather
a firm and compromising solution.
“The sessions could be pretty
tedious when not a whole lot was
going on, but once the debates got
going, I became more engaged in it,”
said senior Michael Semple, Osan
American High School.
Although MUN delegates surely
practice their speech and writing
skills, there are other skills,
experiences and enjoyment derived
from MUN.
“In MUN, you learn how to be a
diplomat — the art of softening your
speech with euphemisms and
decorating it with formal pretense,
so you can say something
completely offensive, like, ‘Your
country is barbaric and ruthlessly
slaughters innocent people’ into
something far more acceptable, like,
‘This country currently struggles
with human rights abuses,’” said
Miles. “Diplomacy is a useful skill,
especially when you grow up. MUN
“In MUN, you learn how to be a diplomat -- the art of
softening your speech ... Diplomacy is a useful skill,
especially when you grow up”
PERSCOM
today. The PERSCOM Web site will
seamlessly realign under the newly
formed G1/AG. Soldiers will be able
to access the 24/7 HR Call Center
any time of day for information.
Self-service personnel manifest
kiosks are coming to Incheon
International Airport and Osan Air
Base. These kiosks will enable newly-
arrived US military personnel —
whether Army, Navy, Air Force or
Marines — to swipe their military
identification cards and register their
arrivals in Korea with their respective
branches’ personnel database.
The kiosks will store a digital photo
of each newly-arrived
servicemember, facilitating enrollment
in BIDS. When US Army personnel
swipe their ID cards, the kiosks will
also display each Soldier’s projected
assignment in Korea via the Soldier
Management System.
The Adjutant General Corps
community in the Republic of Korea
The Morning Calm Weekly
from Page 1
above 300 and a warning at
concentrations above 500.
To minimize the adverse effects of
“Yellow Dust,” observe the EPA
cautionary statements, wash exposed
parts of the body such as the hands
and face with soap and water after
coming in from the outside, and seek
medical attention promptly if you
experience adverse health effects.
from Page 3
also teaches you patience and
cultivates cultural awareness.”
All delegations performing in
session are expected to participate
a c t i v e l y, b u t t h e S A H S M U N
program has a reputation for going
beyond expectations.
AD
At the January 2003 Far East
MUN conference held at Kadena Air
Base, Okinawa, Japan,
representatives from the United
Nations Association of the United
States of America were impressed
with the SAHS delegates’
GOES
performance in session and invited
the SAHS team to an international
conference held later that year in
New York City. The SAHS MUN
team attended the international MUN
conference later in May 2003, and
placed first out of 90 schools.
SAHS won the Secretary-General’s
award, which was the highest
award given to any single school.
The Far East MUN conference will
be held at the Yongsan Garrison.
(Editor’s Note: Chelsea Ricketson
is editor of the SAHS Wingspan.)
— Aimee Miles,
HERE
Seoul American High School. Model U.N. delegate
from Page 3
has a proud history of tailoring its
services to meet the needs of the
supported population. Postal and
personnel services have been
provided for Soldiers, civilians and
family members stationed here ever
since North and South Korea signed
the peace treaty consummating an
Armistice to officially suspend
hostilities in 1953.
Now, after 25 years of service,
8th PERSCOM will case its colors
and leave its mark in history as it
transforms to enhance EUSA and the
DOD Human Resources.
For information about 8th
P E R S C O M ’s transformation
mission, Web site change, postal
support or personnel services,
contact Sgt. 1st Class Patricia
J o h n s o n , S 1 / S 5 P u b l i c A ff a i r s
Office, at 724-8826 or 724-3732,
or visit online at http://www-
8perscom.korea.army.mil/, or http:/
/www-hr.korea.army.mil/.
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Soldiers load railcars Engineers prepare to depart Camp LaGuardia

By Spc. Stephanie Pearson
By Spc. Chris Stephens Area I Public Affairs
2nd Infantry Division Public Affairs
CAMP LAGUARDIA — Area I and 2nd Infantry
CAMP CASEY — Soldiers from Camp
Division leaders met April 6 to discuss the issues
LaGuardia have been preparing for their mission
surrounding the upcoming move of the 50th Engineer
for months.
The task – get their equipment loaded onto Company from Camp LaGuardia to Fort Leonard
railcars for movement to Busan, then to the states. Wood, Mo.
“All equipment is being prepared to go to Fort “We’re here to identify the standard for which 2ID
Leonard Wood,” said Capt. David Stewart, 50th will vacate Camp LaGuardia,” said Brig. Gen. Charles
Engineer Company commander. A. Anderson, assistant division commander for support.
The bridge company is in the last stages of their Anderson said they set the standard with the
movement to Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., in the previous base closures in Korea, and coined the phrase
middle of May. “clean, functional and empty.”
To get the equipment to Busan, engineers had “That means that someone can move in and occupy
to load and secure each piece of equipment onto the base without hesitation or concern of something
railcars; however, the task was not an easy one not being right,” he explained. “The biggest challenge
for the Soldiers. we face is ensuring that the standard is well
“There’s a lot of work that has to get done,” understood.”
said Staff Sgt. Keelin Scott, section leader. “We Anderson said the Engineer Brigade Commander,
have to ensure everything is secured on the railcars Col. Rock Donahue and his team have, “established a
and that all movements are done in a safe manner.” process that ensures the standard is the same in every
To secure the equipment to the railcars, the facility we
Soldiers used chains and shackles. Soldiers also vacate.” “I don’t expect anything to be
placed chop blocks under each tire of the vehicles Anderson and too difficult to overcome in
to prevent any kind of movement. Donahue walked our timeline.”
“The Soldiers are very focused on safety,” through the —Capt. David Stewart
Stewart said. “They take pride in their equipment
camp, entering
and how it is loaded.”
every building to inspect it and identify what needs to
To boost morale and help make the workday go
be done.
faster, the Soldiers held impromptu competitions
The 2nd Inf. Div. plans to host a departure
between three sections of railcar loaders to see
who could get theirs loaded in the quickest and ceremony sometime in May.
safest manner. “U.S. Army Garrison, Camp Red Cloud, is
“It’s a way for us to have a little fun while out DAVID MCNALLY
responsible for all the real property, service activities
A 2nd Infantry Division Soldier prepares equipment for the 50th
See Railcars
Railcars, Page 8
Engineer Company’s move to Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. See LaGuardia
LaGuardia, Page 8

CRC partners with local college

By Spc. Stephanie Pearson Shinheung College officials, Dr. Kang Shin-
Area I Public Affairs kyung, founder, and Dr. Kim Pyong-ho, president,
UIJEONGBU — Garrison officials strengthened expressed appreciation for the partnership.
a relationship with a local Korean school April 19 with “It is an honor to have this meeting to promote
a formal agreement. friendship between two great institutions,” Park said
Camp Red Cloud Garrison Commander Lt. Col. at the signing. “It is also expected that we will have
William Huber signed a memorandum of agreement a beautiful relationship between Korea and America,
with officials from Shinheung College. as well as CRC and Shinheung.”
“This establishes ground rules for mutual aid or Huber agreed, saying, “The agreement we are
support,” Huber explained. signing today is an important
Shinheung College is a “We are here to preserve symbol of the friendship
between the United States and
large, private institution in peace and encourage Korea.”
Uijeongbu. The campus is
comprised of schools for friendship.” The agreement renewed a
four-year partnership between
students from kindergarten — Lt. Col. William Huber
through college, and includes the two institutions. Garrison
the Indianhead International Children’s School. signed the first such agreement with Shinheung
“There are two colleges in the Uijeongbu Enclave,” College in April 2001.
Huber said. “Area I and the 2nd Infantry Division “The importance of the U.S. here is not as
partner with Kyungmin College, and we support apparent to the younger generations,” Huber said.
Shinheung.” “I think signing this document will show students
Huber said the partnership is “in the spirit of the we are here to preserve peace and encourage
Good Neighbor Program,” an 8th U.S. Army initiative. friendship.”
The agreement establishes that the college and Agreements like these are effective only for the
garrison will meet when they can, and invite each term of the garrison commander who signs it; Huber
other to special functions and holiday celebrations. is the third commander to enter into the agreement.
“We’ll improve relations by inviting members to “This is a great opportunity to go forward and
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social functions, and they will reciprocate,” Huber said. maintain our strong alliance,” he said. The Shinheung College campus, nestled in downtown
A provision also allows American Soldiers to teach Uijeongbu, contains schools for students from kindergarten
English language skills as volunteers at the school. E-mail stephanie.a.pearson@us.army.mil through college.
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Communities celebrate volunteer week

Black-Market Hotline
The Black-Market Hotline number has
changed to 738-5118. The number is
monitored by an investigator during
normal duty hours and switched to a
recorder after hours. If an observation
requires urgent attention, call the military
police at 730-4417.
Asian-Pacific Heritage
Celebration
The Camp Casey USO will host an
Asian-Pacific Heritage Celebration 11:30
a.m. – 3 p.m. May 7 at the USO offices.
There will be Asian food sampling, ethnic
music and dance, and door prizes.
Ordnance Corps
Association Ball
The Ordnance Corps Association will
hold its first ball May 26 at the Osan
Officer’s Club. Cost is $25 per person.
Dress is formal attire for civilians and
dress blues for military.
Fashion Show
Better Opportunities for Single and
unaccompanied Soldiers is hosting a
By David McNally
Area I Public Affairs
CAMP STANLEY — Warrior Country officials celebrated
National Volunteer Week April 20-22 with luncheons at camps
Casey, Red Cloud and Stanley.
“It is always great to get a group of people together and
to be able to say thank you for everything you do for us,”
said Col. Ross Ridge, 2nd Infantry Division, Division Artillery
commander and Camp Stanley senior tactical commander.
About 40 volunteers and community leaders gathered April
21 at the Pear Blossom Cottage for a luncheon.
Ridge said he truly appreciates what the volunteers do
for the community, adding, “We can’t accomplish half the
things we need to do in the Camp Stanley community without
your help.”
“I thought it went wonderful,” said Jay Kelker, a retired
first sergeant who works at Camp Stanley and volunteers to
coordinate the newcomer’s orientation. “It’s great that all
the commands know about us and recognize us.”
Kelker said volunteering is what his Army family has
always done.
“The Pear Blossom Cottage really did a great job with this
luncheon,” Kelker said. “By doing things like this, it give us
DAVID MCNALLY
a sense of community.”
Jay Kelker, a volunteer, serves himself a plate of food at the Camp
E-mail david.mcnally@us.army.mil Stanley Pear Blossom Cottage volunteer luncheon April 21.

