Archive for June, 2009

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Much Ado About a Hooptie (part 1)

As I start to write this post, I realize this story is going to be fairly lengthy – so I’m breaking it up to make it more manageable.  Like many things in the Army…insanity is everywhere, Korea included. And for this post, Insanity, thy name is SOFA. SOFA - Status of Forces Agreement: When there are US military troops stationed [...]

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Lush & Green

The rice patties are really starting to fill out.

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Reveille

One of the nice things about living off-post is that we  aren’t awakened every morning to the sounds of reveille. However, on occasion, we can hear the artillery bursts from the multiple tactical training areas around our house. But not today. Today marks Day One for the one hundred some-odd boy scouts who are camped in the usually [...]