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March 19, 2010 Volume 8, Issue 22 Published for those serving in the Republic of Korea http://imcom.korea.army.mil

Region News P02USAG-Red Cloud P05USAG-Casey P05USAG-Yongsan P09USAG-Humphreys P21USAG-Daegu P25

FORSCOM Visitor P02Sights and Sounds P03Command Perspective P04Label Your PDA P14Dragon Hill Lodge P18Korean Page P30

GARRISONS OVERVIEW

Page 16St. Patricks Day

Celebrated

FEATURE

Exercise looks to a strong future

A Republic of Korea Marine, assigned totheir Quick Reaction Force, radios back

to the emergency control center that asimulated bomb has been deactivated

during training on Commander, FleetActivities Chinhae. The drill involvedSailors, Army and Marines from both

nations military. U.S. Navy photo by

MC1 (AW/SW) Bobbie G. Attaway


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NEWS PAGE 2

http://imcom.korea.army.mil NEWS THE MORNING CALM

By Cpl. Kim Jun-sub

8th U.S. Army Public Affairs

YONGSAN GARRISON he U.S. Army Reserve commanding general andcommand sergeant major visited South Koreaduring Key Resolve/Foal Eagle March 11 -13.

U.S. Army Reserve Chie Lt. Gen. JackStultz and Command Sgt. Maj. MichaelSchultz arrived on Yongsan Garrison March11 to meet with U.S. troops.

Teir visit to Korea began with an EighthArmy transormation brie by 8th Army leaders,

including Deputy Commanding General Maj.Gen. Robert Williamson.

Williamson explained the vision o the 8thArmys transormation eorts.

Following the brie, Stultz attendedinterviews with AFN Korea and the ChosunDaily newspaper.

During the interviews, Stultz shared hisprimary goal or his visit and explained therole o the Army Reserve in Key Resolve/FoalEagle 2010.

My number one priority is to get out andsee the Soldiers participating in the exercise whoare ghting or reedom on this peninsula andto support the uture o Korea with the ArmyReserve, said Stultz. Tere are 600 to 700

reserve servicemembers participating in theexercise in various elds, such as engineering,medical support, logistics and other elds allproviding augmentation to 8th Army.

I thank every man and woman in uniormor your service in Korea and I thank the Korean

FORSCOM commander visit

Gen. Charles C. Campbell, former commanding general of 8th U.S. Army and the current commander of U.S. Army Forces Command,visited here March 10 during Key Resolve/Foal Eagle 2010. Campbell met with 8th (Field) Army Soldiers participating in KR/FE, the rst of

two annual peninsula-wide exercises. Army Forces Command, the largest command in the U.S. Army, provides expeditionary ground forcesto combatant commanders around the globe. U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Song Chang-do, 8th U.S. Army Public Affairs.

Army Reserve leaders meet with troops in South Korea

Lt. Gen. Jack Stutlz, Army Reserve commander, discusses reserve augmentation to Key Resolve/Foal Eagle 2010 during an interview with Yu Yong-won, Chosun Daily senior staff writer, onYongsan Garrison. U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Kim Jun-sub, 8 th U.S. Army Public Affairs.

people or their consistent partnership,Stultz said during the interview.

Stultz and Schultz also visited CampHumphreys in Pyeongtaek on March 12and Camp Walker in Daegu on March 13,wrapping up their our-day visit.


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Jeju International Bicycle Challenge

The National Bike Association under the National

Council of Sports for All presents the 2010 Jeju

International Bike Challenge on the sub-tropical

island of Jeju, South Korea from March 27-28. There

are a number of attractions for cyclists to enjoy

during their ride, the biggest one being the Jeju

Olle, a walking path that weaves through farmlands,

coastal regions, and areas lled with volcanic cones.

The 2010 Jeju International Bike Challenge is theultimate competition, providing participants with a

chance not only to push personal limits while racing

along the course, but also to enjoy the scenic beauty

of Jeju Island.

Gurye Sansuyu Flower Festival

The 12th Gurye Sansuyu Flower Festival is held

March 18th 21st in the Jirisan Mt. Hot Springs

District located in Sandong-myeon, Gurye-gun.

Gurye Sansuyu Flower Festival, which is held every

spring when the Sansuyu owers bloom, is one of

the landmark festivals of Gurye-gun region. The

festival was rst held in 1999 with a view to promote

not only the Sansuyu owers but the city of Gurye,

which produces over 70% of the countrys Sansuyu

fruits. The festival will start on March18th with a ritualfor good harvest at a plantation of Sansuyu trees

located in Gyecheok village, Sandong-myeon. The

following day, the ofcial opening ceremony will be

held at a special stage in Jirisan Mt. Hot Springs

District and will include a variety of exciting festive

performances by MBC. On both the 20th and 21st, a

showcase of music and cultural performances will be

presented including Sansuyu Pop Music Festival, Teens

Green Festival and 7080 Live. This spring, visitors may

an even greater variety of healthy programs celebrating

Sansuyu, including hands-on experiences such as: Oxen-

drawn Cart Ride down Sansuyu Flower Path, Horse-drawn

Carriage Ride, Clothes Dyeing, Sansuyu Foot Spa, Stroll

down Sansuyu Flower Path, etc.

Hwaseong Fortress

Built at the end of the 18th century by the brilliant KingJeongjo to house the remains of the mad Prince Sado,

Suwons Hwaseong Fortress is the crown jewel of Joseon

Koreas silhak movement, an intellectual movement within

Korean Confucianism to focus on real world issues,

including science and technology. Adopting in its design

and construction the latest advances in engineering

technologies and military science, including concepts

imported from overseas, the bastiondesignated a

UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997emanates a feel

that is both distinctly Korean and yet vaguely Western. Its

six kilometers of walls are studded with imposing gates,

watchtowers, sentry points, secret portals and command

pavilions, providing visitors with an endless list of things to

explore. Hwaseong Fortress forms a nearly complete ring

around Suwons old downtown. At one time, the entire city

was contained within its walls, but urban developmentin the modern era has led to much of the city spilling out

beyond the gates. You can walk the whole thing in about

three hours, although youll probably want to spend

an entire day exploring. Suwon is quite famous for its

galbi barbecued ribs there are about 100 restaurants

specializing in this dish throughout Suwon. The fortress is

a 20-minute walk from Suwon Station, Subway Line 1.

USO Panmunjom Tour

The USO Panmunjom tour is one of the best ways to

understand the situation, the tensions, and the reality

of the North and South Korea division. From the time

you start to prepare for the trip until your last view of

the barbed wire fence that lines the Freedom Road

or Unication Road (the highway connecting Seoul to

Panmunjom), your understanding of the recent history

of Korea will take on a new dimension. In prepar ing for

the trip, dont forget to follow the Dress Code for thePanmunjom tour. You can download the dress code

from this site http://afliates.uso.org/Korea/ or pick one

up at the USO. Also, very important, be sure to bring

your passport or military ID the day of the tour.

Mouthwatering Food Festivals

The Busan Gwangalli Eobang Festival, which is held

April 2325, 2010, in the Gwangalli Beach area, is one

of the largest and most famous festivals in Busan.

Up until 2000, the festival was a small celebration

called the Millak Raw Fish Festival held in Busans

Millak-dong Raw Fish Center. Now, from 2001, the

Busan Gwangalli Eobang Festival became an exciting

combination of the Millak Raw Fish Festival, the Beach

Festival held on Gwangalli Beach and the Cherry

Blossom Festival held in Namcheon. Look for festivalsat english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/index.kto

Basic Korean Expressions

Some helpful phrases and audio les so you know

how it is supposed to sound at the Korea Be Inspired

website english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu look under About

Korea then Travellers Essentials.

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS: Off-post event s and ac t ivi t ies

The fo l l ow i ng en t r i es w ereexcerpted from the military policeblotters. These entries may beincomplete and do not imply guiltor innocence.

USAG-Red Cloud: Larceny ofAAFES Property; Subject #1 wasobserved via CCTV removing a DVDfrom the movie isle, concealing theitem in his front pants pocket andexiting the PX without rendering aproper payment. Subject #1 thenplaced the DVD into a trash canadjacent to a Barracks and ed thescene. Subject #1was apprehendedand transported to the PMO wherehe was advised of his legal rights,which he invoked. Subject #1 wasprocessed and released to his unit.The property was returned to AAFES.Estimated Cost of Loss is $42.59.Investigation continues by MilitaryPolice Investigators.

USAG-Yongsan: Shoplifting; Subject#1 was observed removing one NightCare Cream and one Wrinkle Creamfrom the Main PX. Subject #1 wastransported to the PMO where shewas advised of her legal rights, whichshe waived rendering a written swornstatement admitting to the offense.Subject #1 was processed andreleased to her sponsor. Subject #1sRation Control Plate was conscated.Subject #1s sponsor was issued anOrder to Show Cause Memorandum.Estimated Cost of Loss is $73.95.This is a nal report.

U S A G - H u m p h r e y s : C h e c k ,Worthless, Making and Uttering;Subject #1cashed three checkswithout having sufficient funds inthe account. Witness #1 rendered awritten sworn statement attesting tothe incident. Investigation revealedthat Subject #1 has PCSed toGermany. Estimated Cost of Loss is$800.00. Investigation continues byMilitary Police Investigators.