Warriors take children under wings

casual and sportswear, business attire,
and evening formal fashion show 7 p.m.
Saturday at the Camp Red Cloud
Community Activity Center.
Family Readiness Group
Kickoff
The 2nd Infantry Division is hosting a
Family Readiness Group Kickoff event 2
– 3 p.m. Wednesday at Camp Casey’s
Hanson Field House. Army Community
Service officials encourage family
members to get involved in their
sponsor’s FRG.
Upcoming Concerts
„Rock bands Quiet Riot and Skid Row
will perform outdoor concerts 7 p.m. May
14 at Camp Casey and 5 p.m. May 15 at
Camp Stanley.
„Country music acts Mark Wills and
Jolie Edwards will perform 7 p.m. May 20
at Camp Casey and 7 p.m. May 25 at
Camp Stanley.
Concerts on Camp Casey will be behind
Primo’s Club, and concerts on Camp
Stanley will be in the parking lot behind
the commissary.
Volunteer Ceremony
The quarterly Volunteer Awards
Ceremony will be held 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
May 17 at Camp Red Cloud’s Mitchell’s
Club. For information, call 732-7277.
Job Fair
Army Community Service and the Army
Career Alumni Program are sponsoring
a job fair from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. May 18 at
Camp Casey’s Primo’s Club. Advanced
Technology Systems, Exchange New Car
Sales, General Dynamics, Lucas Group,
Vinnell Corporation, Wackenhut and the
Calumet Group will be represented.
Hot Stuff Pizza Delivers
Camp Red Cloud’s Hot Stuff Pizza,
located inside the CRC Lanes Bowling
Center, now provides food delivery
services to camps Red Cloud and
Jackson. For orders, call 732-6458 or 732-
9008 between 11:30 a.m. and 10 p.m.
By Pfc. Giancarlo Casem
2nd Infantry Public Affairs
CAMP CASEY — Warrior Division
Soldiers took a fun approach at
establishing strong friendships between
the United States and Republic of Korea
April 8 with an organizational day.
As part of their day, the 2nd
Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment
‘Manchus’ invited children from a local
orphanage to take part in the festivities.
“It is really good to just bring them
out and have fun with them,” said
Command Sgt. Maj. Todd Wentland,
2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment
senior noncommissioned officer.
The organization day was beneficial
for everyone involved, he said.
Unaccompanied Soldiers benefited
from the interaction with children
because they were reminded of what
they fight for, Wentland said.
“It reminds them of their own kids
or little brothers and sisters that they
A Warrior Division Soldier wrestles with a child from My Home Orphanage inside an inflatable
bounce house April 8 .
are missing,” he said. “It is important
for them to be reminded of why they
are here.”
One of the major highlights of the
day was the kimchee donation.
The Manchus organized the acquisition
of over a thousand heads of cabbage.
Soldiers and volunteers from the Sarang
Hwe community group spent the whole
day preparing kimchee to be donated.
The Soldiers and children had fun as
they slid down slides and wrestled each
other inside an inflatable bounce house.
“It is a lot of fun,” said Spc. Justin
Allred, Company E, Task Force 2-9.
“We are really enjoying ourselves.”
This was Allred’s first organizational
day with any unit.
“My old unit never had anything like
this; it is a really good thing,” Allred said.
The Soldiers threw frisbees and
played catch with the children. They
also had an opportunity to watch a
traditional Korean dance performed by
the Han Eo Ul dance team from nearby
Chung Bo Industrial High School in
Dongducheon.
After the dancers’ performance,
children from the orphanage sang and
danced for the Manchus. The Soldiers
gave the children a very affectionate
ovation after their performance.
The Soldiers cordially welcomed
the opportunity to share their time with
the orphanage.
“It feels good to provide for them
and show them a good time,” said Pfc.
Scott Stein, A Co., Task Force 2-9.
“It is also really important for Korean
citizens to see us with the children.
It gives us a better understanding to
live with them and understand them.”
The Manchu Soldiers invited
Soldiers from their partner unit, the
Republic of Korea Army 107th
Mechanized Infantry Battalion, for a
friendly soccer game.
Wentland said it was important for
the Soldiers of both countries to be able
to come together in an environment
other than a training exercise.
“Normally, they would only see
each other in a training environment,”
Wentland said. “It is good for them
to see each other in a different way.
It is important that they see us not just
as a coalition partner, but as friends.”
Wentland said that it is important
for other people to see that his Soldiers
genuinely care for people.
“Inviting the orphanage to the
Manchus’ organization day is just one
of the many events the unit holds for
the children,” Wentland said.
“We take them out on trips and we
have some Soldiers go and teach them
English,” he said.
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Soyosan offers challenging trails
Two miles from the Camp Casey main gate visitors to Soyosan National Park pass under a
unique mountain-shaped gate.
Head Monk Do-am greets visitors to Chajae
Temple, a must-see stop on the trail.
Jagged peaks, steep climbs and magnificent vistas are the rewards for a hike through Soyosan National Park .
By David McNally
Area I Public Affairs
S
oyosan National Park offers
Warrior Country hikers and
nature lovers a place to explore.
The park, a little more than 2 miles
from the Camp Casey main gate, has a
variety of trails leading to craggy
mountain peaks, picturesque waterfalls
and ancient Korean cultural sites.
After paying a small entrance fee,
hikers walk about a mile up a paved road.
The first stop is a picnic area near
the foot of a 25-foot waterfall. It is
the last place on the trail without going
up stairs. It is also the start of
challenging trails, which take
adventurers through the peaks and
valleys of Soyo Mountain.
PHOTOS BY DAVID MCNALLY
Chajaeam is a Buddhist temple to
the left of the trail after the first
waterfall. It was founded in A.D. 660.
A traditional Korean gate arches over the pathway toward the Soyosan hiking trails. Along the
road there are restaurants and snack shops.
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Historical markers tell the story of the
temple in English and Korean.
“This mountain is like a little
Kumgang Mountain,” said Chajaeam
Head Monk Do-am. “Even though it is
not as big, it has everything.”
North Korea’s Kumgang Mountain
is regarded by many as the most scenic
peak on the Korean peninsula.
“Soyosan has many little
waterfalls,” Do-am said. “Like
Kumgang, it also has scenic ravines,
caverns and rocky cliffs.”
Do-am said many Americans from
the nearby Camp Casey Enclave hike
through Soyosan National Park.
“There are different hiking trails
which take anywhere from one and a
half to 4 hours to complete,” he
explained. “That’s why this is a favorite
hiking place for both Koreans and
foreigners.”
“Each hiking course has beautiful
scenery,” said Park Sang-ho, Chajaeam
business manager. “There are no
problems for Americans to visit here.”
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A scenic waterfall cascades into a clear pool
of mountain water.
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LaGuardia
and support facilities on the installation,”
said Lt. Col. William Huber, U.S. Army
Garrison, Camp Red Cloud commander.
“Departing units will remove all tactical
equipment and turn in all installation
property. Anything the unit is unable to
take or turn in becomes ours to dispose
of in the proper manner.”
Capt. David Stewart, 50th Engineer
Company, said walk-throughs are a
standard part of the departure process
and this one was very successful.
“It’s always a best-case scenario
when you can get all the parties together
to identify what their responsibilities
are, in terms of the work that still needs
to be done to vacate the camp,” he said.
Stewart explained about their
Rows of 50th Engineer Company vehicles stand ready to move out. The unit will formally depart
Camp LaGuardia sometime in May. The camp is located in the center of Uijeongbu.
Chris Bradford, club manager (right), briefs Brig. Gen. Charles A. Anderson, 2nd Infantry Division
assistant division commander for support at Camp LaGuardia April 6.
Railcars
here,” said Pfc. Neil Coon. “It helped
with our teamwork and made the day
more enjoyable.”
To get ready for the rail-loading
operation, the engineers went through
thorough rehearsals of what they
would do.
“We wanted everyone to know
what they had to do when we had
to do it for real,” Stewart said. “We
didn’t want to have to waste any
time re-teaching them on what
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primary duty to pool resources
together.
“We have to clean all the installation
facilities and sterilize buildings, barracks
and the camp grounds,” he said.
He said he is confident his troops will
finish their part in time.
“I don’t expect anything to be too
difficult to overcome in our timeline,”
he said. “We’ve got a lot to do on the
camp, but we’ve got motivated Soldiers
to get the job done.”
Anderson said he will conduct a
second walk-through after the unit
departs.
“We do it to ensure the standards we
achieve are second to none,” he said.
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tasks had to be accomplished for us
to do the job.”
When asked what the best part about
the job is, Scott said it was seeing the
train roll off with their equipment.
“Once the train rolls out, we
know the task was accomplished to
standard,” he said. “And that makes
everyone happy.”
E-mail chris.stephens@korea.army.mil
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Listening to Korean students help
customers bridge cultural gap
Good Neighbor Program embodies the spirit of ‘Volunteerism’
with ICE
By Col. Timothy K. McNulty
Commander, Area II Support Activity
YONGSAN — Over the years, I have
learned as a Soldier and leader that the U.S.
Army takes care of its own. In Area II, we
continually do our best to improve the quality
of life for you, our customers – military,
civilian and contractor personnel, and your
families.
Because getting feedback from you is
important, I have taken steps to reinvigorate
and redesign one tool that we use to get
feedback from
you – the
Interactive
Customer
Evaluation system,
or ICE. This user-
friendly, web-
based customer
comment card
system replaces
McNulty
the traditional
customer comment card. You can access
ICE either through one of the many terminals
located throughout Area II, including the
Defense Commissary Agency, Army and
Air Force Exchange Services, Collier Gym,
and 121 General Hospital.
Additionally, you can access ICE at our
new Area II Web site through your
computer at work or home (http://
ice.disa.mil/).
Here’s what has changed. The list of
service providers has been updated to
include our directors and senior managers
to ensure that when you send an ICE
comment, it is handled directly by someone
who is in the position to take corrective action
and get back to you with an answer quickly.
Individual service providers are also
modifying the questions on the Web site in
order to better understand what’s important
to you and how well we have delivered the
service. In turn, we will closely monitor
trends in customer feedback to determine
activities that are highly valued by customers.
However, I need your help in a few areas.
When you receive a service that makes
you happy, send us a comment. We do a
lot of good things in Area II, but never hear
back from our customers. Positive and
negative feedback is important to us.
Got a good idea and don’t know how to
get it to me? Send it through ICE. When
you receive a service that could use some
improvement, we need to know specifically
what needs to improve and how we can
contact you to get more information. Our
biggest constraint in making changes is the
lack of specific information – customers
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By Chief Warrant Officer Teddy C. Datuin
1st Signal Brigade
YONGSAN
— “Any person
that volunteers to
help other people
out is doing so
because they
find joy in
helping others,”
said Spc. Erik
McCulley, multi-media specialist with
Korea Regional Office Visual Center, 1st
Signal Brigade.
McCulley is referring to Korean
university students who volunteer their
time to help with Michael Lee’s
Saturday Tour Program. “To them …
helping Americans learn about their
culture brings them joy,” he said.
