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CIO hosts Soldiers from 1-68th display

LandWarnet
conference moves to local area crowd
By James M. Hancy
Regional Chief Information Office See story and additional
The Network Enterprise photos, page 23.
Technology Command Regional Chief
Information Office - Korea conducted
a three-day LandWarNet training
conference at Yongsan, Seoul, Korea
April 17-19, co-sponsored by the Signal
Corps Regimental Association.
About 150 information technology
specialists both Soldiers and
Department of the Army Civilians
participated in the training. The
purpose of the conference was to train
key IT personnel on the latest tactics,
See LandWarNet
LandWarNet, Page 4

Funding needs
prompt Army
constraints
Special to The Morning Calm Weekly
Army News Service
The Army remains determined to
do whatever necessary to execute its
mission: defending the nation and
prosecuting the war on terror while
ensuring uninterrupted support to the
Families of our deployed Soldiers.
With the Fiscal Year 2007 emergency
supplemental for funding operations in
Afghanistan and Iraq, and
requirements associated with the
Global War on Terror, still under
Congressional review, the Army will
slow spending and the Department of
Defense will move funds from other
accounts to the Army, Army officials
announced April 16.
In order to stretch the money it has,
the Army will tell commanders to slow
spending in certain areas so that war
related activities and support to
Families can continue. F. NEIL NEELEY
Beginning in mid-April, the Army Sgt. Fernando Morales, Company C, 1-68th Medical Battalion shows his style to the delight of the Koreans
will slow the purchase of repair parts and his fellow Soldiers. What was supposed to have been a dance performance by a group of Korean
professional Hip-Hop dancers, turned into a friendly Break-dance challenge when a group of amateur
See Funding
Funding, Page 2 Soldier B-Boys jumped into the action to become part of the show at Camp Humprey’s Garrison April 20.
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MP Blotter
The following entries were excerpted from the
military police blotters. These entries may be
incomplete and do not imply the guilt or innocence
of any person.
Area I
Larceny of Government Property, Wrongful
Transfer of Duty Free Goods, Conspiracy, Evasion
of Custom Acts, Preliminary investigation revealed
that an AAFES Security Manager conducted an
inspection of the CRC Shoppette wherein
approximately 1,377 cases of beer were missing. A
review of the cash register transactions for April
11, reflected $3,790 in total sales, however a
subsequent cash count revealed there was $4,912
contained in the register. The overage amount of
$1,121 was due to money being placed in the
register to cover diverted items; however, the
employees had not yet conducted “Ghost Sales”
on the register to reflect a transaction. AAFES
security manager was interviewed and related that
Subject 1 admitted to creating “Ghost Sales” to
account for shortages in the store. Subject 1 further
stated Subject 2 made adjustments to the store
inventory to account for items that were missing.
AAFES security manager further related that a
Subject 3 was present at the store during the “Ghost
Sales” and was diverting property. The overall
suspected amount is $25,566. The investigation
continues by CID and KCS, with CID as lead
agency.
Area II
Shoplifting, False Official Statement, AAFES
Security observed Subject 1, Subject 2 and Subject
3, via CCTV, removing two Gameboy DS Lites, one
picture card and one Nintendo DS video game from
the display, concealing them on their persons, and
leaving the store without rendering proper payment.
AAFES Security detained Subject 1, Subject 2 and
Subject 3 and escorted them to the AAFES Security
Office, where Subject 1 and Subject 2 surrendered
the Gameboy DS Lites, Nintendo DS game and
picture card. After reviewing the CCTV security
tape, Subject 1, Subject 2 and Subject 3 admitted to
the offense. All merchandise was released back to
AAFES. Subject 1’s, Subject 2’s and Subject 3’s
RCP’s were retained. The value of the items totaled
$344. This is a final report.
Area III
Shoplifting, Subject 1 was observed, via CCTV, by
AAFES Security removing a lip liner pencil and
concealing it on her person. Subject 1 then left the
Camp Humphreys Main PX without rendering
proper payment. Subject 1 was detained by AAFES
Security. Subject 1 admitted to the offense. The
property was returned to the AAFES and Subject
1’s RCP was not retained. This is a final report.
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Commentary The Morning Calm Weekly
Bell Sends # 24-07...
...Message on USFK Anthrax vaccinations
The Deputy Secretary of Defense and who are at occupational risk from the
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel anthrax bacteria; the vaccine has a well-
and Readiness announced a plan to resume documented track record for preventing
Anthrax immunizations for Department of
this extremely lethal disease.
Defense employees and DoD contractor The anthrax vaccine is the most
personnel. Under this plan, all active-duty effective means available today to protect
servicemembers, emergency-essential and our forces. The immunization requires six
equivalent DoD civilian employees, and doses administered over 18 months to
DoD contractor personnel carrying out complete the primary series. Upon
mission-essential services on the Korean completion of this series, annual booster
peninsula for 15 or more consecutive days, Gen. B.B. Bell doses are administered to maintain
are required to receive the anthrax immunity. Although protection levels
immunization. Voluntary vaccination is also available increase as shots in the vaccination cycle are given,
for all other U.S. government civilian employees and the entire six-shot series is needed to offer full
U.S. citizen contractor personnel (as well as adult protection. I have received my Anthrax shots and just
family members, 18-65 years of age, that accompany received my booster shot last week.
DoD military, civilian personnel and U.S. contractor The threat of anthrax as a biological weapon is
personnel to Korea for 15 or more consecutive days). real—USFK personnel are required to initiate or
Anthrax is the number one item on DoD’s biological continue the vaccination series in accordance with
threat list—this bacteria is in the reach of not only their Service—approved AVIP implementation plan.
rogue nations, but also transnational terrorist groups. I am totally committed to the Anthrax Vaccine
Since March 1998, the DoD has protected its Immunization Program.
personnel against anthrax by means of the Anthrax It protects the individual and the USFK mission,
Vaccine Immunization Program. Just as vaccines are and enhances unit readiness.
required for school-aged children for the good of the Compliance with this program is mandatory and
community, the anthrax vaccine is mandatory for force will ensure USFK men and women maintain the high
health protection reasons. level of readiness necessary to support enduring
The Food and Drug Administration-licensed anthrax security and stability on the Peninsula. I appreciate
vaccine has an excellent safety record and offers an your efforts to keep the USFK team healthy and
effective layer of protection against both cutaneous mission-ready.
anthrax (contracted through the skin) and inhalation We go together!
anthrax (contracted by breathing the bacteria into the
lungs). For more than 35 years, the anthrax vaccine
has been safely administered to veterinarians,
laboratory workers, and others in the United States GEN B.B. Bell
Commander, UNC/CFC/USFK
Funding from Page 1 repair of facilities and environmental programs unless
the work is for safety or health reasons, or impacts
and other supplies, relying instead on existing inventory on Family support.
to keep equipment operational. Priority will be given The Army also announced it will take more restrictive
to repair and refurbishment of immediately needed actions in May, beginning with a freeze on new civilian
warfighting equipment, while training and other non- hiring from outside the Army and releasing temporary
mission critical equipment repair will be deferred, employees.
officials said. The Army also will cease to enter into new
contracts and task orders, and suspend some service
In addition, the purchase of day-to-day supplies
with government charge cards will be restricted, non- contracts supporting training events and facilities.
essential travel will be postponed or canceled, and Army commands will be directed to review their
shipment of equipment and supplies will be restricted outstanding orders for parts, supplies and services
or deferred altogether, unless needed immediately for and cancel orders that are not essential for immediate
war efforts. The Army added it also will delay the operations. However, these actions carry restrictions.
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Library Poetry Contest