USAG-Daegu: Larceny of PrivateFunds; Subject #1 failed to renderproper payment when boarding thetrain from Dongdaegu Station toWaegwan at the Waegwan TrainStat ion, Waegwan. Subject #1was t ransported to the KoreanNational Police Station where hewas processed and released intoMilitary Police custody on a CJ Form2. Subject #1 was transported to

the PMO where he was advised ofhis legal rights, which he waivedrendering a written sworn statementdenying the offense. Subject #1 wasprocessed and released to his unit.Estimated Cost of Loss is 3,000 Won.Investigation continues by MilitaryPolice Invest igators and KoreanNational Police, with Korean NationalPolice as the lead invest igat iveagency.

USAG-Daegu: Simple Assault ;Subject #1, Subject #2 and Victim#1 were involved in a snowballfight which turned into a physicalaltercation when Subject #1 placedVictim #1 in a headlock and threwVictim #1 on the ground. Subject #1then hit Victim #1 in the back of thehead with a closed st approx imatelyfour times, and Subject #2 thenkicked Victim #1 in the abdomenapproximately four times. Victim #1sustained no injuries. Subject #1andSubject #2 were advised of theirlegal rights in the presence of theirsponsors, which they invoked. Thisis a nal report.

MP Blot t er

Gyeongbok Palace, is a royal palace located in northern Seoul. First constructed in 1394 and reconstructed in 1867, it was the mainand largest palace of the Five Grand Palaces built by the Joseon Dynasty. Photo courtesy of Dave Palmer


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http://imcom.korea.army.mil THE MORNING CALMNEWS

By Larry (Pepper) Jackson

Commander, U.S. Army Garrison Red Cloud

When Soldiers, Civilians, and contractors

move to Red Cloud Garrison today they can

expect to stay in a lodge providing high-quality

lodging that meets the same Army standard

every Soldier expects to nd when deployed

anywhere in the world.. Te reason is Red

Cloud Garrison has recently opened a new 44

room lodge, which is only a ew steps away

rom the commissary, bus station, taxi stand,

Community Bank, and Mitchells Club. Dry

cleaning shops, a shoppette, and barber shops

are only a block away. Tis new lodge being so

close and convenient to these services makes it

ideal or those moving into Area I with Families.Te lodge has a playground or children and a

special room or those with disabilities. Beore

tour normalization began, Families had to stay

in o post lodging, our new acilities are a great

resource.

I the Family will be located in the

Dongducheon area and working at Casey

Garrison, the new expanded Casey Lodge has

72 rooms and will add 11 more in the near

uture, which will include ve suites and six

single rooms. It is also nearby the bank, Post

Exchange, commissary, taxi stand, shoppette,

post ofce, and the award winning Gateway

Club. Te Gateway Club was recently awarded

the James A. Carroll Jr. Award or Club, Food,

Beverage and Entertainment category as Bestin the Army. Te Food Court contains many

o the most popular ood chain ranchises

including a Burger King, Robin Hood, a Baskin

Robbins, and a Popeyes Chicken restaurant,

which has won Best Popeyes in the World

awards . It also boasts a large mini-mall o

ne shops such as leather shops, vision shops

where you can replace your eyeglasses and

order contact lenses, a photo shop and GNC

store with all your avorite vitamins and ood

supplements.

Maude Hall is only a ew steps away

with all the services anyone starting resh in

Area I would need, including Directorate o

Emergency Services where one can acquire

Common Access Cards and have his amily

and dependents registered on the Deense

Biometric Identication System or visit the ax

Center during tax time One can also nd the

Airline Alliance, which is the commercial travel

ofce. Te USO is also nearby the lodge and

a step away rom Hanson Field House where

the Family can nd a gym and a wonderul

large outdoor swimming pool open during the

summer months. I the Family enjoys gol, the

best gol course in the Army is within sight rom

the steps o the Casey Lodge. Te Indianhead

Gol Course has just been awarded Best in the

Army and the James A. Carroll Jr. Award orArmy gol courses. Te Indianhead Gol Course

restaurant is also top-o-the-line and an award

winner.

All in all, the total number o rooms in Area I

will be 125. Tese rooms will include American

Disability Act rooms , suites and single rooms,

playgrounds or children and many other

conveniences and luxuries.

We have come a long way since Red Cloud

Garrison was a noncommand sponsored

assignment. In supporting the Army Family

Covenant, and making tour normalization

a reality, Families can now nd Area I as

comortable as any other assignment in the

Army.

Col. Larry Jackson U.S. Army photo


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www.imcom.korea.army.milUSAG-RED CLOUD

By Jim Cunningham

USAG-RC Public Affairs

CASEY GARRISON Family, Morale,Welare and Recreation was notied March1 the Gateway Club on Casey Garrison andits Business Manager, Avelina Richardson,was selected as Best in the Army or theJames A. Carroll Jr. Award or Club, Food,Beverage and Entertainment category or2009.

As the manager o the USAG-CaseyGateway/Primos Express or scal 2009,Richardson has perormed in an exceptionalmanner during this award period, saidChristopher Bradord, Red Cloud GarrisonFMWR acting director. Her dedicationto duty coupled with her expertise o theood and beverage operation has resultedin the Gateway/Primos Express operationleading in sales and net income beore

depreciation over all other clubs in Korea.Richardson has been instrumental in thesuccess o several RDS programs duringthis period, specically; she recently hostedOperation Rising Star and a very successulHalloween Party at the Gateway Club. Tisis exceptional perormance or a remote andisolated location challenged by high laborcosts, base access restrictions, and orcerealignments throughout Casey Garrisonand South Korea.

Te FMWR on Red Cloud Garrison was

selected as Best in the Army and receivedthe James A. Carroll Jr. award or excellencesix times in the past our years. In 2006 theRed Cloud Bowling Center won or theBest in the Army bowling center and the James A. Carroll Jr. Award; in 2007, theGateway Club on Casey and Richardsonwere selected or Best in the Army and theJames A. Carroll Jr. Award. In 2008 CaseyLanes and Gerald Keener, manager, wereselected as Best in the Army and receivedthe James A. Carroll Jr. Award; also in 2008,Christopher Bradord was selected as Bestin the Army and given the James A. Carroll Jr. Award or business management. For2009, Richardson and the Gateway Clubwere chosen once again.

he Army does not allow the sameperson and service to be chosen two yearsin a row, Bradord said. You have to waita year in between, so basically this is a back-

to-back or Richardson.Te one ingredient that could cause the

Gateway Club to be recognized as Best inthe Army could be explained as knowingwhat customers want and expect in anon-post club. A ew years back we spent alot o time and energy doing ocus groupswith Soldiers and their Family members tond what they wanted to see in terms othe renovations we were planning or thelounge and the restaurant area, Bradordsaid. We had a lot o Soldier and Family

member input or what they wanted to see inthe lounge. Te renovations that took place,rom the shape and size and location o thebar to the pool tables; even the color o theroom were determined by our customers.

Tere are many ingredients to successand Bradord knows what they are, andconcludes the Gateway was chosen becauseit perorms with these ingredients to thehighest level.

o be an ecient manager you have

to know what your customers want and beable to deliver it to them, Bradord said.Te basic key ingredient is knowing whatyour customers want and delivering it in themanner they want.

We spent a lot o time and eortgetting to know exactly what our customers want, Richardson said. We let out nodetails and we provided everything theywanted, including delivery services andentertainment.

Army heralds Gateway Club as Best in the Army

Avelina Richardson, Gateway Club business manager, sits for her interviewwith garrison Public Affairs while lming video interview for the garrison web

site March 4. The honor of winning the James A. Carroll Jr. Award is the second

time in three years for Richardson. U.S. Army photo by Jim Cunningham

Two Soldiers bowl each other in Casey Lanes Ironman Bowling event March 6. The event was sponsored by Casey Lanes of Area I FMWR and

dreamed up by Casey Lanes Manager Gearld Keener. Ironman Bowling is an event where the object of the game is not to lose, and not necessarily

to win. You have to be able to survive. It is a survival tournament. If you are playing against somebody you are sure you cannot beat, then youcan dodge them; you can dodge up to two bowlers. Then you will have to bowl against your own score minus 10 pins, Keener said. Let us say a140 bowler goes against a 220 bowler scratch (meaning no handicap) there is 80 pins difference, the bowler with the lower average decides not to

bowl that person but to bowl their own score. If they bowl a 120, they have to bowl a 110 or better to get the win. The other opponet goes on to beatsomeone else. Every other game it switches to handicap; in that case the switch bowler has the same option; do they want to bowl their handicapbowler or do they want to bowl against their own score? At the end of the day, which will be eight or nine games, we will have a winner. Thirteen

of the best bowlers from the Red Cloud and Casey enclaves participated and bowled on six lanes. If you are not rolling the ironman, you are nota bowler, Keener said. U.S. Army photo by Jim Cunningham

Ironman Bowling rolls in Casey Lanes


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News & Notes

THE MORNING CALMUSAG-RED CLOUD

Did You Kno w?The DoDDs School at Casey willbe completed July 31. It will holda maximum of 324 Kindergartenthrough grade eight students. Con-struction has already begun.

USAG-RC Now on FacebookYou can now nd USAG-RC on

Facebook. http://www.Facebook.com/pages/APO/USAG-Red-Cloud/246854871491.

Red Cloud GarrisonHoly Week Schedule

USAG-RC Holy Week Mass Sched-ule is: Palm Sunday (March 28) - 9a.m. Warrior Chapel, Holy Thurs-day (April 1) 7 p.m. Warrior Chapel.Good Friday (April 2) 7 p.m. in War-rior Chapel. Holy Saturday (April3) 7 p.m. in Warrior chapel. EasterSunday (April 4) 9 a.m. in WarriorChapel.