Since last year, more than 30 Korean
students, like Park Eun-ju, a junior at
Kookmin University, have dedicated their
personal time to volunteer in the program.
“I like to volunteer and I have been
enjoying it,” said Park, who has been a
volunteer for more than a year with the
Saturday Tour Program and Korean
language class. “I learned a lot about
American culture and made a lot of
good American friends.”
Graduate students Kim Yee-kyoung
and Yun Jeong-hee, decided together to
volunteer to learn about American
culture and improve their English
speaking skills.
“I want to learn the American
culture and improve my spoken
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English,” said Yun, a student at
Kookmin University.
language tutoring, cooperative
humanitarian and conservation
“For me … I have a good chance projects, adopt-a-school programs,
to meet American friends and the orphanage sponsorship, and
chance to understand American participation in local Korean-American
culture, such as the American Friendship associations.
language and lifestyle,” said Kim. “Our Good Neighbor programs
“And I think more Korean university across the peninsula will strengthen
students and more Americans should our Republic of Korea - United
join the Saturday Tour Program.” St a t e s Alliance through
Spirit of Volunteerism comprehensive programs that
The spirit of volunteerism is an age- actively engage the local community,
old act embodied by all nations from government, media, business,
around the world, especially in America. university, school and military in
According to the Bureau of Labor order to provide public
understanding and
appreciation of
“Our Good Neighbor Programs our mission on the
peninsula,” said
across the peninsula will strengthen LaPorte.
our Republic of Korea - United States The common
Alliance through comprehensive r e a son why
Korean university
programs...” students volunteer
— Gen. Leon LaPorte
for the American
U.S. Forces Korea commander community in
Yongsan is their
desire to better
Statistics of the U.S. Department of understand the American culture and
Labor, more than 64 million Americans to share their culture, said Lee, the
volunteered at least once in Fiscal Year lead coordinator of the Saturday
2004; representing nearly 29 percent Tour Program.
of 16-year-olds and older. For information on the Korean
In 2003, Gen. Leon LaPorte, language class and the Saturday Tour
commander, U.S. Forces Korea, Program, call Michael Lee at 738-7999
implemented the Good Neighbor or email hun0765@dreamwiz.com.
Program to engage in various
volunteer endeavors like English E-mail teddy.datuin@us.army.mil
PHOTOS BY SGT. CHRISTOPHER SELMEK
Above: Students of Michelle Short’s age 3-5 dance group, Sky’s Unlimited, perform Swan
Lake in front of parents and friends at the 23rd annual Community Fun Fair, April 23. The
event also included performances by the 6-9 age group, a solo performance by Candice
Johnson, 11, a magician and the blues band “Bluefrog.”
Left: Tommy Song, “the best magician in Yongsan,” flourishes two scarves as part of his
incredible act.
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Korean Festival
The ROK Ministry of Culture and
Tourism will host a Korean festival at
the H-208 Helipad Site, located
immediately east of Gate 17 Sunday. The
festival will be from 1 -6 p.m. There will
be performances by tae kwon do experts,
Korean dancers and Korean pop
singers, and childrens activities.
Parking is not available at Gate 17, so
attendees are encouraged to walk. The
Ministry of Culture takes ownership of
the helipad Sunday, in preparation of
transforming the site in to the grand
entrance for the new National Mesuem
of Korea.
Area II Web site
For information about Area II, log on to
http://www-eusa-7.korea.army.mil/area2.
Area II Internship
Program
The Area II Commander’s Internship
Program is looking for college students
to attain practical and professional
experience and organizations to take
part in the program to provide
opportunities to the students. For
information, call 738-7355.
AFCEA Scholarship
The Armed Forces Communications
and Electrnoic association is offering
scholarships to unmaried children of
active-duty Resrve, National Guard
and retired military personnel.
Applicants must be under the age of
23 and must be enrolled or planning to
enroll full time in the fall of 2005 in an
undergraduate program of study in the
area of communications, enringeering
or sciences, leading to a bachelors
degree at an accredited college or
university.
Applicants must also submit a 500-
word essay. All documents must be
mailed to:
Carolyn Cooper
HHC, 1st Signal Brigade
Unit 15271 Box 195
Apo AP 96205-5271
For information, call Cooper at 010-
3132-3466
NEO Exercise
The Courageous Channel NEO exercise
will be conducted through Sunday in
Area II. All military, emergency essential
DoD civilian family members, non-
essential DoD civilians, invited
contractors and technical
representatives are required to
participate. Evacuation control centers
at Collier Field House and Hannam
Village Chapel will be in operation from
6 a.m. - 8 p.m. today, and 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Saturday. For information, call 738-3291
or 738-3429.
Community Health Fair
Commander, Area II Support Activity,
and 18th Medical Command will host a
Community Health Fair 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Saturday in the 121st General Hospital
front parking lot. There will be booths
providing health information along
with entertainment, food and prizes.
For information, call 737-7426.
Area II The Morning Calm Weekly
Celebrate Law Day on May 1, 2005: PART III
of the jury’s role. He told them that they under law; Whereas, one of the principles
keepin’ it “are to see with their own eyes … and to we fought for in the Revolutionary War
legal make use of their own consciences … in
judging … their fellow subjects.” He said
was the right to trial by jury. The
Declaration of Independence pointed out
Capt. Joon K. Hong they should acquit Zenger if they found that George III had deprived Americans,
that the statements he printed were not “in many cases, of the benefits of trial
YONGSAN — Law Day is an annual false.The jury did acquit him. Gouverneur by jury”; Whereas, a jury of one’s peers
event hosted by the American Bar Morris, one of the Founders, later wrote is a cornerstone of American democracy.
Association, and it is held every May 1. “The trial of Zenger was the germ of Along with voting, it’s one of the main
The purpose of Law Day is to educate American freedom, the morning star of ways people take part in the public life
the public about our legal heritage and how … liberty.” of this nation; Whereas, trial by jury is
the rule of law makes is possible for Juries as a Focus of Controversy guaranteed in the Fifth, Sixth, and
democracy to exist. This week, we will In response to cases like this, the Seventh Amendments;
discuss how juries helped win America’s British set up special courts that did not Whereas, jurors decide whether
independence. After reading the article use juries. This became one of the major defendants are guilty or not guilty, liable
below, imagine the kind of changes you complaints of the colonists against the or not liable;
could make by serving on a jury panel. British as America moved toward Whereas, the decisions that jurors make
And remember to mark your calendar for revolution. The Declaration of affect millions of lives everyday and have
the upcoming May 7 Law Day 5K race at Independence castigates the British king a profound impact on our economy and
Collier Gym starting at 9:30 a.m. “for depriving us in many cases, of the our society. By entrusting jurors from the
Juries Helped Win America’s benefits of trial by jury.” The commitment community to decide legal cases — some
Independence of the colonists to trial by jury guaranteed of them involving millions of dollars or
Juries were at the forefront of the that it would be an important feature of life and death issues — we reinforce our
American colonists’ struggle for the new republic. belief that everyday people can make the
independence. Some local juries refused Juries in the Constitution right decision, that we are an open,
to convict people who violated unpopular To prevent oppression by the democratic government; and
British laws. government, the founders made trial by Whereas, few activities in our civic
The Zenger Trial jury one of our great constitutional life provide such a direct contact with
In 1735, the English authorities guarantees. Trial by jury in both civil and our democracy as does jury service;
charged a New York newspaper printer, criminal cases is explicitly granted by the Now, therefore, as we celebrate Law
John Peter Zenger, with publishing articles Sixth and Seventh Amendments to the Day 2005, we acknowledge the central
critical of the government. The judge, who U.S. Constitution and is also guaranteed role of juries in American life, and we
was sympathetic to the king, told the jury by every state constitution. In the words recognize the importance of educating
that under English law the very fact of of Thomas Jefferson, “trial by jury [is] our fellow citizens about the rewards and
printing the critical articles was enough the only anchor yet imagined by man by benefits of jury service.
to convict the printer. It didn’t matter if which a government can be held to the NOW THEREFORE, I, Colonel
they were true or false. Zenger’s lawyer, principles of its constitution.” Daniel F. McCallum, of the U.S. Army
Andrew Hamilton, had a different view Focus Questions Judge Advocate General Corps. of
In colonial America, the jury United Nations Command/United States
gained its reputation as a “bulwark Forces Korea, do hereby proclaim
of liberty” for standing up to laws Sunday, May 1, 2005, as Law Day. I urge
imposed by the Crown. The the citizens, schools, businesses, and
colonists had no voice in making media of Yongsan, Korea to use this
these laws, so the jury was their occasion to dedicate ourselves to preserve
main chance to be heard. But now and strengthen the jury system.
we do elect the legislators who IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
make the law. Do you think the hereunto set my hand this 1 day of April,
jury still plays an important role in the year of our Lord two thousand
as the protector of our liberties? and five, and of the Independence of
Why or why not? the United States of America, the two
2005 Law Day Proclamation hundred and twenty-ninth.
C P
OURTESY HOTO
Whereas, Law Day is a
The Staff Judge Advocate, Colonel McCallum signs celebration of our great heritage
2005 Law Day Proclamation. of liberty, justice, and equality E-mail joon.hong@korea.army.mil
Area II Honors Heroic KNPs
Col. Timothy K. McNulty, Area II
Support Activity commander, honors
two Korean National Policemen, Cpl.
Kim, Bo-Hyun and Pfc. Kim, Hoon
April 21, for their efforts to save an
American Soldier. The two KNPs
extricated a USFK family member
from danger following an automobile
accident near Gate 37 March 17.
PFC. SEO KI-CHUL
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Aviation unit bids farewell to K
By Pfc. Seo Ki Chul
ATUSAs
KA
Area II Public Affairs
YONGSAN — During a ceremony April 20,
the 1-52nd Aviation Regiment bid farewell to the
Korean Augmentation to the United States Army
Soldiers before the American unit redeployed to
Fort Wainwright, Alaska, in support of the U.S.
Army’s transformation process.
“Our [KATUSA] Soldiers made a very good
unit,” said 17th Aviation Brigade Commander Col.
David Abramowitz. “Our unit departing will very
well learn how much the KATUSA Soldier meant
to this unit when they get to Alask and they don’t
have them anymore.”
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The redeployment necessitated the
redistribution of the battalion’s 42 assigned
KATUSA Soldiers across the peninsula.
Those KATUSA Soldiers who have time
remaining on their commitments will transition
from K16 to other units within Eighth U.S. Army
officials said.
“ I h a v e b e e n w i t h t h e 1 - 5 2 n d Av i a t i o n
Regiment for more than a year since joining the
U.S. Army,” said KATUSA Soldier, Cpl. Kim Hyun
Geun. “It’s a pity that I should be separated from
PFC. SEO KI-CHUL
my KATUSA Soldiers.” KATUSA Soldiers are awarded a medal by Lt. Col. Fred V.
Manzo Jr.,commander, 1-52nd Aviation Regiment, for their
E-mail Kichul.Seo@korea.army.mil dedication to the unit.

ICE from Page 9

tell us they are unhappy, but don’t provide
enough specific information for my
managers to make improvements. Leaving
your name and contact information will help
us improve service to you, as well as for
others. terminals we have listed in the table is
Further, we have found that many ICE important to you, please send us a
terminals located throughout Area II comment. You can access the Area II
installations are not being used, and the cost Community Web page at http://ice.disa.mil/
of maintaining them outweighs the benefit. , and then type “Area II” into the search
But before I engine. Click on “Area II” and then click
remove one, the link titled, “Site Suggestions, Questions
I need to and Comments” at the bottom of the page
know if that and type in the name and location of the
terminal is terminal you think is important and how
important to often you use this terminal. I will make
a large sure we review all input before we make
number of our final decision of removing any of the
customers. selected terminals in the table.
So I need To encourage your participation and get
your help. If your ideas for improvement, during the
one of the month of May the Directorate of Morale,
following Welfare and Recreation is sponsoring a
drawing. To be eligible for the drawing,
you need to submit a recommendation for
improvement along with your contact
information through ICE.
Recommendations without contact
information will be disqualified. The prizes
are three $25 gift certificates.
Again, I encourage every military, civilian,
contractor and family member to take an
active role in improving the delivery of our
programs. ICE is a great way to let us know
how we are doing and giving us suggestions
for improvement. Our commitment is to
continually improve quality of life for you in
Area II and Yongsan, and to make this “The
Assignment of Choice in Korea.”
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Community Events,
Classes and Meetings
The 1st KSC
Performance
KSC performance club will host “A
Streetcar Named Desire” 6 p.m.
Wednesday - Thursday at Balboni
Theater to foster good neighbor-to-
neighbor relations between USFK
and KSC. For information, call 723-
4736.
Home School
Conference
IDEA, The home schooling and
correspondence program of the
International Foundation, will host
a “Home School Conference” 1 - 5
p.m. May 7 at the South Post Chapel,
Room 201. For information, call 010-
8671-6561 or e-mail
melinda@intidea.org.
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Community News
6th Annual Playaz Ball
CSC Productions will host the Sixth
Annual Playaz Ball 8 p.m. - 3 a.m. May
13 at Main Post Club. For information,
call 010-3149-2360 or 010-8671-4619.
Good Neighbor English
Camp
The U.S. Forces Korea Good
Neighbor program hosts an English
Camp May 17 – 21 in Yongsan to help
immerse Korean youth into an English
language family environment. For
information, call 723-6085.
3rd PCS Garage Sale
The Third Annual PCS garrage sale
will be 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. May 21 beside
the point upper parking garage. For
information, call 738-2222.
12-Week Weight
Management
Yo n g s a n We i g h t S u p p o r t G r o u p
hosts a 12-week weight management
program. All participants can learn
how to burn fat, shrink fat cells, and
lose weight. For information, call 010-
8671-7461 or e-mail
outsmartFat@yahoo.com.
The Thrift shop looks for
volunteers
The Secondhand Rose Thrift Shop is
looking for volunteers. The opening times
The Morning Calm Weekly
are 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Monday and Saturday
and 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Wednesday. For
information, call 795-7675.
Exhibitions and Festivals
3rd World Ceramic
Biennale
The Third World Ceramic Biennale
will be held with the theme of
“Ceramics: The Vehicle of Culture” for
58 days through June 19 in Icheon,
Yeoju and Gwangju. For information,
call 031-631-6504.
6th Annual Hwaseong
Piety Marathon
Hwaseong City Hall and Korean-
American Partnership Association
will host the Sixth Annual Hwaseong
Peity Marathon. U.S. Forces Korea
personnel are invited to participate
at 8:30 a.m. May 8 at Suwon
University Stadium. Bus
transportation is available for all
participants. The Bus departs Osan
Officers Club at 7:30 a.m. For
information, call 011-745-2989.
Korean Traditional
Music and Dance Classes
for Foreigners
Classes of Korean traditional music
and dance for foreigners will be every
Saturday through June 4 at the
National Center for Korean
Traditional Performing Arts. For
information, call 580-3054 or log on
to www.ncktpa.go.kr.
Seoul Selection’s Movie
Screening
The Seoul Selection’s movie screening
will be held every Saturday in Seoul
Selection bookshop. For infomation, call
734-9564 or log on to www.
seoulselection.com.
Religious activities
Spirit Warrior 2005
Spirit Warrior 2005, “A Warrior’s Truth”
will be Friday - Saturday at South Post
Chapel. Free food and lodging is available
for attendees traveling to Area II. For
information, call 738-4043/723-8716 or e-
mail grandinj@korea.army.mil.
Habitat for Humanity
Yongsan South Post Chapel is looking
for a caring and hard-working individual
to take over as a coordinator for its
Habitat for Humanity-Korea program to
build several apartments in Chuncheon
for needy families. For information, call
725-4408 or 010-3132-9825.
Submitting to TMCW
To submit items to Area II Community
News, send all pertinent information to
harringtona@korea.army.mil.
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Runners go distance at Boston Marathon in Iraq
By Master Sgt. Lek Mateo
Army News Service
TALLIL, Iraq -- Hundreds of
runners traded their combat boots for
running shoes to compete in the
inaugural Iraq / Boston Marathon held
at the large air base here April 20.
The event was held in conjunction
with the prestigious Boston Marathon
that normally has thousands of runners
competing in the grueling 26.2-mile
race.
A loud crack of the starting gun
signaled the start of the race in Iraq for
the small mass of runners.
As colossal U.S. Air Force C-130
Hercules cargo aircraft roared overhead
during takeoff, runners slowly
meandered through the course located
within the confines of razor-sharp
triple-strand concertina wire and heavily
armed guard towers protecting the base.
The route took the runners by one
of Iraq’s archaeological treasures, the
Ziggurat of Ur, a 4,000-year-old
Sumerian temple that rises
approximately 50 feet above the desert
floor of the Euphrates Valley.
Capt. Rodney T. Freeman, of York,
Maine, and an artillery officer of the New
Hampshire Army National Guard’s
197th Field Artillery Brigade, is
responsible for overseeing the Morale,
Welfare and Recreation programs for
the military and civilian personnel
Sgt. Luis A. Soto of the 89th Transportation Company based at Fort Eustis, Va., finished in three
hours and three seconds, taking first place in Iraq’s Boston Marathon.
stationed at the base.
Freeman said he coordinated the event
with the Boston Athletic Association as a
way to give all the servicemembers a
small taste of home and to take their mind
away from the combat zone.
“I contacted the BAA about the idea
of running our marathon at the same time
that the 109th Annual Boston Marathon
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is taking place back at home,” Freeman
said. “They were very supportive of
the idea and that is how this event got
started.”
Freeman added that the BAA and the
Outdoor Life Network, which
incorporated footage of the Iraq
Marathon with their television broadcast
back in the United States, went “above
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and beyond” in making the event
complete by providing official Boston
Marathon medals, certificates and T-
shirts for the participants.
“It is phenomenal to see the
overwhelming show of support by the
people back at home for our servicemen
and women to include the multitude of
volunteers here at the base who help
make this event a reality.” Freeman said.
Although the race was non-
competitive, all of the runners gave their
personal best to test their will and
endurance against time and distance.
Army Sgt. Luis A. Soto, of Morovis,
Puerto Rico, and a Soldier of the 89th
Transportation Company based in Fort
Eustis, Va., finished in three hours and three
seconds, taking first place in the race.
Soto , who will return home in a few
weeks, said for him it was a very special
accomplishment because he not only ran
the Boston Marathon but also did it in Iraq.
“Every runner, no matter what
distance they run, always looks to run
a full marathon to see what they are
made of,” Sota said. “Now I can say
that I am a runner after having
completed a full marathon on my own
and that is something that I will always
remember.”
(Editor’s note: Master Sgt. Lek
Mateo serves with the 56th Brigade
Combat Team Public Affairs Office,
Texas Army National Guard.)
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April 29 - May 5

Alone in the Hide and Seek Sahara PG-13 Sahara PG-13 Cursed PG-13 Cursed PG-13 The Pacifier
Dark R R PG

Because of Coach Carter Hitch PG-13 No Show Hitch PG-13 The Pacifier Sahara PG-13
Winn-Dixie PG PG-13 PG

Hitch PG-13 Beauty Shop Beauty Shop Alone in the No Show No Show Man of the
PG-13 PG-13 Dark R House PG-13

Sahara PG-13 Sahara PG-13 Sahara PG-13 Hitch PG-13 Hitch PG-13 Constantine Constantine
R R

Beauty Shop Hitch PG-13 Constantine No Show No Show No Show No Show

PG-13 R

Assault on Sahara PG-13 The Pacifier The Pacifier Sahara PG-13 Man of the Man of the
Precinct 13 R PG PG House PG-13 House PG-13
Miss Miss
Congeniality 2
Man of the No Show Man of the Cursed PG-13 Cursed PG-13
Congeniality 2
PG PG House PG-13 House PG-13

Amityville Horror
In 1974, police discovered
the entire DeFeo family, all
slaughtered as they slept
calmly in their beds.
Ronald DeFeo confessed
to murdering his parents
and four siblings, and
claimed it was the “voices”
that told him to do it. One
year later, George and
Kathy Lutz move their family
into the house, thinking it
was going to be their
dream home. The Lutz
family only lasted 28 days
in their home after they were
terrorized by a demonic
force that drove them away.
Based on the true story.
Constantine --
Based on the DC-Vertigo
comic book “Hellblazer,”
Renegade occultist John
Constantine has literally
been to hell and back. He
teams up with skeptical
policewoman Angela
Dodson to solve the
mysterious suicide of her
twin sister. Their
investigation takes them
through the world of
demons and angels that
exists just beneath the
landscape of
contemporary Los
Angeles.
Beauty Shop -- Gina
Norris is a long way from
the Barbershop - she’s
moved to Atlanta so her
gifted daughter can attend
a prestigious music school
and made a name for
herself at a posh salon. But
when her egotistical boss
takes credit for her work,
she leaves the salon to
open a shop of her own.
Gina buys a rundown salon
and inherits a motley group
of headstrong stylists, a
colorful clientele, and a sexy
piano-playing electrician.
It’s a rocky road to fulfilling
her dreams, but you can’t
keep a good woman down.
The Wedding Date
Kat Ellis’s worst nightmare
is about to come true. Not
only is her younger, half-
sister, Amy, getting married
before her, but to add insult
to injury, the groom’s best
man is Kat’s ex-fiancée,
Jeffrey. Unable to bear the
thought of attending alone,
she hires an escort to play
her boyfriend. Her rented
date, fits the bill perfectly.
He’s handsome, intelligent,
well spoken, and a perfect
gentleman. The plan? Make
Kat’s ex sorry that he ever
left her.
Because of Winn-
Dixie -- A 10-year-old
girl, abandoned by her
mother when she was
three, moves to a small
town in Florida wirh her
father, a preacher. She also
adopts a stray dog whom
she names after the local
supermarket where she
finds him. With her goofy
pooch by her side, she
meets an eclectic group of
townspeople, and re-
kindles an almost lost
relationship with her father.
Cursed -- Ellie and her
brother Jimmy are on their
way home when they get
into a car accident. While
trying to help the other
driver out of an overturned
vehicle, the other driver is
attacked by what Jimmy
swears was a “huge man-
like wolf.” Both siblings end
up scratched and possibly
bitten by the creature.
When they begin noticing
strange physical effects
and behavior, including
both of them suddenly
becoming more assertive
socially, they begin to
wonder if a werewolf has
bitten them.

White Noise No Show The Wedding Boogeyman No Show No Show No Show

PG-13 Date PG PG-13

Amityville Amityville Amityville Closed Closed Cursed PG-13 Cursed PG-13

Horror R Horror R Horror R

Sahara PG-13 Hitch PG-13 The Pacifier The Pacifier Cursed PG-13 No Show Amityville
PG PG Horror R

Assault on Alone in the Man of the Man of the No Show Amityville The Pacifier
Precinct 13 R Dark R House PG-13 House PG-13 Horror R PG