Area I WorkforceTown Hall Meeting

The next Garrison Area I WorkforceTown Hall Meeting is scheduled forApril 29 in Casey and Red CloudTheaters from 1:30-3:00 p.m.Please send any questions, con-cerns, or topics for information toPlans, Analysis, and Integration Of-ce no later than March 29. Contact

number: 732-6151.

Red Cloud Bowling CenterEaster Weekend Color Pin

Bowling TournamentRed Cloud Bowling Center will holda Color Pin Bowling Tournament

April 3 and 4 beginning at 1 p.m.Sign up by 12:30 pm. each day. En-try Fee is $20. For information call:732-6930.

Korean American AssociationFree Concert and Museum TourThe Korean American Associatinwill hold a Friendship Concert andMuseum Tour for American forcespersonnel and their Familly mem-bers in the Yong Theater of the Na-tional Museum of Korea April 5. Forinformation and reservations sende-mail to [email protected].

POW Safety Awarness VideoThe Privately Owned Safety Awar-

ness video is available at: https://sfety.army.mil/nosecondchances.It can be found on the POW tab ofthe Range and Weapons SafetyToolbox at: https://safety.army.mil/rangeweaponssafety. The videois aimed at reducing accidentaldeaths involving POWs.

Raiders Soc cer TeamLooking for Players

The Raiders Soccer Team consist-ing of Korean National Employeesin Area I is looking for U.S. mili-tary personnel, civilian employeesand Family members who alreadyknow how to play or are interest-ed in learning how to play soccer.

Membership fee is 20,000 won permonth and 70,000 won for teamsuits (optional). There is a desig-nated driver providing transporta-tion or members can drive theirown vehicles. For information call:732-9795 or 010-7337-9753.

Ken Limtiaco (standing), Northern Region Army and Air Force Exchange Servicemanager, along with Robert Vagasky, manager of Red Clouds commissary andYong Baez, manager of Camp Stanleys commissary came to discuss concernsregarding improvements to the PX and Commissaries March 9. U.S. Army

photo by Pfc. Mardicio Barrot

By Pfc. Mardicio Barrot


RED CLOUD GARRISON FamilyReadiness Support Assistant members andmilitary spouses came together to addressissues Families are having with Red CloudGarrison and Camp Stanley March 9 in RedCloud Pear Blossom Cottage. Te meetingwas held to allow military spouses to voicetheir opinion about improvements needed inthe Post Exchange and Commissary on RedCloud and Stanley. Ken Limtiaco, NorthernRegion Army and Air Force ExchangeService manager, Robert Vagasky, managero Red Clouds commissary and Yong Baez,manager o Stanleys commissary came torepresent their organizations and listen toconcerns regarding improvements.

I coordinated this meeting so that theFamily Readiness Support Assistant leaderscould give AAFES and DECA eedback

rom the voices o the community, Limtiacosaid. Tese meetings help because i weknow the issues we can attack them andresolve them.

Some Family Members elt this meetinganswered questions and was a great wayor the community to contribute toimprovements.

Tis meeting was a release o stress,said Claudia Figueroa, FRSA leader. I eelas i we made our voices heard. We madeour points on the issues we have with thePost Exchange and the commissary, andhopeully the managers will move orwardto improve them.

Te most important issues are with the

commissary, Figueroa said. Te commissaryis important not only or the amilies, but

or the morale o Soldiers as well.Te commissary is a big issue because

that is where we shop or ood, Figueroasaid. I we purchase produce and meat thatis going bad, that efects the Soldiers becausethey have to come home to a rustrated wiewho cant cook a proper meal worthy o aSoldier.

Families are concerned about the pricingon items and the hours o operationbecoming a major issue. Some Familiesexplained it is hard to get to the commissaryi your husband works until 6 p.m., andalso complained commissaries in other areasoten have cheaper prices on certain items.

I eel the issues these amilies have canbe resolved in the near uture, Vagasky said.

AAFES and DECA welcome ideas

Tese problems are due to transormingrom a single Soldier environment to aFamily environment, and in time; knowingwhat issues we have in our stores, we cansolve these concerns and adapt to the needso our Families and the community.

Tis was an excellent meeting with alot o eedback, Limtiaco said. And thatswhat its all about, hearing the voices o ourFamily members so we can improve ourservices.

I you have an inormed public; youhave a happier public, Figueroa said. Iyou are inormed about certain things, youcant be upset about them. Tese meetings

ensure we are taking steps in making positivechanges in our communities.

By Pvt. Jamal Walker


DONGDUCHEON CIT Y heAmerican Red Cross and Korean Red Crossaccompanied by Soldiers, Family members,and members o the local communitydonated charcoal bricks, used to burn andprovide heat, March 6 to persons who couldnot aford them.

he ARC and the KRC signed an

exchange and cooperation agreement Nov.6, 2009. he agreement was signed by Jana Fullmer, Red Cloud Garrison ARCstation manager, and Choi, Soon-hu, KRCDongducheon director. he agreement

allows the two organizations to worktogether in projects similar to this one.

Choi and the KRC were in need ovolunteers and called Fullmer and the ARCto help with their annual coal donations.Fullmer said since signing the agreementwith the KRC, they contact the garrison ARCwhen there are events needing volunteers.

Te Korean Red Cross does a lot orthe local community, said Leah Barber,Casey Garrison ARC assistant station

manager. One o the projects they andother local organizations do is deliveringcharcoal bricks (about the size and shape ocofee cans) to poor and elderly residents oDongducheon.

For some people, the only heat sourcesthey have in the wintertime are thesecharcoal bricks, so it is an important servicethe Korean Red Cross provides, Barber said.Tis is how they have been heating theirhomes or a long time, and it has becomepopular again because o the high price oother kinds o uel.

Suk Harper, a volunteer or the ARC, coordinated the eorts o bothorganizations.

Te group met outside o Jihaeng stationin Dongducheon or instructions rom Choiand Fullmer. Oh, Sea-chang, Dongducheoncity mayor, spoke to the group about theimportance o their mission beore theycontinued.

Both the Korean Red Cross and theAmerican Red Cross have the same ideato come here and help the poor people inDongducheon, Oh said, I appreciate thevolunteers rom Casey because events likethese are the best way to make Dongducheona better and more beautiul city.

Volunteers, ollowed by trucks that heldthe charcoal bricks, divided into groups andwere transported to diferent locations. Tey

lined up and passed the bricks one by oneto the door steps o homes o elderly andpoor citizens.

Te group delivered a total o 10,000charcoal bricks. Volunteers donated 3,000bricks and the remaining 7,000 bricks weresent to other towns and delivered that day.Harper said the KRC accepts private andbusiness donations or the bricks.

Korean, American Red Cross help the poor heat their homes

Oh, Sea-chang, mayor of Dongducheon city, looks on as the volunteers from theAmerican Red Cross and Korean Red Cross pass out charcoal bricks within the

city to the elderly and poor March 6. U.S. Army photo by Pvt. Jamal Walker


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By Pfc. Mardicio Barrot


CAMP HOVEY More than 100Soldiers and Family Members came togetherto participate in a 5k and 10k run event that

took place March 6 at the Hovey PhysicalFitness Center. Te event was put togetherby Family, Morale, Welare, and Recreation,Sports Division.

Te run was composed o two categories,30 and over and 29 and under age groups.It started in ront o the Hovey PFC andcontinued up to the Carey Physical FitnessCenter on Casey Garrison, which wasthe turnaround point or the lap. Te 5k

members ran one lap and the 10k runnerslapped twice.

Medals were given to those who placed 1through 3 in both events, and categories.

John Hamilton, who placed 1 in the 10kwith a time o 40:02, said the competition

was good. Hamilton and his unit took homethe most medals.

I want everybody who ran to know theydid a good job, Hamilton said. Everyonegot out and was motivated to run, and thatswhat its all about. Getting out, enjoyingyoursel and knowing you can do somethingyou are not used to doing.

I elt good during the run, Hamiltonsaid. Hamilton elt like someone was closely

behind him while he was running, but itturned out to be a car kicking up rocks.

Hamilton ran impressively rom startto nish. He started out in the ront o thepack and set a ast pace, and nished strong.Hamilton managed to come across the tape

without a loss in step.It was perect running weather, said

Cody Stehlik, who placed 2 in the 10k eventwith a time o41:11. I couldnt have askedor better weather, it was warm enoughnot to get overheated and cool enough orcomortable breathing.

I run almost every day and I haveparticipated in triathlons and run eventsbeore, but this was my rst on a base runevent. It was a good experience. I was happywith my place in the run, Hamilton crushedme, but Ill take second.

James Deberry placed 1 in the 5k with avery impressive time o 17:07. I work outand run six days a week and this was the best

Ive seen in a while, Deberry said.Im more o a 1 mile or 800 meter guy.

Originally, I didnt plan on participating inthis run, but my Sergeant Major called meout to run, and I love the competition so Isigned up.

I participate in as many o these runevents as possible. I really enjoyed this onebecause o the turnout and competition. Ielt as i there was someone right behind methe entire run.

In the Womens division o the 5k run,Bevin Goldsmith nished 1 with a time o23:30, Jamielee Kone nished 2 with a timeo 25:56, and Karen Moore nished 3 witha time o 26:39.

Womens Master 30 years and over, Jennier Pirtle nished 1 with a time o26:46, resa Craddolph nished 2 with atime o 27:06, and Lois Colwell nished 3with a time o 28:27.

For the 5k run Mens Division JosephHatcher nished 2 with a time o 18:41,Cornell Tibodeaux nished 3 with a timeo 19:48.

For the Mens Master 30 years and over5k, Javier Ortega nished 1 with a time o18:11, Joshua Johnson nished 2 with atime o 19:51, and Yonni Ruiz nished 3with a time o 20:45.

For the Womens Division 10k run Open

29 years and under, Katie Corby nished 1with a time o 46:23,

Natasha Deluca nished 2 with a timeo 48:21, Julie Yoong nished 3 with a timeo 50:00.

Womens Division Master 30 years andover Lashell Davis nished 1 with a timeo 59:51; Heather Lewis nished 2 with atime o 1:3:48.

In the Mens Division Open, 29 yearsand under, Denaed Honeysuckle nished3 with a time o 42:18,

For the Master 30 years and over,Dominic During nished 1 with a time o43:21, Craig Markiewicz nished 2 with atime o 43:58, and Mark Turman nished

3 with a time o 44:16.Tere was a great turnout or this event,

said Randy Behr, USAG-Red Cloud athleticdirector. Runners have a certain bond thatbrings them together in these types o events.Tese events are popular and easy to run andmany people enjoy participating in them.

Tere are three to ve running eventsyearly, Behr said. Run events are good or themorale o the people participating becausethey enjoy the competition.

he sports program in Korea is anoutstanding program, said CommandSgt. Maj. John Fortune, 1st Heavy BrigadeCombat eam command sergeant major.

I have been many places all over the

world and there is no place like KoreasFMWR, which has many varieties oactivities or service members and Familymembers.

Competition between units denitelyplays a role in boosting the morale o runparticipants.

Tese guys run ast. Te times that theserst place guys ran were very impressive.

Warriors post fast times in Hovey 5 k and 10 k run

James Deberry crosses the nish line

rst in the 5 kilometer run held on

Camp Hovey March 6. His time was17:07. U.S. Army photo by Pfc.Mardicio Barrot

John Hamilton crosses the nish line

rst for the 10 kilometer run held on

Camp Hovey March 6. His time was40:02. U.S. Army photo by Pfc.Mardicio Barrot

FRSA bakes breads and cookies for Soldiers in bunker on Red CloudMaj. Ryon Adams, HeadquartersHeadquarters Company DivisionSpecial Troops Battalion, 2nd In-fantry Division is taking a bite ofSpinkopita during a bake sale heldby members of the Family Readi-ness Support Assistance March 8in foyer of the 2nd ID bunker. Thebake sale was held to raise moneyfor Soldiers and Families in needaround the Red Cloud Garrison.The FRSA baked breads, cook-ies and cupcakes by themselvesform earlier in the morning for thefunction. We will have a bake saleagain tomorrow and March 17 tocelebrate St. Patricks Day andraise money for donations withhot drinks, said Claudia Figueroa,Family Readiness Group battalionleader. I came here to buy some

because I like to help those in needaround the Red Cloud Garrisonsaid Cpl. Jung, Ho-young, 2nd IDPublic Affairs specialist. U.S.Army photo by Pvt. Choi, Jin


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Visit to learn more

about the Army Family Covenant.

COMMISSARY BENEFITS are part of the ArmyFamily Covenants commitment to provide a strong,

supportive environment where Soldiers and

Families can thrive.

WHAT IT MEANS:

Guard and Reserve Soldiers and their Families

have shopped on-site at more than 100 remote

locations and purchased $14 million worth

of commissary products.

purchases compared to commercial prices.

$200 million will be spent on building

new commissaries and enhancing

better serve customers.

Visit to learn more

about the Army Family Covenant.

SHOP, SAVE AND THRIVE


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Yongsan takes 10K challenge in st ride

By Pfc. Choe Yong-joonUSAG-Yongsan Public Affairs

YONGSAN GARRISON Despite a cold snap right whenthe weather was warming, 86 U.S. Army Garrison-Yongsancommunity members participated a 10 kilometer un runSaturday morning, March 6 at Collier Field House.

Te un run is supported by USAG-Yongsan FitnessPromotion all in an eort to promote and eature all the tnessclubs we have and classes oered through our sports branch,said Garrison Fitness Coordinator racey Briggs.

She added that the run raised awareness that lots ocommunity volunteers lead these clubs and that they werelooking or more tness leaders as well as club members towork out regularly. Interested visitors could register at a specialtable just beside the start line.

I eel excited about running because Im going to bephysically active, stronger and exible, said Seoul AmericanElementary School 5th grader Lynne Imamura. Ive donethis several times beore and Im going to bike during the runtoday to keep the pace with others.

Te diverse background o runners - including USAG- Yongsan Command Sgt. Maj. Ralph Rusch running withhis two dogs - started and ended at Collier Field House onSouth Post, passing all the way up to the Black Hawk Villageand Dragon Hill Lodge.Although people, some running with their babies in strollers,

with dogs or kids riding bicycles, were running at a dierentpace and style, all o them successully crossed the nish line

with a sense o accomplishment and received a ree cap ortheir eorts.

Among all the participants, 4-7 Cavalry 1st Lt. JoshuaHudson won the race in 31:40, breaking the 8th Army10 kilometer record. He was awarded with an AAFES gitcerticate and said that during the run he was thinking aboutpushing himsel and seeing how ar and ast he could go.Yongsans next un run will be a 10K road race April 17. For

inormation, call 738-8608.

Runners take off at the beginning of the 10K fun run Saturday morning, March 5, at Collier Field House (above) and pose for a victory snapshot (below). U.S. Army photos by Pfc. Choe Yong-joon


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For a complete list of communityinformation news and notes, visit the

USAG-Yongsan ofcial web site at

http://yongsan.korea.army.mil

Protect Your Teen from Rx Drug Abuse

According to an annual survey by thePartnership for a Drug Free America,one in five teens has abused prescriptionmedication, and one in ten has abusedover-the-counter cough medication.

Surprised? Want to learn how to protectyour child from abuse? Need advice abouta teen who may already be abusing meds?Call the Adolescent Substance AbuseCounseling Services for confidential adviceat 738-4579.

Yongsan Faithlift 2010Faithlift 2010 is an interdenominational womensweekend. Conference registration starts on March26, 3 p.m. at South Post Chapel. Dinner startsat 5 p.m. Conference continues on Saturdaymorning with breakfast at 8 a.m. and ends withdinner Saturday night. For more information or toregister, e-mail: [email protected].

Family Game NightPlease join us for ACS Family Game Night

featuring game and activity stations, including aToddler Zone, for kids and parents to participatein together. Food provided. Free game to the first100 participating families! The event is on March26, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. at Collier Field House Gym.For information, call 738-7505.

Scholarships AvailableVisit http://yongsan.korea.army.mil and clickon the 2010 Scholarships button on in theright column for the latest news about areascholarships.Application packet for 2010-2011academic year are also available for download atwww.awcseoul.org. Scholarships will be grantedfor high school seniors graduating in June 2010,with an accumulaive GPA of at least 2.5, a validID card holder, US citizen and child of USFKmilitary, US embassy or DOD civilian and from

any US military base.

X-game TournamentThe event is on March 25, 6-9 p.m. at MoyerCommunity Activities Center. For information,call 723-3291.

Love and Logic Parenting ClassSession 4 in a series - join as you can. Learnnew techniques to help avoid power strugglesand arguments. Gain compliance in positiveways the first time you ask. Stay C.O.O.L. in hotsituations, and set effective enforceable limitsand consequences. The event is on March 25,9 - 11 a.m. at ACS Building 4106, ACS Office. Forinformation, call 738-7505.

Yongsan Health Clinic Relocated

Since Jan. 22 Yongsan Health Clinic(Troop Medical Clinic) has relocated fromthe Brian D. Allgood Army CommunityHospital/121 CSH to the newly renovatedBldg. 1663, (near Navy Club). Hours ofoperation have not changed. Call DSN737-CARE 6-7 a.m. for same day appt/sickcall. Hours of operation M-F 7 a.m.-4 p.m.For information, call 010-8515-1025.

Community ConnectionAre you new in Korea? Do you havequestions? Come to the Dragon Hill LodgeMarket Square every Wednesday andget the answers to your questions. TheACS Outreach Coordinator will greet youand provide you the information that youneed to make your transition and stay in

Korea easier. The next event is on March24, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at Dragon HillLodge. For information, call 738-7123.

Wanted: Ac tors seek ing fun, achievementBy Pfc. Kim Hyung-joonUSAG-Yongsan Public Affairs

YONGSAN GARRISON U.S. ArmyGarrison-Yongsan Music and Teatre Branchheld the Fantasticks audition at the John Wood

Memorial Teatre March 5 to create an interestin theatre and oer community members anopportunity to be someone else or a day.

Department o Army holds the estival oarts and recreation programs every year anda Fantasticks audition is going to GarrisonYongsans entry into that competition. TeFantasticks is planning to present to audienceApril 15 through 18, although it will not bepossible without community actors.

We are hoping to be able to present a goodquality o show or the competition as well as orYongsan community members, said Directoro Music and Teatre Joanne Love. We do notcast people without some kind o audition. Ineed to know that people can sing and act, butI have skills and capabilities as a proessionaldirector o being able to extract that rom a

person who is interested in being on stage.Actors, singers, musicians, dancers,

choreographers, lightning people, soundpeople, directors, stage managers, and a wholewide variety o variables make a theatricalproduction more than just people on stage,she added.No matter what your talent, we need people

interested in auditioning to make our programswork.