Amityville Amityville Amityville Man of the Man of the

Cursed PG-13 Cursed PG-13
Horror R Horror R Horror R House PG-13 House PG-13

Because of Because of Winn- Because of Winn- Hitch PG-13 Hitch PG-13 Elektra PG-13 Elektra PG-13
Winn-Dixie PG Dixie PG Dixie PG
Because of Because of Winn- Because of Winn- Man of the Man of the Cursed PG-13 Cursed PG-13
Winn-Dixie PG Dixie PG Dixie PG House PG-13 House PG-13
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HMS Bounty: a real reality series Area II
Worship Services
By Chaplain (Lt. Col.) O. Wayne Boyd in a different way. Catholic Mass Sunday 8 a.m. South Post Chapel
8th PERSCOM The alcohol created fighting and abuse until the 11:30 a.m. Memorial Chapel
April 28, 215 years ago, Fletcher Christian, women rebelled, leaving McCoy and another dead. Tuesday 12:05 p.m. 121 Hospital Chapel
master’s mate of the British ship HMS Bounty, led a This left only two men, Smith and Ned Young, along 7 p.m. South Post Chapel
mutiny against the acting captain, Lieutenant Bligh. with the women and children. They quickly Mon.-Wed., Thurs.-Fri.
Theories abound as to who was most guilty. Possibly, destroyed the still and finally the community began 12:05p.m. Memorial Chapel
the rest of the story will shed some light, or not. to flourish. Saturday 5 p.m. Memorial Chapel
Capt. Bligh was an extremely gifted naval officer After Young’s death in 1800, Smith, alias John Jewish Friday 6 p.m. South Post Chapel
and, despite being thrown onto a very small vessel Adams, became the leader, minister and educator of Protestant Services
with 18 men after the mutiny, he was able to navigate the island. He incorporated regular worship services Contemporary Sunday 10 a.m. Multipurpose Training
3,500 miles of rough ocean to safety (12 survived the and instilled religious values to this second generation, Facility
voyage). Bligh was later appointed governor of New which included Fletcher Christian’s son, Thursday Episcopal Sunday 10 a.m. Memorial Chapel
South Wales only to be ousted once again for cruelty. October Christian. United Pentecostal Sunday 1 p.m. Memorial Chapel
The colonists imprisoned him and Humanity left Church of Christ Sunday 2 p.m. South Post Chapel
sent him back to England. Despite the alone will almost Church International
two mutinies and numerous “One man’s discovery of the Word always produce Collective Sunday 8 a.m. Memorial Chapel
of God prevented the complete s e l f i s h n e s s , 9:30 a.m. 121 Hospital Chapel
accusations of his cruel leadership,
9:30 a.m. Hannam Village Chapel
he was promoted to Vice Admiral. annihilation of all parties.” which leads to
(Korean)
Hmmm … disastrous
10 a.m. South Post Chapel
Christian assumed command of outcomes — 10:30 a.m. K-16 Community
the Bounty along with 24 crew members. They sailed here illustrated by Bligh’s cruelty and the Chapel
to a safe haven via Tahiti to hide from the wrath of mutineers’ actions. 11 a.m. Hannam Village Chapel
England and Bligh. Fifteen of the 24 decided to stay at One man’s discovery of the Word of God noon South Post Chapel
Tahiti. Nine sailors, along with six Polynesian men prevented the complete annihilation of all parties. (Gospel)
and 12 Polynesian women, sailed to Pitcairn Island, a Jesus Christ’s summary of the law (to love God Collective Sunday 1 p.m. Camp Colbern Chapel
very small and desolate location. completely and to love your neighbor as yourself), 6 p.m. South Post Chapel
Despite the semblance of democracy that Christian when correctly applied always produces a more Korean Tuesday 6 p.m. Camp Colbern Chapel
set up, havoc ruled when jealousy and greed led to the desirable product. Thursday 6:30 p.m. Memorial Chapel
murders of all of the Polynesian men and all but four Pitcairn Island still exists today and the inhabitants KCFA 2nd Tues. 11:45 a.m. Memorial Chapel
of the sailors. are all descendents from this original group of 3rd Tues. 11:45 a.m. Memorial Chapel
Two “spiritual” forces then entered the lives of the mutineers. Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Vincent Burns
remaining survivors: a still and a Bible. Alexander Smith The inhabitants choose to have few conveniences BurnsV@korea.army.mil or DSN 725-2955
was transformed as he found and read a copy of the and live much like their ancestors did 215 years ago. Chaplain (Lt. Col.) David Colwell
Bible. William McCoy built a still and enlightened himself Christianity still flourishes there. David.Colwell@korea.army.mil or DSN 738-4043

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PHOTOS BY SGT. JIMMY NORRIS

A pair of grey nurse sharks circles the shark tank at the Busan Aquarium. The aquarium houses 30 sharks from eight different
species, and offers visitors a chance to enter the water with the animals.
At Right: Deadly pirhanas circle their latest victim as part of the freshwater fish exhibit. The small carnivores aren’t the only predators
on display at he Busan Aquarium, as visitors may also see electric eels, color-changing poisonous jellyfish and a giant pacific
octopus.

Busan Aquarium offers ‘fishy’ family fun

By Sgt. Jimmy Norris being bitten, divers are instructed not to play to 8 p.m. weekdays, and 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. weekends
19th Theater Support Command Public Affairs with the animals or other people while in the and holidays. From July 17 to August 24, the
BUSAN -- Many Soldiers may believe the most water, to keep their hands on their stomach to aquarium will be open from 9 a.m. until midnight.
dangerous animals they’ll encounter while avoid the chance of having their limbs mistaken Admission is 14,500 won for adults, 12,000
stationed in Korea are the mosquitoes. But the for prey, and not to exhale while the sharks swim won for students ages 14 to 19 and senior
skeleton greeting visitors from the bottom of a overhead. citizens, and 9,500 for children ages four to 13.
piranha tank in Busan tells a different story. Visitors who don’t feel daring enough for a Children under four receive free admission.
While the skeleton may be artificial, the shark dive, but still want a closer view of the Special rates are available for groups larger
piranhas, along with a sign warning visitors to animals, can take a glass bottom boat ride over than 20 people. The Busan Aquarium accepts
keep their hands out of the water are very real. the tank for 5,000 won. most credit cards and there is an ATM available
And piranhas are just one of the many There are also temporary and seasonal displays in the adjacent food court.
underwater attractions awaiting tourists at the at the aquarium. Currently a frog exhibit, featuring Whether visitors are in the mood for an
Busan Aquarium. 80 frogs from 12 different species, is on display adrenaline filled shark-diving adventure, or just
Located adjacent to Busan’s Hyundae Beach, on the upper floor of the aquarium. a pleasant afternoon with their families, the Busan
the aquarium is home to more than 250 species In the near future, the aquarium staff will add Aquarium provides some unique opportunities for
and features the largest grey nurse shark and more sharks and ocean sunfish to their collection. tourists looking for something different to do
penguin colonies in Korea. The aquarium is open year round – from 10 a.m. during their time in Korea.
Its two floors feature 50 tanks, containing a
variety of marine animals housed in about 3,500
tons of water.
The main portion of the aquarium is divided into
two floors, with the tour starting on the upper floor.
The first (upper) floor features a variety of
freshwater fish, Korean small-clawed otters and
black-footed penguins.
The first floor is also where visitors can get their
first view of one of the aquariums’ more impressive
displays, a two-story (22-foot) coral reef display
filled with colorful tropical fish and corals.
The lower floor features some of the more
frightening displays.
Here’s where a visitor can get a glimpse of
electric eels, color-changing poisonous jellyfish
and a giant pacific octopus.
Also on the second floor is the aquariums
main attraction – the shark tank. Here 30 sharks
from eight different species swim peacefully with
giant sea turtles and stingrays.
Those who feel the glass on the shark tank
provides too much of a barrier can take a dip
with these predators of the deep for prices
ranging from 55,000 to 75,000 won, depending
on the experience of the diver.
As a safety measure to keep visitors from Aquarist in charge of otters and penguins, Ji-Yoon, talks to aquarium visitors while feeding the Korean small-clawed otters.
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Warrior Post-Level
Softball Tournament
Warrior sports will host a post-level
men’s softball tournament Saturday and
Sunday at Camp Red Cloud Field. This
event is open to men’s post-level teams
from Warrior Division men’s post level
softball league play. For information,
call 732-6276/6927. Quiet Riot joins fellow metal band Skid Row for a tour of Korea May 12-15. The bands will perform at military installations across the peninsula.

TAE JANG JUM

Setting Park Tour
The TAE JANG KUM setting park tour
will be Saturday. The bus will leave at 9
a.m. from the Camp Red Cloud
Community Activity Center.
For information, contact the local
community activity center or recreation
center.
BOSS fashion show
The CRC Better Opportunities for Single
and unaccompanied Soldiers fashion
show will be held at the Camp Red Cloud
Community Activity Center, Uijeongbu
Enclave, starting at 7 p.m. Saturday.
The categories are casual/sportswear,
business attire and evening/formal
wear. Judging criteria are stage
presence, originality of attire, accessory
coordination and audience response.
Prizes awarded to the top two winners
in all three categories, plus the critics
choice. For information, call 732-6246.
Red Cross Classes
The American Red Cross is offering a
variety of classes in May. Upcoming
classes include first aid and adult, child
and infant CPR.
To sign up on Yongsan Garrison, go to
the American Red Cross office located
upstairs in the Moyer Community
Services Center. Payment must be made
at the time of signup. For information,
call 738-3760.
Pacificwide Slowpitch
Softball Tournament
The Community Recreation
Division, DMWR, Area II Support
Activity, Yongsan, Korea will host the
Pacificwide Men’s and Women’s
Slowpitch Softball Tournament, 27-
30 May 2005. This tournament is
open to active duty military, DOD,
DAC personnel and dependents who
are 19 years of age or older and not
Quiet Riot, Skid Row tour Korea
Korea Region MWR
YONGSAN – Two trend-setting rock
‘n’ roll bands touring Korea will surely
delight all retired “headbangers” that
remember the advent of heavy metal.
Quiet Riot and Skid Row both hit
stardom in the 80s and remained legends
ever since. Quiet Riot’s first hit success
was in 1983 with the smash hit, Metal
Health. The band was distinguished for
having the highest debut metal band
album.
Quiet Riot toured America as a support
act for bands such as ZZ Top, Iron Maiden
and Black Sabbath before stepping in to
the spotlight themselves. Composed of Skid Row reformed with new singer
vocalist Kevin DuBrow, drummer Frankie Johnny Solinger and toured as the opening
Banali, bassist Chuck Wright and guitarist band for KISS’s Farewell Tour.
Alex Grossi, Quiet Riot has regrouped and MWR is dedicated to bringing quality
released their first official live CD “Quiet entertainment to the military in Korea. All
Riot Live & Rare” in January 2005. performances are open to ID cardholders
Skid Row was one of the last hair- and are free of charge. For information,
metal bands to hit mainstream before contact your local MWR Entertainment
grunge took over in the early 90s. They Office or 723-3749.
found enormous fame and fortune with Tour dates for Korea are as follows:
their hit releases of “18 & Life” and “Youth May 12 - Camp Walker
Gone Wild.” Skid Row’s vocalist left a May 13 - Yongsan Garrison
lasting impression for his fierce, May 14 - Camp Casey
overheated delivery. After some time off, May 15 - Camp Stanley
Fine arts exhibit program
enriches young participants
MWR Public Affairs
OSAN AIR BASE -- Fine Arts Exhibit Program
offers opportunities for students as individuals and
as small groups to be exposed to a broad range of
arts education activities and continually to develop
new skills and talents, express themselves, and to
expand individual creativity.
It is a wonderful program that helps to uphold
the importance of the arts in the army community.
The year-round program encourages artistic
expression among Club members through drawing,
painting, print making, collage, mixed media and
sculpture according to age classifications (9 or
younger, 10-12, 13-15, 16-18) displayed at local and
regional exhibits.
Artwork selected through a national competition
is displayed at Boys and Girls Clubs of America’s
national headquarters and at special events around
the country for the ensuing year. All participants
will receive a certificate of merit.
One hundred and eighty-three pieces of artwork
were submitted to the local exhibits across Korea
and fifty one pieces selected from local exhibits were
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in high school. An entry fee of $200
is required payable to MWR, Area II
Support Activity no later than 15 May.
Registration will be limited to the first
32 men’s teams and the first 16
women’s teams. Billeting will be
provided by the host command at no
cost with priority given to out of
country teams.
For information, contact the
Tournament Director, Bennie L.
Jackson at Yongsan at 738-8608 or
JacksonBE@korea.army.mil.
Locked down
forwarded to the regional exhibit at Osan Air Base
March 11-13, 2005.
Korea had eleven first place winners (Yongsan
Army Sgt. Oscar Wood (top), a 2004 Olympian, locks down on Senior
4, Hialeah 3, and Osan 4), ten second place winners
Airman Johnny Gunn in the 66-kilogram/145.5-pound freestyle division of
(Walker 6, Hialeah 3, and Humphreys 1) and nine
the 2005 Armed Forces Wrestling Championships.
third place winners (Yongsan 2, Walker 1, Hialeah
All-Army wrestlers won 38 of 42 individual matches and captured the
1, Humphreys 2, and Osan 3), a total of 30 pieces
Greco-Roman and freestyle team titles in the 2005 Armed Forces Wrestling
of artwork. The first place winners’ artwork was
Championships March 31 and April 1 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center.
forwarded to the national level.
All told, the Soldiers won 10 gold and four silver medals.
First place winners included: Alana Hutchinson/
In round-robin team competition, the All-Army Greco-Roman squad
8; Hana Noguchi, age 11; Dominic Maluski, 12;
defeated Navy, 22-0; Air Force, 21-7; and the Marine Corps, 19-7. In
Angela Vandersys, 14; Seung Min Lee, 15; Khalia
freestyle, Army prevailed 21-4 over Air Force; 26-3 over Navy; and 20-5
Threlkeld, 14; Kyra Toffex, 16; Aaron Quincey,16;
against the Marines.
Olivia Davidson, 16; and Sandra Yoshikana,16.
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Patients are greeted by Staff Sgt. Dalmida
Cooper as they arrive for treatment at the 618th
Dental Company field site near Camp
Humphreys.
Spc. Iman Malone prepares Command Sgt.
Maj. Ricardo Alcantara for treatment during the
618th Dental Company field training exercise.
Alcantara is command sergeant major for the
18th Medical Command.
Sgt. Corey Ballard repairs a generator used to
provide electricity during the field training
exercise.
Spc. William Mullen, a light wheeled
vehicle mechanic with the 618th Dental
Company, works on a Humvee in the
field motor pool. Mullen said he likes
the unit so much that he will train to
become an Army Reserve dental
assistant when he leaves the Army in a
few months.
Spc. Daniel Yaws delivers dental records to the treatment tent.
Dental Soldiers hone tactical skills
618th Dental Company
conducts field training
near Camp Humphreys
By Steve Davis
Area III Public Affairs
CAMP HUMPHREYS — Still numb
from an injection of local anesthesia,
Sgt. 1st Class Alfred C. Kirk Jr. waited
for a ride after getting a tooth filled in a
tent near Camp Humphreys.
One of nearly 90 patients treated in
the field during the 618th Dental
Company (Area Support) field training
exercise April 17-22, Kirk said he had
never been treated in a field dental clinic
in his 18 years in the Army.
“I was curious what it would be like,
so I agreed to get a tooth filled out here,”
he said. “Everything worked out fine.”
Kirk and other dental patients from
Camp Humphreys said receiving
treatment in the woods was pretty much
the same as in a fixed clinic, except for
generator noise and the obvious
“environmental” change to an olive-drab
tent with camouflage netting.
The Camp Humphreys Dental Clinic
scheduled all of the patients and provided
round-trip van transportation to the field
site, said Sgt. 1st Class Crystal Gasper,
Pfc. Shewonna Waters, from Yongsan’s Carius Dental Clinic, teaches how to treat a nerve agent
casualty. Her class was one of many nuclear, biological and chemical, and other common task
training classes held during the exercise, that focused on patient care and unit survivability.
Cpt. Ken Jo, center, works on Chief Warrant Officer 2 Eric Johnston.
operations NCO for the 618th Dental
Company.
Gasper said the field training exercise
began with an alert that prompted 130
Soldiers, including 27 dental officers, to
convoy from as far away as Camp
Casey, Yongsan, Daegu and Busan to the
Camp Humphreys training area.
“An advance party arrived on Sunday
and began setting up,” said Gasper.
They established a secure perimeter,
a tactical operations center, three dental
clinic tents, a patient holding tent and
support areas that included a motor pool,
a mobile kitchen trailer, sleeping tents
and other service and support areas.
The three treatment tents were staffed
by dental personnel from the company’s
area platoons: Northern (camps Casey,
Stanley and Red Cloud), South (camps
Carroll, Walker, Hialeah, Humphreys and
Long) and Treatment (Yongsan).
Each tent had a handheld X-ray unit,
sink, sterilizer and several treatment
stations comprised of a dental chair and
light and an air compressor-powered
field dental kit.
Patients arrived at a holding tent,
where their records were screened.
They were then escorted to one of the
treatment tents, where teams of dental
assistants, hygienists and dentists
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eased them into chairs for exams,
cleaning, fillings or other dental
services.
Col. Joe Potoky, deputy commander
of the 618th Dental Company (Area
Support), said field dental clinics use the
same steam autoclave sterilization
process on instruments as they do in
fixed clinics.
“Everything we do here in the field is
to the same standard as back at post,”
he said.
While patients were treated, 618th
generator and motor pool mechanics
stood by to perform any required
maintenance on the 10 generators that
powered the field dental complex or to
fix any of the unit’s 28 vehicles.
“We had one generator go down,
but we had power back in 15
minutes,” said Sgt. Corey Ballard, one
of the generator mechanics.
After two full days of tending to
patients, the unit turned its attention to
learning Soldier skills, focusing heavily
on response to nuclear, biological and
chemical threats.
Gasper said the field training exercise
is a prelude to a “Commander’s
Challenge” in May during which units
will be timed on deployment and set-up
of their field dental clinics.
Col. Kang Dong-ju, chief of the Republic of
Korea Army Dental Corps, visits with Col. Bill
Bachand, commander of the 618th Theater
Dental Command. Kang and several of his staff
officers showed Bachand and other members
of the 618th Dental Company (Area Support)
one of 40 mobile dental clinics the Republic of
Korea Army uses to treat ROK Army soldiers.
Kang said the Republic of Korea Army also
uses American-style tent clinics to provide
dental service in off-road areas not accessible
to mobile clinics.
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April 29, 2004
NEO Information
U.S. Forces Korea will conduct
Courageous Channel 2005-1, a
semi-annual Noncombatant
Evacuation Operation, through
S a t u r d a y. P a r t i c i p a t i o n i s
mandatory for all Area III
noncombatants, who may process
at an Evacuation Control Center
at Camp Humphreys or Camp
Eagle.
Camp Humphreys ECC hours are:
Thursday: Noon-6 p.m.
Friday: 7 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday: 8 a.m.-Noon
Bus transportation to the Camp
Humphreys ECC will be available at
the CPX Gate (wash rack area
across from the gate) and at the post
exchange parking lot.
Camp Eagle ECC hours are:
Thursday: Noon-5 p.m.
Noncombatants should report to
the Eagles Nest Club for processing.
Bus transportation will be available
from Camp Long.
For information, call 753-6143 or
753-6583.
Area III Central Issue
Facility
Customer Service Point WILL BE
CLOSED Tuesday through May 6 for
a 100-percent Physical Inventory.
For information, call 753-5807.
Area III Interactive
Customer Service
Community members can rate
Camp Humphreys, Long or Eagle
services and facilities at the
Interactive Customer Service Web
site at https://ice.disa.mil. Simply
go to the Web site, click “Pacific”
and then the camp you wish to
evaluate. For information, call
753-8847.
Multi-Culture Seminar
Army Community Services will
sponsor a seminar by the U.S.
Embassy staff 1-4 p.m. May 18,
that will cover what Soldiers need
to know about getting married to
a non-U.S. citizen, having a child
overseas, filing petitions,
applying for visas, getting a
green card, becoming a U.S.
citizen and Status of Forces
Agreement status stamp
information. Interpreters will be at
the seminar, and all interested
persons are encouraged to attend.
The event will be held at Camp
Humphreys Community Activity
Center, Bldg. 110.
Pre-registration is required no
later than Thursday.
For information and registration
contact Bill Spearman, Relocation
Readiness coordinator at 753-
8804 or 8401, or online at
spearman.b@korea.army.mil.
Area III The Morning Calm Weekly
‘Quality of Life’ dominates town hall meeting
By Susan Barkley expressed concern regarding the taxi issues.
Area III Public Affairs shortage of dental care for family The interim child development center
CAMP HUMPHREYS — Krispy members. Taliento acknowledged the is still under construction and there is
Kreme doughnuts, dental care, problem and said a possible solution not a firm opening date. Dave Watson,
installation shuttle buses and taxis were may be a referral to the DanKook director of Community Activities, said
some of the issues discussed April 19 University Hospital Dental Clinic. they are working on hiring staff and
during the quarterly town hall meeting Shanon Robinson, another family anticipate opening this summer.
hosted by Col. Michael J. Taliento Jr., member, said she has been seen at Leisure activities was high on the list
Area III commander. Quality of life that clinic and was pleased with the for several people who had questions
issues dominated the discussion. care. She said there is even a van about opening the outdoor swimming
Taliento began the meeting with an for transportation from Camp pool at Zoeckler Station, women’s
overview of the future of Area III and Humphreys. The commander said softball and laser tag. There was no
Camp Humphreys followed by a review he recently toured the DKUH shortage of support for opening the
of issues raised at the last town hall. facilities and was very favorably Zoeckler Station pool or of volunteers
Solutions for many issues have been impressed. Charice DeGuzman to staff it. One young man, age 11, put
implemented and include extending stated that her baby received in- in a plug for the younger set when he
shuttle bus hours to better patient care at DKUH and she was requested laser tag be looked into. He
accommodate early morning physical very pleased with the care. said, “You have to be 18 to play paintball,
training and the curfew hours; opening Transportation issues centered but laser tag would be fun for both
the post gym at 5 a.m. on duty days, around taxi problems and requests to Soldiers and kids.”
and many more. change the installation shuttle bus Taliento promised to continue to
New issues raised by community route. Rick Slawson, installation work on unresolved issues from the
members fell into four main categories: transportation officer, advised that a last town hall and add the new issues
medical and dental care; transportation; bus stop will be placed near the to the list. He will report on progress
child care; and leisure activities. commissary. Army and Air Force at the next town hall scheduled for
Diana Juergens, family member, Exchange Service is still working the July 19.
Town Hall Project Status
Three months ago trian gate and one in the PX in Korea when it opens in
• PX needs automatic doors • Will conduct survey on library hours September)
• More ATMs • Bus schedule extended one hour • Camp Humphreys to have
• Library hours need to be earlier on duty days and one hour later largest barracks in the Army
extended on the weekend • Plan to renovate Beacon Hill
• Bus and taxi schedules do not • A covered shelter has been moved Park with Korean theme
accommodate very early physical to the Zoeckler Station bus stop • Ground breakings planned for
training or curfew hours • Housing Chief meeting with realtors three fitness centers, aquatic
• Need for a covered bus stop at pursuing solutions to off post housing park and shopette
Zoeckler Station issues • Humphreys American
• Assistance is needed to contact Elementary School will have six
landlords for repairs off post The way ahead portable class-rooms for next
• Two gates for contractor vehicles school year.
Where we are now are in the works • Two barracks and a one-story
• Automatic PX doors installed • Senior enlisted barracks, building building being converted into a
S-256, under renovation (to be best
• Three new ATMs at the pedes- school campus.
Heather Didier named Area III Volunter of Year
Area III Public Affairs expanding to 50 this year. She has Volunteer of the Quarter
CAMP HUMPHREYS — Heather also trained seven new leaders to January – March 2005
Didier was named Area III Volunteer help keep the program going. Suwon – Chantia McCray-Hogan
of the Year for 2005 in an April 29 “Girl Scout leaders have to undergo (Suwon – October – December
Camp Humphreys ceremony. a training program in outdoor skills Jessica Ridenour)
Didier has logged before they can take girls Camps Long and Eagle
more than 500 volunteer out camping and doing Michael Carnley
hours during the last 12 things in the field,” said Camp Humphreys – Susan Davis
months. She spent the Didier. Community Achievement
majority of her time Didier and her April 2004 – March 2005
coaching youth husband, Capt. Hannon Heather Didier
swimming and as a Girl Didier, will be returning Army Community Service
Scout leader and Girl to the United States in R. Cynthia Jacobs
Scout leader trainer. August, where both will Moon Jong-chul
“I started out enroll in graduate school David Hennies
coaching about 30 kids at Louisiana State Military Outstanding
on the swim team,” said University. Volunteers
D i d i e r, “teaching Vo l u n t e e r s have Charles Clark, Mack Dyer, Phillip Coe,
diving, flip turns and dedicated 5,465 hours Shirley Link, Dathan Duplichen, Paul
Heather Didier
other techniques. valued at $66,488 to George, David Hennies, Lawerence
I’ve been involved in Scouting Area III, from October 2003 to Blackwell, Richard Winchester,
since I was a little girl that was a September 2004. Yolanda Rancher, William Smith.
natural thing for me to get into too.” The following awards were also Outstanding Unit Achievement
S i n c e h e r a r r i v a l a t C a m p announced during the ceremony: April 2004 – March 2005
Humphreys two years ago, Didier Outstanding Youth Volunteer 527th MI – More than 66 volunteers
has been the leader for two Girl January - March 2005 dedicating in excess of 1,200 hours to
Scout troops, starting with 14 girls, Mary Juergens the community.