Randy Koonse who has already been onthe Yongsan stage several times expressed hispersonal thoughts about acting.

One o the reasons I act is because I like toentertain people and sometimes its hard to nda right time to entertain people when you areat work, he said. Because sometimes people

Chalica Pack and Randy Koonse audition for the Fantasticks show March 5 at the John Wood MemorialTheatre.U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Kim Hyung-joon

Garrison honors Dongdaemun-gus Good Neighbor support

By Pfc. Kim Hyung-joonUSAG-Yongsan Public Affairs

YONGSAN GARRISON Garrison

Yongsan presented Certicate o Appreciationplaques to ve Education Support Divisionpersonnel o Dongdaemun-gu March 4 orproviding outstanding support o U.S. ArmyGarrison-Yongsan Good Neighbor ProgramEvents.

Kim Myeong-chan, Kim Sang-young, OhJe-yeol, Seong Bo-keun, and Yoo Seung-kuenreceived the plaques or their great support

The Garrison Command Team presents Oh Je-yeol, Educational Support Division, Dongdaemun-gu, with a certicate of appreciation March 4 for his support ofthe Korea-U.S. Family Host Program. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Kim Hyung-joon

and contributing signicantly to a secondKorea-U.S. Family Host Program meetingand luncheon held Jan. 23.

he Korea-U.S. Family Host Programwas designed to bring amilies together todeepen their culture understanding, exchangelanguage skills and simply have un.My wie and I eel this program has been a

highlight o our time in Korea, said YongsanPublic Aairs Chie Dan Tompson. Wevemet many times and learned how to make ricedumplings, enjoyed amily meals, and more.I highly recommend this program.

Garrison Commander Col. Dave Hall saidhe was impressed with Dongdaemun-gussupport o the program.

It gives me great pleasure to express mysincere appreciation and gratitude or yoursupport o our Good Neighbor Programevents on behal o all the communitymembers at Yongsan, he said. Your activesupport contributed signiicantly to theevents success and has made an enormouscontribution in urther enhancing Koreanand U.S. relations. Again, we sincerely thankor your outstanding support.

are very serious and they dont want somebodyto entertain them. Tey want somebody to dotheir job. I do community theatre and actingas a chance to entertain some people i I can ina correct way.Te most rewarding aspect is when audiences

applause at the end o show, Koonse added.Tats the payment. I you please the audience,then you can see and hear it. Te difcult parto acting is the commitment that it takes romeverybody in the show. Because you heard thatold cliche, you are only as good as your weakestlink, so i 90 percent o casts is committed and10 percent are goong o, the whole showlooks bad.

He says that acting is a whole dierent levelo experience and it also provides a great dealo achievement. You get to have chance to besomeone else. A lot o people would have chanceto be another person or a day. I you are doing ashow, you have chance to be another person orthe time you do a rehearsal and the time doingthe show. Its kind o un to be somebody else.Tere is a lot o satisaction a person gets atercompleting a show. It also gives you a sense oaccomplishment.

For more inormation about when and howto participate in the Fantasticks, please contactDirector o Music and Teatre Joanne Love at723-5721.


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War Memorial museum also offers fun

These are the Rivera Boys and Barbour Girls, we took advantage of the day off from school and went to theWar Memeorial to check out the planes and tanks. They all had a great time. Courtesy photo by SarahBeth Rivera

See yourself in the Morning Calm when you become a USAG-Yongsan Facebook Fan. Just post your travel photos to our page witha quick description covering who, what, when, where and why and well see you in the paper. - Your Yongsan PAO team

Nora Thompson

Facebook Fan

Affordable last minute trip offers (e.g. flight + hotel to

countries without visa requirements) would be great! Weused to do a lot of cheap last minute trips to other coun-tries when living in Germany, which were easy to find

online or through travel agencies.And yes a website withtheir offers would be very helpful and convenient!

Katie Call Webb

Facebook Fan

Id like to see more family oriented tours, especially for

families that have young non-school aged children. Itshard for us to get out with the little ones, so having a tour

already set up for us would make exploring the country alittle more desirable.

By Sgt. Hwang Joon-hyun

USAG-Yongsan Public Affairs

Improving

t r ave l serv ic e

How can we make our on-post travel agencies such as MoyerRecreation Center, DHL, and USO better? USAG-Yongsan Fa-cebook fans have the answer. Find out what more than 2,400Yongsan community members are talking about by becoming aUSAG-Yongsan Facebook Fan at facebook.com/youryongsan!Special thanks to Col. Dave Hall for suggesting this weeksquestion. (Comments are kept in their original form)

Beth Ann

Grubaugh

Facebook Fan

I would like to see more tours period. I see that K16 has

wonderful tours available but it is usually inconvientent

for me to catch a bus and leave from there. I would liketo see more train tours too. The KRail system is one of

the best in the world. It is a shame for us to miss outbecause of possible language barriers. Also there are so

many wonderful festivals but many families have no wayto get to them. Bus trips are nice but very draining.

YONGSAN GARRISON A community member works out to develop his pectoral muscles at theCollier Field House Fitness Center March 9. Fully packed with an extensive varie ty of cardio and weightequipment, including treadmills, steppers, bikes, customizable weight machines, free weights, barbellsand dumbbells, the center is ideal for a lunchtime workout.

On the second oor, community members can tailor their own ftness programs based on their specifcneeds, thanks to many group exercise classes per week including yoga, aerobic, Pilates, Zumba, spinning,step, Tae-bo, and more.

Garrison Yongsan is preparing for an 8-week Total Fitness Challenge to bring about healthy lifestylechanges for 10 teams of two people. To apply, click on the Total Fitness Challenge button at http://yongsan.korea.army.mil and submit your packet by March 26.

For more information, call 736-3340.

Yo n g s a n h i t s t h e g y m

Christina WebbCzelusniak

Facebook Fan

Historical tours are fantastic. I would love to see more of

even the places around Seoul with a guide who can tellus all the background of them. Id also love some moremilitary oriented tours. There is so much US and ROKmilitary history around the area and so many of us have

family members who served in the war. It would be sointeresting to take a tour like that. Finally, it would help

tremendously if the tours were less expensive.


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No End orsement Implied

Top 4 Performer Of The MonthJanuary

Staf Sgt. Eli M. Huven

Unit/Section: 607th Weather Squadron (WS), Operations and TrainingDuties: USFK Weather ForecasterHometown: Milwaukee, WisconsinFollow-on: Davis-Monthan AFB

Staf Sgt. Eli Huven serves as a US Forces Korea Weather Forecaster. During the month o

January, Huven skillully crated 35 highly accurate weather orecast products spanning theentire Korean peninsula while simultaneously serving as the sole US/ROK weather liaisonin support o the KORCOM transormation initiative. His spot-on orecasts assisted in theprotection o over 28,000 USFK personnel. Epitomizing the Air Force Core Value o Excellencein All We Do, Huven completed 6 college credit hours in pursuit o his Associates o AppliedScience in Weather Technology rom the Community College o the Air Force. Additionally,as a dormitory manager, Huven directed 3 high-level DPW service orders and volunteeredseveral of-duty hours to clean and prepare rooms or inbound personnel, improving quality olie or 10 airman. Huvens tenacious drive and can-do attitude makes him a proven role modelto his ellow Airmen and the Yongsan Top 4 is proud to recognize him and his outstandingaccomplishments or the month o January, 2010.


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Label your DoD personal digital assistantBy 1st Signal Brigade

Special to the Morning Calm Weekly

YONGSAN GARRISON It makessense to secure portable devices when notin use. Remember, the risk o loss or theto the device and its data is currently thebiggest threat to PEDs and removablestorage media.

Losing a device such as a laptop or PDAmeans expensive equipment needs to bereplaced and data recovered, costing thetax payers money in addition to placingthe data at risk.

Labeling a PDA is important. I the PDAwere to be lost, you would be more likelyto get it back. And i the data is properly

encrypted, risk o unauthorized access isminimized. Any labeling should not identiythe device as a DoD device.

All PDAs should be properly labeledwith contact inormation, but any labelingshould not identiy the device as a DoDdevice. DoD is responsible or controllingits inventory o oice and computerequipment, which PDAs. You are responsibleor protecting any equipment that has beensigned out to you.

I you are using a wired connection,always disable your wireless technology.

Be careul using wireless connections.Whenever you have wireless connectivity,

you are more vulnerable to data leaking outor malware being introduced.

Dont use wireless connections to transmitsensitive data. Avoid perorming sensitive orprivate transactions, such as those withyour bank or credit card, using wirelessconnection. Disable wireless connectivitywhen you dont need it.

Remember, you are the rst line o deensein protecting data on PEDs and removablestorage media. Next week: s ecurityconsiderations or Internet telephoneservice

Satellite outages from the Spring EquinoxYONGSAN GARRISON Subscribers to FMWR CAV (Cable V) willexperience periodic outages o services during the month o March ranging rom5-20 minutes in duration on select channels throughout the day. Tese outagesare caused by a semi-annual alignment o the sun directly behind the satellite inrelation to the earth station and aect all satellite-based communications. At notime should subscribers experience a total loss o all FMWR CAV service. Foradditional inormation, please call DSN 738-CAV (2288).

U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Song Chang-do,8th U.S, Army Public Affairs.

Eighth (Field) Army general to retire after KR/FE 2010

By Walter T. Ham IV8th U.S. Army Public Affairs

COMMAND POST OSCAR,

South Korea A ormer enlisteddratee who rose to the rank omajor general will complete hisservice as an Eighth (Field) Army wartime general here duringexercise Key Resolve/Foal Eagle2010.