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Members concerned with Quality of Life issues
Camp Humphreys hosts single Soldier forum
By Roger Edwards
Area III Public Affairs
CAMP HUMPHREYS — Camp
Humphreys hosted the 15th Annual
Installation Management Agency Korea
Region Office Better Opportunities for
Single and unaccompanied Soldiers
Forum April 19-22. The event drew more
than 70 Soldiers, program leaders and
advisors from throughout the peninsula.
“We’re here to talk about how
BOSS can help improve life for the
single and unaccompanied Soldier in
Korea,” said Staff Sgt. Javois
Bernadette, 8th U.S. Army BOSS
r e p r e s e n t a t i v e . “ We ’ l l d i s c u s s
everything from how to put on a
better recreational event, to how to
pay for it, to ‘Quality of Life’ for
the Soldier in the barracks.”
BOSS supports the overall quality
of life for single and
unaccompanied Soldiers. It supports
the chain of command by identifying
issues and concerns and providing
recommendations for improvement.
The program encourages and assists
single Soldiers in identifying and
planning recreational and leisure
activities. It also provides
opportunities for single Soldiers to
participate in and contribute to their
communities.
The topics and events during the
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four-day forum included sports and Irvin Simpkins, 102nd Military awareness of what BOSS can do, and
games, a “Best Event” competition, Intelligence representing camps it has been fun.”
funding projects and events at the Essayons, Sears and Kyle. “Our “Our goal has been to have each
local level, Soldier issues, recreation program has been dormant for a person finish the four days with new
and entertainment programs, and while. We’re reviving it now and knowledge and ideas to take back,” said
planning events. something like this just helps get it off Robert Lattanzi, KORO BOSS Program
Although attendees were kept busy, to a good start. manager. “We want each person to be
they had time for fun as well. This Spc. Nicole Brooks of Camp Casey able to put to use what they’ve learned
included an afternoon trip to the agreed. “What we’re doing here will here and create a better program than
Korean Folk Village, a living museum make a difference with how we what they’ve had.”
exhibiting the traditional culture of the approach Soldiers issues,” she said. The four-day forum was also an
Yi Dynasty. “The forum has been very opportunity to award people for their
“It’s been a good event,” said Sgt. informative. It’s increased my BOSS efforts.
Awards presented were:
Outstanding BOSS Soldier
Area I: Spc. Lauren Brack
Area II: Pfc. Danielle Colson
Area III: Spc. Christopher
Mastromarino
Area IV: Spc. Brandon Hildreth
Best event under 750 population
1st place: Camp Hialeah
Runner up: Camp Long/Eagle
Best event over 750 population
1st place: Camp Essayons/Kyle/
Sears
Runner up: Camp Humphreys
Best Installation Competition
ROGER EDWARDS
1st Place: Camp Humphreys
Eighth U.S. Army and Department of the Army staffers judge Camp Stanley’s BOSS display Runner up: Camp Walker/Henry
during the Forum. Judges are (left to right) Staff Sgt. Bernadette Javois, EUSA BOSS Outstanding Military Advisor
representative; Marlon Martin, USA Command Family Support; and Robert Lattanzi, KORO Master Sgt. Pedro Saldana, Area I
BOSS Program manager. With its final combined score from the display and the multimedia Outstanding MWR Advisor
presentation, Camp Humphreys won “Best Installation.” Camp Walker/Henry was runner up. James Hogrebe, Area III
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SMA Preston drops in on Daegu, Carroll

By Cpl. Hwang Kyoo-won
19th Theater Support Command Public Affairs
CAMP HENRY – Five months after
his first visit to Korea as the Army’s top
enlisted Soldier, Sgt. Maj. of the Army
Kenneth O. Preston, accompanied by his
wife, Karen Preston, and Command Sgt.
Maj. of the U.S. Army Reserve Michele
Jones, stopped in Area IV Monday to
meet with Soldiers during his foray to
the peninsula, which began April 21 and
ended Wednesday.
He held a town hall meeting with
Daegu-area Soldiers at the Camp Henry
Theater Monday where he discussed
some of the primary concerns on
Soldiers’ minds.
One concern brought up by the
Soldiers in attendance was the new Army
Combat Uniform. As he pointed out the
many benefits of the new uniform, Preston
explained how the color and the pattern
of the new uniform is ideal in desert, urban
and wooded areas.
Another hot topic was Army
transformation and how important it is.
“I want you to remember
‘predictability’ and ‘stability’ because
that’s what the Army transformation is
going to bring to Soldiers and families,”
Preston said. “We want to get to at least a
Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth O. Preston talks to a Soldier from the 6th Ordnance Battalion
following a reenlistment ceremony.
one-to-two rotation – meaning that if you
spend one year deployed, then you’ll
spend at least two years at home station.”
While Preston was meeting with
CPL. HWANG KYOO-WON
Soldiers, his wife had a chance to tour
Daegu’s installations and facilities to see
how Soldiers in Korea live.
“It was hard to find any differences
between the Army stations in the U.S. and
Area IV,” Karen said. “It was nice to see
the good living conditions in Area IV.”
After the Daegu town hall meeting,
Preston traveled to Camp Carroll where
he met with Soldiers from the 307th
Signal Battalion, who briefed him on
their mission and some of their high-
tech equipment.
Some Soldiers appeared a bit nervous
when briefing the sergeant major of the
Army, but were proud to have the
opportunity.
“I was excited because not everyone
gets to meet the sergeant major of the
Army,” said Spc. Terry Glass, 307th
Sig. Bn. “It was my second time meeting
him, so I must say I’m pretty lucky.”
Preston made an additional stop to
visit the 20th Area Support Group and
the 6th Ordnance Battalion, where he
had the opportunity to reenlist a Soldier.
For Pfc. Jessica Trevithick, 6th Ord.
Bn., it was quite a unique experience to
have her reenlistment ceremony in front
of the sergeant major of the Army.
“This may be a career highlight for
me,” she said. “It’s a big deal for the
enlisted Soldiers to meet the sergeant
major of the Army, and by meeting him,
I got a clearer meaning on leadership.”

Area IV volunteers recognized for selfless service

By Galen Putnam
Area IV Public Affairs
CAMP WALKER – Volunteers often work behind
the scenes while bettering their communities. To ensure
those unsung heroes receive the credit they deserve,
volunteers from throughout Area IV were recognized,
and the Area’s top volunteers were announced, at three
Area IV volunteer recognition ceremonies.
Previously known as the Army Installation Volunteer
Program, the Army’s volunteer program is celebrating
its first year as the Army Volunteer Corps.
In a change from tradition, the Daegu Enclave and
Area IV overall awards were presented jointly at the
Daegu and Area IV Outstanding Volunteer Ceremony
April 22 at the Evergreen Community Club on Camp
Walker.
This year’s Area IV volunteers of the year are:
Civilian – Michaela Cannon, who volunteers in a variety
of capacities, primarily with Taegu American School;
Korean National – Kim Kang-hee, who contributes her
time to Occupational Health Service at Camp Carroll;
Soldier – Spc. Brandon Hildreth, Headquarters and
Headquarters Company, Area IV Support Activity,
Camp Henry, who is active with the Better
Opportunities for Single and unaccompanied Soldiers
Program; Youth – Justin Sprague, who logged 170
volunteer hours with the Camp Hialeah Child and Youth
Services this year.
The Area IV nominees consisted of category
winners from Camps Hialeah, Carroll and the Daegu
Enclave.
“If you talk to a counselor, if you talk to a preacher,
anywhere, they will tell you everyone has a gift.
Finding it, and employing it in our community is just
awesome. It just makes all the difference in the
world,” said Col. Donald J. Hendrix, Area IV Support
Activity commander. “Volunteers are very special
people. They hold a special place in my heart. As you
look around, I know that the same thing is happening
to you as you think ‘wow, there are lots of great
people here.’ ”
The nearly 1,000 registered volunteers from Area
IV logged 55,922 volunteer hours over the past year.
Volunteer hours are tabulated annually based on a year
that runs from April 1 – March 31. This year’s events
were timed to coincide with National Volunteer Week,
which was celebrated April 17-23.
“This is to recognize those individuals who
continually give back to the community,” said Cyndi
Bisacre, Daegu Army volunteer coordinator, who put
together the Daegu event. “We have a huge population
within the community that does nothing but give back
so it is important that we recognize those people,”
Daegu Enclave volunteers were also recognized at
the dinner.
Kim Hye-ri, who spends two days a week at the
Camp Walker Library, was named Korean National
Volunteer of the Year. The Youth Volunteer of the Year
is Whitney Dalton who was recognized for her efforts
on behalf of the Multicultural Gospel Service at Soldier
Memorial Chapel on Camp Walker. Daegu’s other
winners were Cannon and Hildreth.
Top volunteers from each organization within the
Daegu Enclave were also honored for their efforts.
Things started off with the Camp Carroll Volunteer
Awards Luncheon April 15 at the Community Activities
Center, where three top winners were saluted.
The Military Volunteer of the Year is Spc.
Catherine Keating, 332nd Biological Integrated
Detection System Detachment, president of the
Camp Carroll BOSS Program who logged 660
volunteer hours over the past year. Donald L. Wilson
was selected as the Civilian Volunteer of the Year
for his work at the Area IV Support Activity
Information Management Office at Camp Carroll.
Kim was the third winner. There was no youth
winner selected, because Camp Carroll has an
extremely limited number of family members locally.
Camp Carroll volunteers logged 12,024 hours this year,
See Volunteers
olunteers, Page 26
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Area IV NEO
Exercise ECC Hours
Area IV Evacuation Control Center
operating hours for the remainder of
the Courageous Channel NEO
exercise are: 5 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
today and 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Saturday
at Taegu American School on Camp
George. For information, contact
your NEO warden.

College Fair
Volunteers Needed
The Senior Girl Scouts will host a
college fair 9 – 11 a.m. and 1 – 3 PHOTOS BY GALEN PUTNAM

p.m. May 26 at Taegu American Girls Scouts march in the parade preceding the Month of the Military Child celebration at Camp Walker’s Kelly Field Saturday.