Maj. Gen. John E. Barnette,the head o the West VirginiaArmy National Guard and EighthArmy wartime general, will retirelater this year ater 43 years oservice.

Barnette has served with EighthArmy or six years, deploying toKorea or the two major exercisesthat occur every year.

M y m o s t a v o r a b l ememories o my service withthe Eighth Army will be the service with other like-minded patriots on the EighthArmy sta, the opportunity to continue to grow and learn as a Soldier and workingwith the many outstanding young men and women who serve our country soproudly, said Barnette.

As the West Virginia Assistant Adjutant General, he has commanded nearly5,000 citizen Soldiers or the last 15 years.

I was responsible or the strength and readiness or our units that were deployedat a higher per capita rate than any other state in the nation while maintainingthe highest level o readiness and strength in the nations National Guard, saidBarnette.

During his more than our decades in uniorm, Barnette has led the responseto more than 70 emergenices and commanded a task orce in Louisiana ollowingHurricane Katrina. Barnette said that 9/11 was a dening moment or citizenSoldiers.

Te biggest change that has occurred in my career has been the ull integrationo the National Guard and the Army Reserve into the total orce ater the ateulevents o September 11th, said Barnette. Te resulting proessionalism o the guardand its acceptance by its active duty counterparts has been most rewarding.

Barnette, who earned a doctorate degree rom West Virginia University in1990, will now serve as a proessor at Mountain State University in Beckley,W.Va., teaching in the Masters in Strategic Leadership and Doctorate o ExecutiveLeadership programs.

Calling todays warriors another greatest generation, Barnette challenged themto continue to serve.

Prepare yoursel and your amilies well or enduring and protracted service,take care o yoursel and continue to serve, said Barnette. Our country and Armyneed you.

ROK general meets with 8th Army leaders

U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Song Chang-do, 8th U.S, Army Public Affairs.

By Walter T. Ham IV8th U.S. Army Public Affairs

COMMAND POST OSCAR, South Korea

Te commander o the Republic o KoreaArmys 2nd Operations Command visited hereMarch 11 to meet with 8th (Field) Army leadersduring exercise Key Resolve/Foal Eagle 2010.

Gen. Lee Chul-hyee, commander o the ROK

Armys 2nd Operations Command, had a chanceto view the exercise in progress rom an 8th Armycommand post.

In the photo above Gen. Lee receives a briefngrom 8th (Field) Army Current Operations Sgt.Maj. Edward Lewis.

Key Resolve/Foal Eagle is an annual exercisethat is held around the same time rame each yearand is one o two major exercises here.

Volunteer of the Year nominationsYONGSAN GARRISON Do you know an outstanding volunteer who deservesto be recognized? Now is the time to recognize those who have shown outstandingdedication, time, and commitment to USAG Yongsan. Look or nomination ormson the USFK.mil website and orms can also be picked up at ACS


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No

EndorsementImplied

USAG-Yongsan Chaplains

Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Jeffrey D. Hawkins:[email protected], 738-3009

Chaplain (Maj.) Terry E. Jarvis:[email protected], 738-3917

Chaplain (Maj.) Daniel E. Husak:[email protected], 736-3018

USAG-Humphreys Chaplains

Chaplain (Capt.) Anthony Flores:[email protected],

754-7042

USAG-Red Clo ud/Casey

2ID Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Jonathan Gibbs:[email protected], 732-7998

Red Cloud Chaplain (Lt. Col) David Acuff:[email protected], 732-6169

USAG-Daegu Chaplain s

Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Kwon Pyo:[email protected], 764-5455

Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Mackberth Williams:[email protected], 765-6799

Area III Worship ScheduleArea I Worship Schedule Area IV Worship ScheduleArea II Worship Schedule

Korea-wide Army chaplain points of contact

Te Command Chaplains Ofce is here to perorm, provide, or coordinate total religious support to the UnitedNations Command, U.S. Forces Korea and Eighth U.S. Army Servicemembers, their amilies and authorizedcivilians across the ull spectrum o operations rom armistice to war.

Visit the U.S. Forces Korea Religious Support site at:

http://www.usk.mil/usk/kch.aspx or helpul links and inormation.

Protestant Services

Collective Sunday 0930 Brian Allgood HospitalSunday 1030 K-16 Chapel

Liturgical Sunday 0800 Memorial ChapelContemporarySunday 0930 South Post Chapel

Sunday 1100 Hanam Village ChapelNon-denominational

Sunday 1100 South Post ChapelGospel Sunday 1230 South Post ChapelMision Pentecostal Hispana

Sunday 1430 South Post ChapelKorean Sunday 0910 Hannam Village Chapel

United PentecostalSunday 1330 Memorial Chapel

KATUSA Tuesday 1830 Memorial Chapel

Seventh-Day AdventistSaturday 0930 Brian Allgood Hospital

Early Morning Service(Korean) Mon-Sat 0510 South Post Chapel

Episcopal Sunday 1000 Memorial Chapel

Catholic Services

Catholic MassSaturday 1700 Memorial ChapelSunday 0800 South Post ChapelSunday 1130 Memorial ChapelMon/Wed/Thur/Fri 1145 Memorial Chapel1st Sat. 0900 Memorial Chapel

JewishFriday 1830 South Post Chapel

Protestant Services

CollectiveSunday 1100 Freedom Chapel

1100 Suwon Air Base ChapelGospel 1300 Freedom Chapel

Church of Christ 1700 Bldg. 558, Room 206

Contemporary 1700 Freedom Chapel

KATUSATuesday 1900 Freedom Chapel

KoreanWednesday 1930 Freedom Chapel

Catholic ServicesMassDaily 1145 Annex 2 ChapelSunday 0900 Freedom Chapel

1500 Suwon Air Base Chapel

JewishEvery 2nd Friday 1830 Annex 2 Chapel

Protestant Services

Collective ProtestantSunday 1000 Camp Carroll

1030 Camp WalkerChurch of Christ 1700 Camp WalkerGospel 1215 Camp Walker

ContemporaryWednesday 1900 Camp CarrollFriday 1900 Camp Walker

KATUSATuesday 1900 Camp CarrollTuesday 1830 Camp Walker

Catholic ServicesMassSunday 0900 Camp Walker

1145 Camp Carroll

Protestant Services

Collective

Sunday 1000 Stone ChapelSunday 1000 West Casey ChapelSunday 1100 Warrior ChapelSunday 1100 Crusader Chapel

Sunday 1100 Hovey Chapel

Gospel

Sunday 1100 Casey Memorial Chapel

COGIC

Sunday 1230 CRC Warrior Chapel

KATUSA

Sunday 1900 CRC Warrior ChapelTuesday 1800 Camp Castle ChapelTuesday 1830 Casey Memorial ChapelTuesday 1830 Camp Hovey Chapel

Catholic Services/Mass

Sunday 0900 CRC Warrior ChapelSunday 1200 West Casey ChapelSunday 0930 Camp Hovey Chapel

Jewish

Friday 1830 West Casey Chapel


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By Jim CunninghamUSAG-RC Public Affairs

CASEY GARRISON Te BlarneyStone and St. Patrick were celebrated orSt. Patricks Day in the Gateway Club onCasey Garrison March 13 with door prizesand childrens games and games or adults who wanted the Blarney Stone to endowthem with its gits. Family Morale, Welare,and Recreations Community ActivityCenter and Gateway Club brought togethergood Irish ood prepared by Che Fred Ware, Casey Garrisons FMWR businessmanager, and Irish Folk music provided bythe Casey CAC. More than 130 Soldiers,Family members and Civilians attendedthe estivities.

I have been coming to this event orour years now, said John Wroblewski,Casey Garrison postmaster. Tis event gets

better every year. Tey ood is very goodthis year because it is traditional Irish ood,said Gosia Wroblewski, John Wroblewskiswie.

Tis is my rst time also, said ianyRobertson, military spouse. I brought mytwo children and they are having a lot oun.

We have been here or more than nineyears and have attended all o the St. PatricksDay events, said ess Compton, CaseyGarrisons Pear Blossom Cottage manager.Te decorations get better every year.

Tis is my rst time and I will denitelyreturn every time or the parties given orFamilies here in the Gateway Club, said

Marisan Morss. I brought my little boy andhe is having a wonderul time.

Last years St. Patricks Day celebrationwas or adults and Soldiers, said Sally Hall,Casey Garrison CAC manager. It is a littledifcult to mix children and Soldiers in oneo these events. So this year we are changingthe event so it can accommodate everyone,Soldiers, Civilians and Family members.

W e m ade an ag r e em ent w i t hBetter Opportunities or Single andUnaccompanied Soldiers that we woulddo an event or Soldiers with Families andthey would do one or single Soldiers, Hallsaid. We see tonight the children runningall around and having a great time, and no

one is complaining.Hall says she is looking to plan events

or Soldiers and Civilians with Familiesnow that tour normalization and the ArmyFamily Covenant have made Area I acommand sponsored Area, inviting Soldiersand Civilians with Families to bring theirFamilies to Area I.

our normalization has brought usa new programming concept, Hall said.Tis is something new to Area I becauseit was a one year non command sponsoredarea beore.

Te only things dierent rom last yearsSt. Patricks Day party were the giveaways,Hall said.

he Gateway Club and Ware wereresponsible or providing the traditionalIrish ood, Hall said.