Kids celebrate Month of the Military Child

School. College alumni are needed
to represent their schools. If
interested, send an e-mail to
taegucollegefair@myway.com
including your name, school and
the school’s location. Deadline is
Saturday. For information, call
Brittany Weigle at 764-4085.
Starlight Ball
The Far East District #21 of
Oklahoma Jurisdiction, Prince Hall
Affiliated is hosting the Order of
the Eastern Star Starlight Ball 7
p.m. May 7 in Naja Ballroom of
the Dragon Hill Lodge on Yongsan
Garrison. For information, call
Chris Fullard at 010-8695-8064.
By Galen Putnam
Area IV Public Affairs
CAMP WALKER – Kids from
throughout the Daegu community
gathered at Camp Walker’s Kelly Field
Saturday for a day of fun and
festivities in recognition of Month of
the Military Child.
The day started off with a parade from
the Hilltop Club to Kelly Field featuring
scout troops, little leaguers and children
representing a number of other
organizations.
Col. Donald J. Hendrix, Area IV Support
Activity commander, got things rolling at
the opening ceremony.
“This is a great day. It is great to see
so many happy young people gathered
together here today. In fact, you might
even get to see the Yankees talking to the
Red Sox for a change,” he said referring
to the annual Little League season opener.
The event featured a variety of activities,
games and contests including the ever-
popular mud pie eating contest, a
scavenger hunt, arts and crafts and more.
Entertainment included hula dancers,
a tae kwon do demonstration and a
picnic lunch.
One of the big thrills of the day was
when a whirlwind tore two canopies from
their moorings and sent them aloft,
spinning higher than the Kelly Field lights
for several seconds. Several adults secured
the canopies when they landed. Nobody
was injured in the incident.

Heavy Metal
Concert
Area IV MWR presents Quiet Riot
and Skid Row in concert 7 p.m.
May 12 at Kelly Field on Camp
Walker. For information, call Luis
Rios at 768-7418.

TAS Re-Registration
Taegu American School re-
registration will take place 9 a.m. –
2 p.m. May 16–19 at the school’s
main entrance. Re-registration for
students with last names A – D will
be May 16; E – K, May 17; L – Q,
May 18 and May 19 for R – Z. Re-
registration for families at Camp
Carroll will be 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. May
20 at Camp Carroll Army
Community Service, Building S-
264. For information, call Karin
Puffenberger at 768-9501.
ACAP Job Fair
The Army Career and Alumni
Program is hosting a job fair noon
– 3 p.m. May 19 at the Evergreen
Community Club on Camp Walker.
The job fair is open to any adult
who has access to the post.
Participants should dress
appropriately for job interviews
and bring sufficient number of
copies of their resume. For
registration, visit
www.morejobs.net and for
information, call Camp Henry
Army Career and Alumni Program
at 768-7571.
Tae kwon do instructor Master Song In-sun fields kicks from student Mariel Keene who is a
fifth-grader at Taegu American School.
Volunteers
Camp Carroll volunteers logged 12,024
hours this year, which represents an
increase of 2,214 over last year.
“Last year we had 67 registered
volunteers and this year we have 113
so we are very happy about that,” said
Sandra Jackson, Camp Carroll Army
Community Service Program
Coordinator. “We were also very happy
with the Soldier participation we had this
year. We had 15 Soldiers who
contributed more than 100 volunteer
hours, two of whom contributed more
than 500 hours.”
Camp Hialeah, a small community that
depends on the boost provided by
volunteers, held its recognition event April
21 at the Pusan Pub. Camp Hialeah
volunteers racked-up 10,141 volunteer
hours over the past year.
Camp Hialeah’s volunteers of the year
are: Civilian – Sondra Ludwig, who was
recognized for her assistance to the Hialeah
Women’s Club; Soldier – Spc. Andrew
Martinovich, 4th Quartermaster
Detachment; Youth – Justin Sprague; and
Local National – Park A-young, all of whom
devoted their time to helping out at the Camp
Hialeah Child and Youth Services.
“Pusan is a small community with a
great corps of volunteers. They help us
out all over post, come from all walks
of life and possess many beneficial
skills,” said Lt. Col. Jeffery K. Ludwig,
Athletes-in-training test their skills by
running through a series of tires.
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Camp Hialeah garrison commander.
“Every time I see a volunteer I realize
how honored I am to have people who
make my job easier and really do inspire
the rest of us to look inside ourselves
and ask what we can do to help each
other.”
If you are interested in volunteering,
contact your Army volunteer
coordinator. In Daegu, call Cyndi
Bisacre at 768-8126. At Camp Hialeah,
contact ACS at 763-3571. At Camp
Carroll, call ACS at 765-7900.
For information on the Army
Volunteer Corps, visit the Army
Community Service Web site at:
armycommunityservice.org
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Environmental Division, Nam-gu district stress recycling
By Cpl. Oh Dong-keun
Area IV Public Affairs
CAMP WALKER – In response to the Korean
government’s recent enforcement of more stringent laws
on waste disposal primarily affecting Area IV off-post
residents, the Area IV Environmental Division, in a joint effort
with Daegu’s Nam-gu district, presented an informational
recycling exhibit at the Camp Walker Post Exchange in
conjunction with its Earth Day events April 22.
The purpose of the exhibit was to inform and educate
the community regarding the proper on- and off-post
recycling procedures.
“The transition of the Soldiers that brings new people in the
community every year (or) two years requires us to periodically
re-educate the community members on the requirements of
recycling both on and off post,” said Robert J. Chartier,
environmental chief, Area IV Directorate of Public Works.
According to Choe Kyong-ae, Environmental Division
environmental engineer, the idea of recycling, and knowing
how to do it correctly, is important not only because it helps
the environment and saves money, but also because non-
compliance may result in penalties, especially off post.
“On-post, (a penalty) only may be getting a ticket from
the military police, but off-post, a penalty for illegal dumping
is at least 100,000 won,” Choe said. “So it’s good for the
Soldiers and other community members who live off-post
to know how the local government does recycling.”
Nam-gu recommends residents do a few things to make
the recycling process easier beginning with separating recyclable
materials from non-recyclable items. Recyclable materials
include paper, glass, tin cans, metal, plastic and clothing. Then,
separating the recyclable materials further by category and
placing them in designated color-coded recycling bins located
in and around residential areas including apartment complexes.
For disposal of non-recyclable materials excluding food
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Choe Kyong-ae, environmental engineer, Area IV Directorate of
Public Works, hands a recycling information flyer to a customer at
the recycling exhibit at the Camp Walker Main Exchange April 22.
waste, use the specially marked green plastic bags for
household waste available for purchase at local supermarkets.
The bags come in several different sizes and must be disposed
of between 8 p.m. and 1 a.m. on weekdays. Food waste
must be separated from all other household waste and placed
in designated food waste bins.
“It is very important to completely separate food waste
from other recyclable and non-recyclable waste,” said Choi
Jong-hwan, Nam-gu Environmental Management Division
director. “Also, I would like to stress thorough separation
between recyclable and non-recyclable materials, and the
use of designated plastic bag for disposal, because using
any other type of bag would constitute illegal dumping and
be subject to fine.”
On-post recycling and waste disposal procedures are
similar to off post, other than the special off-post disposal
bags. TheArea IV Environmental Division and Housing Office
have established many recycling bin and food waste collection
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points throughout camps Walker, Henry and George.
In addition, recyclable waste must be placed in the
appropriate color bins. Paper items should be placed in green
bins, glass items in red bins, aluminum and metal items in
yellow bins, and plastic items should be placed in blue bins.
“Recycling helps to preserve and better our environment.
Army (personnel have) just as much to do with this as any
citizen of the world,” said Col. Donald J. Hendrix,
commander, Area IV Support Activity, when he paid a visit
to the display. “(Recycling) is important in the Army because
we live and we work on the same land today that we did in
the past and that we will in the future. If we don’t take care
of it now, it won’t be available to us in the future. So (by
recycling), we are taking care of our future.”
Hendrix also mentioned the benefits of working with the local
agency to get the important information out to the community.
“I think it’s a marvelous opportunity for us to come together
with Nam-gu and address this important issue,” Hendrix said.
“When you bring the talents and experiences from both
organizations together, it brings synergy to the project.”
Choi agreed and shared the blueprint of future plans.
“Environmental issues are not local issues anymore. They
are worldwide issues,” he said. “Korea and the U.S. share
and face the same problems regarding the environment. So
I plan on setting up a network between us and Area IV to
share information and work together towards promoting
(a) better environment.”
“I hope today’s event fosters a better relationship between
our military community and the Nam-gu community,”
Chartier said. “There were some misunderstandings about
the local requirements and this will help us to be better
neighbors in the community.”
For information about on- and off-post recycling and
waste disposal, call Chartier at 768-8730 or the housing
office at 768-6974.
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168th Med. Bn. teaches Carroll firefighters CPR techniques
By Cpl. Oh Dong-keun
Area IV Public Affairs
CAMP CARROLL – It is obvious that
firefighters combat flame but their other skills,
though equally important, are lesser known. Camp
Carroll firefighters received specialized training
recently not to put out fires, but to improve their
ability to save lives.
Firefighters from the Camp Carroll Fire Station
received emergency medical technician training with
an emphasis on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and
defibrillation April 14 – 15 at the Camp Carroll Education
Center.
The training for the 24 firefighters was provided
by 168th Medical Battalion Soldiers and staffers
including 1st Lt. Justina Mateen, physician’s
assistant, Camp Carroll clinic, and Sgt. 1st Class
Bryan Briscoe, treatment platoon sergeant,
Company D, Camp Carroll, who were assisted by
Spc. Daniel Farias, Company D, Camp Carroll, and
Heo Cheong-nam, nurse, Camp Carroll clinic. All
four are EMT certified.
According to the American Heart Association,
cardiovascular disease is the single greatest cause of
death in the United States. Every year, more than
480,000 adult Americans die of heart attacks or
complications from heart attacks. About half of those
deaths could be prevented by implementing a series
of immediate actions called the “Chain of Survival.”
The Chain of Survival is a four-step process of
providing treatment to victims of sudden cardiac
arrest.
“(The firefighters) are usually the first responders
on the scene (of a cardiac arrest),” Mateen said. “They
must know how to perform the first steps of
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Kim Ki-chul, a firefighter at the Camp Carroll Fire Station,
performs cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a training
mannequin as Im Moo-kwang, assistant fire chief, Camp Carroll
Fire Station, and Sgt. 1st Class Bryan Briscoe, treatment platoon
sergeant, Company D, 168th Medical Battalion, look on during
training for Camp Carroll firefighters April 14.
resuscitating the victim to increase the chance of the
victim’s survival. Without the Chain of Survival, most
victims will die if they are having a cardiac arrest or a
heart attack.”
According to Pak Hae-chun, chief, Camp Carroll
Fire Station, all firefighters stationed at Camp Carroll
are CPR certified.
“This training serves as a refresher to our
personnel,” Pak said. “We are required to retrain
our certified personnel every two years. So this is
a good opportunity to refresh their memory and
learn the improvements that have been made to the
manual. Plus, they get to learn some new things
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such as defibrillation and how to use an (automated
external defibrillator).”
Defibrillation is a process in which an electronic
device gives an electric shock to the heart. It stimulates
a heart in a cardiac arrest into resuming normal
function. In recent years, small portable defibrillators
called automated external defibrillators have become
widely available.
“AEDs have become very popular in the states the
past couple of years,” Mateen said. “Now most offices
and other workplaces in the states have an AED on
site. Even at Camp Carroll, some of the shops have an
AED even if they don’t have medically trained
personnel. It is very important piece of equipment
because it saves lives.”
The firefighters were glad to have a chance to brush
up on their skills and were eager to learn about the
new equipment. They also appreciated the time and
effort the instructors put in to make the training
successful.
“What we learned at the training will come in very
handy when one of us happens to be the first one on
the scene of an emergency,” said Im Moo-kwang,
assistant fire chief, Camp Carroll Fire Station. “The
combination of verbal instruction and hands-on training
prepared us quite well for those life-and-death
situations when immediate action is needed. It was
also interesting to learn how to use an AED. I think
it’s very easy to use and will be able to save a lot of
lives.”
“I truly appreciate the support we received from
the Camp Carroll clinic for this training,” Pak said.
“Today’s training helped the firefighters to excel at
what they do by being better prepared for different
situations they may face in the future.”
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