We sell tickets or $7 a head, then wegive the proceeds to the Gateway Club to payor the ood and beverages, I want to thankeveryone on my staf or making this event agreat success, especially all those who helpedin decorating.

(From left) Tiffany Robertson, Justin Robertson, Gosia Wroblewski, John Wroblewski enjoy the festivities in the GatewayClub during the St. Patricks Day celebration March 13. U.S. Army photo by Jim Cunningham

Marisan Morss (left) gathers traditionalIrish food in her plate during theSt. Patricks Day celebration in the

Gateway Club on Casey GarrisonMarch 13. U.S. Army photo by Jim

Cunningham

Jeffery Walsh (in green hat right) teaches the children how to play juice-pongduring the St. Patricks Day celebration in the Gateway Club on Casey Garrison

March 13. U.S. Army photo by Jim Cunningham

Children play a traditional Irish game of pass the carrot. The object of the game isto be the one holding the carrot when the Irish jig stops playing. The one holding

the carrot will be given a prize. U.S. Army photo by Jim Cunningham

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Changes in South Korea mean new opportunities for Lodge

The Dragon Hill Lodge at U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan, South Korea, offers a gateway to Seoul, with the conveniences of an Armed Forces

Recreation Center. Dragon Hill Lodge www.dragonhilllodge.com/main.htmlDoD photo by Donna Miles

By Donna Miles

American Forces Press Service

YONGSAN GARRISON Mosthotel managers would lose sleep over theprospect o losing almost hal o theirguaranteed hotel guests.

But Ed Fagan, general manager othe Dragon Hill Lodge at U.S. ArmyGarrison Yongsan here, sees the upcomingmove o most U.S. orces rom Seoul asan opportunity or the lodge to claim itsrightul place within the militarys ArmedForces Recreation Center network.

In a ew short years, most o the U.S.Servicemembers and their Families basedat Yongsan and other posts north towardthe demilitarized zone will relocate southo Seoul, most to U.S. Army GarrisonHumphreys. As a result, troops reportingor duty or wrapping up their tours in

Korea no longer will in- and out-processthrough the centralized center at Yongsan.Teyll also no longer automatically spendtheir rst and last nights in South Korea

just across the parking lot at the DragonHill Lodge.

Gone will be the regular customer basethat constitutes 44 percent o the hotelsannual room nights. Also gone will be mosto about 17,000 military identication cardholders based at Yongsan who requentits restaurants, tness center and otherservices.

But Fagan isnt worried about keepinghis 394 rooms lled. In act, he said, hesees the changes ahead as an opportunity

to transorm the Dragon Hill Lodge intoa vacation destination or Servicemembers,Deense Department employees and theiramilies.

We then become truly an AFRC,he said. And I would maintain that weare going to become the most exciting

AFRC.Located in the heart o Seoul, the

worlds second-largest metropolitan city,the Dragon Hill Lodge oers easy access toa wealth o attractions and entertainment.Guests can tour historic and culturalsites, take in proessional sporting events,visit museums, galleries and amusementand nature parks, and enjoy world-class

shopping.Fagan recent launched a Discover

Seoul campaign to get the word out aboutthese opportunities, and others beyondthe city limits in the Land o the MorningCalm.

We are not going to ocus on sellingthe Dragon Hill Lodge. Our ocus is onselling Seoul, Fagan said. Our marketingmaterials are going to be such that peoplesay, I want to take a vacation in Seoul. I

want to discover this wonderul city withall it has to oer.

Hes condent that when they do so,theyll choose the Dragon Hill Lodge astheir base, smack in the middle o land

the South Korean government plans totransorm into a huge intercity park.Te Dragon Hill Lodge opened in

1990 as the crown jewel o the U.S. ArmyGarrison Yongsan compound thats hometo the U.S. Forces Korea and CombinedForces Korea headquarters. Fagandescribed it as the most elegant AFRC,an upscale contrast to the Quonset huts

that surrounded it 20 years ago. With stately dragons fanking the

entrance, an elegant lobby, well-appointedrooms and top-quality ood and beverageservices, the Dragon Hill Lodge sets the

tone or servicemembers and their amiliesmoving into South Korea, Fagan said.

Te Dragon Hill Lodge makes astatement that we value you, that we careabout our servicemembers, he said. Andor anyone arriving with apprehensionsabout living ar rom home in unamiliarsurroundings, Fagan said, the lodgeprovides reassurance that lie in Korea isnot going to be too bad.

Te lodge set the example or thetransormation o the greater Yongsangarrison over the past two decades.

It kind o set the standard or a lot othe ollow-on construction that the U.S.orces did in Korea to really demonstrate

that Korea is no longer a one-year hardshiptour, Fagan said. Te soldiers who servein Korea work just as hard as all the othersoldiers and perorm just as importanta mission and they deserve the samequality o lie that exists in other parts othe world.

Te Dragon Hill Lodge was modeledater other successul armed orcesrecreation centers the Army operates. Butunlike the Edelweiss Lodge and Resort inGarmisch, Germany, and Hale Koa Hotelin Honolulu Shades o Green openedthe ollowing year at the Disney Worldcomplex in Orlando, Fla. the DragonHill Lodge has predominantly served

troops pulling one-year tours in SouthKorea, most without their amilies.Tat, too, is expected to change as

normalized, three-year tours are introducedin South Korea and more troops arrive

with their Families in tow. When theyreready or some rest and recuperation and abase or exploring their new surroundings,the Dragon Hill Lodge is ready or them,

Fagan said. At rst glance, the lodge is much like

any other luxury hotel, with comortablerooms, our ull-service restaurants,lounges, game rooms and a top-o-the-line

tness center. Whats dierent, Fagan said,is that the lodges top priority is servingtroops and their amilies -- not makingmoney.

I one o our Servicemembers was tocheck into the Marriott or the Hyatt tovisit Seoul, they would just be anotherguest, he said. When they come to theDragon Hill Lodge, we are here because othem, and to support them.

Room rates are based on a sliding scaleaccording to rank, with the most-juniorsoldiers on leave or pass paying $59 anight or a single room. For higher-rankingguests, the same room goes or up to $139 anight, with larger rooms available at higher

prices to accommodate amilies.We need to make money at the Dragon

Hill Lodge to sustain ourselves, but ourpurpose is not to make money, Fagan said.Our purpose is to provide quality o lieor the Servicemembers and their Familymembers. ... We will be geared specicallyto support them with programs that aredesigned or Servicemembers, aroundServicemembers budgets, and aroundServicemembers liestyles and amilysizes.

Although the Dragon Hill Lodge is abargain or military travelers, Fagan said, itsguests are equally attracted to the gateway itprovides to Seoul, as well as the amiliarity

and convenience o amiliar surroundings.While incorporating Asian architecturaldesign and urnishings, the Dragon HillLodge represents a piece o Americana --along with military conveniences -- to itsguests. Its restaurants serve up everythingrom home style bar be que cooked allnight so it alls o the bone to high-endsteak-and-lobster cuisine. A ex-Mex

restaurant on the premises eatures its ownmicrobrewery with Amber the housebrew and a tortilla machine that ensuresauthentic favors.

Te secret, Fagan conded, is that the

Dragon Hill Lodge fies all its ingredientsin rom the United States rather thanbuying them locally.

But amiliarity or guests and theiramilies goes beyond their palates.Dragon Hill Lodge also houses a smallpost exchange, a U.S. bank, a variety oconcessions sanctioned by the Army and AirForce Exchange Service, and a desk whereguests can ask directions to sites aroundtown, book tours, and buy discountedtickets to local venues.

Guests call these eatures a winningcombination.

Tis is great, and its all strategicallybased, said Army Sgt. ravon Graves as he

and ellow 2nd Inantry Division soldierSgt. Kiarra Sutton studied the DiscoverSeoul display in the Dragon Hill Innslobby.

Tey came to Seoul or medicalappointments, but hoped to check outsome o Seouls attractions the Lotte

World amusement park, the zoo, theKorean War memorial and local museums beore returning to their base at CaseyGarrison.

Teres a lot here. We just have to gureout what we want to do, Sutton said.

Army Sta Sgt. Antonio Jeerson, who had just arrived in South Korea orhis assignment at Casey Garrison, said he

already was impressed with the Koreanculture and was looking orward to learningmore about it.

But beore traveling north to his newassignment, Jeerson said he planned touse the Dragon Hill Lodge as a base oranother priority. Im denitely goingshopping, he said. From what I hear, thisis a great place to do it.


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Garrison provides support to exercise participantsBy Steven Hoover

USAG-Humphreys Public Affairs

HUMPHREYS GARRISON Anytimean exercise such as Operation Key Resolve

2010, which began March 8 to drillCombined Forces Commands commandand sta procedures, is held, deployment ostateside units is usually required to makeor realistic situations.

When those units come to Korea or theexercise, it is up to the hosting garrisonsto make sure that those Soldiers have thecreature comorts they are used to, whileliving in the LSAs (Lie Support Areas).Providing three hots and a cot isnt thename o the game anymore.

Tis year, at Camp Long and Yongin,USAG-Humphreys has been instrumentalin making sure that participating Soldiersrom units in Kansas, North Carolina and

exas, are being taken care o. According to 1st Lt. Jessica Aguinaga,the executive ocer o the Mayors Cell andassigned to the Fort Leavenworth, Kansas-based 35th Inantry Division, making surethat their Soldiers and those assigned toCamp Long are taken care o is an importantpart o their deployment.

Since the beginning o the exercise, wehave been running a 24-hour operation hereat Camp Long, including medical support,she said. Weve even been working with thelocal MWR olks to make sure that tripswill be available so that our Soldiers are ableto experience some o the Korean culturebeore we head back to the U.S.

Division command sergeant major,Command Sgt. Maj. Dennis aylor, saidthat the unit couldnt ask or anythingbetter. Its critical or units like ours to behere.

In addition to participating in KeyResolve, the unit is working with theRepublic o Korea Ministry o NationalDeense, U.S. Forces Korea and 8th U.S.Army, to produce a documentary on howthe U.S. Army deploys its Reserve andNational Guard units. Te 35ths PublicAairs Oce worked with the First ROK Army on portions o the documentaryduring the exercise.

At Yongin, approximately 200 Soldiersrom the Headquarters and Headquarters

Battalion, XVIIIth Airborne Corps, FortBragg, N.C. and the 48th Chemical Brigade,

Fort Hood, exas, were housed in a tent citybuilt by the 22nd Korean Service Corps,located at Humphreys.

Te KSCs were great, said Sgt. 1stClass Richard Lee, who served as the YonginLSA Mayor. Tey had to rst clear thearea o snow, and then put up the tents andfoors. And, then ater things started to melt,and get pretty messy, they had to come backin and re-level everything.

Soldiers supported by the Yongin LSAhad just about everything they have ingarrison Family and Morale, Welare andRecreation acilities complete with movies,books, magazines, internet, video games andthe ability to call home.

As I expected, our Soldiers (staand KSC personnel) did a antastic jobsupporting the units rom the States, saidCommand Sgt. Maj. Jason K. Kim, USAG-Humphreys command sergeant major, andthe units were very pleased with the supportreceived and the acilities they were in. Onemajor improvements rom the last exercise

at Yongin LSA is that we had running waterin the shaving tents.

Command Sgt. Maj. Jason K. Kim, USAG-Humphreys command sergeant major, speaks with Command Sgt. Maj. Dennis Taylor, 35th InfantryDivision command sergeant major, about exercise life at Camp Long, March 12. U.S. Army photos by Sgt. Kelly B. Lowery

Specialist Chad Hart, assigned to the 48th Chemical Brigades medical section, checks the blood

pressure of Pfc. Angela Reynolds, a member of the 560th Medical Company, Camp Stanley.

Specialist Kayvonne Smith, assigned to XVIIIth Airborne Corps, took advantage of a break inthe exercise to make a morale call in the FMWR Tent at Yongin LSA, March 12.

Private 1st Class David Garvey, of the 194th Combat Service Support Battalion, stirs the eveningmeal before approximately 200 Soldiers visit the Mobile Kitchen Trailer at Yongin.


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Change Of Responsibilit y2nd Combat Aviation Brigade is having achange of responsibility ceremony betweenoutgoing Command Sgt. Maj. Richard E.Santos and incoming Command Sgt. Maj.Leeford C. Cain, March 25, at 10 a.m., on

the 602nd Battalion Flight Line on USAG-Humphreys. For more information, contactMaster Sgt. David McDaniel at 753-8451 ore-mail [email protected].

Womens History Month CelebrationThe Area III Equal Opportunity ofce is hosting

guest speaker, Maj. Giana Thomas, March 26,from 12 1 p.m., in the Super Gym during aWomens History Month celebration. TheUSAG-Humphreys community is invited; call753-8078 or 753-6527 for more information.

Chinhae Cherry Blossom FestivalOutdoor Recreation is traveling to Chinhae,March 27, to join the city-wide cherry blossomfestival. The bus departs a 6 a.m. and returnsaround midnight. Theres only room for 40

people sign up by the March 25 deadline ifyoud like to go. Call 753-3255 or 753-3013 fordetails.

Area III Racquetball TournamentThe Super Gym is hosting the Area IIIRacquetball Tournament March 27 and 28. Call753-8810, for more information.

Outdoor Movies Are BackEnjoy a movie under the stars with HumphreysOutdoor Recreation, March 28, at sunset.Walk, ride your bike and bring your lawn chairfor a viewing of Narnia (rated PG). For moreinformation, call 753-3255 or 753-3013.

Family Fun RunAll ages are welcome to participate in the

Family Fun Run on Saturday, April 3. The runrecognizes Earth Day, the Month of the MilitaryChild, National Library Week, Alcohol AbusePrevention Month, Sexual Assault PreventionMonth and Child Abuse Prevention Month.Registration opens at 8 a.m. and the racebegins at 8:30 a.m. at Independence Park. Call754-5875, for more information.

Eggstravaganza

Humphreys annual Eggstravaganza is April 3at Independence Park, starting at 11 a.m. Theevent includes an egg hunt, face painting, blowups, free food and children under 10 will receivea t-shirt and bag. All children of USFK ID cardholders may participate. For more information,call 754-5875.

Post 9/11 GI Bill PresentationWednesday, April 7, there will be a Post 9/11GI Bill brief at the Digital Training Facility, Bldg.302. For more information, call 753-8605.

Housing Ofce Closed April 8

The Housing Ofce will close all day on April 8

for an ofcial function. In case of emergency,

contact Customer Service at 753-6068. Theofce will reopen April 9.

Babysitting Course ScheduledThe Child and Youth School ServicesSKIESUnlimited program is offering a freebabysitting course April 12 14 in the TeenCenter, Bldg. 427. The three-day courseteaches youth, ages 12-years and above, theskills needed to be caring, trustworthy and

responsible babysitters. The training includesInfant and Child CPR and First Aid. Call 753-5612, for course details.

We Want Your Stories!We want to publish your stories and photosin the Morning Calm Weekly. Call 754-8847for more information or e-mail [email protected].

USAG-HUMPHREYSHumphreys talent set for Yongsan Festival of ArtsBy Sarah DobsonUSAG-Humphreys MWR Marketing

HUMPHREYS GARRISON alentrom all over Area III lit up the stage in theCommunity Activity Center, here, duringcompetitions in February and March.

On Feb. 24, the local United ServiceOrganizations oce partnered with Familyand Morale Welare and Recreation to hostHumphreys rst So You Tink You CanDance competition.

he event packed the house, illingevery seat, and even had audience memberssitting on the foor cheering or their avoriteperormer. he night eatured ive actsdisplaying their best pop and lock, breakdance, salsa and jive perormances.

Judges rom the Osan Air Base aliateo American Forces Network and FMWRMarketing narrowed the competition to thetop three. Ater the nal dance o, Kendrick

Ladd stood out with his crowd pleasingpop and lock moves and secured rst placeto move on to the inal competition atYongsan.

Another entrant or the competition atYongsan was determined March 12, as theCAC hosted the rst Open Mic Night.Featured among the perormances werepoets, bands, acoustic soloists and dancers,along with an unexpected surprise act, romhosts Dean Herrera and Lorenzo Ranches.

Tis event was suggested by a community

member and to be honest I had no idea what

an Open Mic Night entailed, Herrera, theCAC director, said. But, it was a lot o un,and I am glad we did it. I am always lookingor good suggestions rom the community.

Colorul original poems, a rendition o AC/DCs Back in Black and a hip hopdance collaboration, kept the audienceentertained and anxious or more.

Ater much deliberation, judges romAFN Osan, Humphreys FMWR Marketing,USO and Operation Rising Star nalist,Michel Gordon, revealed the nal two. First

place went to dance crew Natural Remedy,

eaturing Sidney Johnson, Paul rebizo,Julian Johnson and Harry Fyks. Te secondplace was awarded to the band OriginalElement, which included Michael Schuh,Kevin Garrett and Dominic Rivera.

I want to thank our CAC sta or alltheir hard work, and the community orsupporting and participating and making thisa successul event, Herrera said.

Te competition winners will representArea III at the Festival o Arts at Yongsanon April 16.

Natural Remedy, featuring Sidney Johnson, Paul Trebizo, Julian Johnson and Harry Fyks, won

the Open Mic Night, March 12. U.S. Army photo by Steven Hoover

HUMPHREYS GARRISON Winners of the local Boys and Girls Clubs of America ImageMakers National Photography Contest,sponsored by Child, Youth and School Services, were announced March 5. This program allows youth to develop their artistic and creativeskills by expressing themselves through pictures. The winning images have been forwarded to the BGCA regional contest. Winners were:

Weyatta KpinKpin (Black and White, age 9 and younger); Jasmyn Smith (Color Process, age 9 and younger); Sidney Wilson (Digital, ages10-12); Larry Clark (Black and White, ages 10-12); and double winner, Dayjah Tull (Black and White and Digital).

Local winners of national photo contest announced

Photo by Weyatta KpinKpin

Photo by Dayjah TullPhoto by Larry Clark

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Vets increase regular services during exerciseBy Steven HooverUSAG-Humphreys Public Affairs

HUMPHREYS GARRISON Sometimesgoing to the eld can be just like anotherday at the oce.

During Operation Key Resolve, the129th Medical Detachment (Veterinary

Services), located at Yongsan, and eam 4o the 106th Medical Detachment, locatedat Osan Air Base, provided medical andsurgical services to the USAG-Humphreyscommunity.

Te 129th set up its Veterinary FieldHospital across the street rom ommyDs, where it oered sick-call, preventive

medicine and elective surgical appointmentsor pets. USAG Humphreys veterinaryservices are usually met by eam 4 duringits monthly visits.

With all o the help here this week,it gave the community a better chance tohave their animal seen, said Capt. KathrynGraves, Osan Vet Clinic ocer-in-charge.She estimated that they did 25 surgeries.

In addition to the extra services providedduring th

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