The Yongsan Library Poetry contest
awards ceremony will be held Monday
at the post library. Family members and
friends of participates are invited. For
more information contact the Yongsan
Library.
USFK J6 Conference
The USFK J6 will host an Information
Assurance Conference May 15-17.
This years theme is “Strengthening IA SGT. KIM, SANG PIL
Agility for the Joint War Fighter.” The Signal Soldiers get the opportunity to use the new Secure, Mobile, Anti-jam, Reliable, Tactical Terminal equipment for the first time.
conference will be held at the Embassy
Club on Yongsan South Post. For more
information call 725-8213.
2ID receives satellite equipment
Cancer Awareness Event By Sgt. Kim, Sang Pil Vehicles, SMART-T receives data from a node center, which
A Cancer Awareness Event is 2nd Infantry Division Public Affairs is switching, multiplexing, and communications security
scheduled for May 19 at the Main Post CAMP CASEY — Signal Soldiers from the 2nd equipment that supports secure digital communications, and
Exchange. Company B, 168th Medical Infantry Division set up near Story Barracks March 14- transmits the data to a MILSTAR satellite. The MILSTAR
Battalion will have an educationl booth 16 to validate a new satellite communications terminal. satellite then sends the data back down to another SMART-
with pamphlets and brochures that Called Secure, Mobile, Anti-jam, Reliable, Tactical T that is plugged into another node center.
have educational information on
Terminal, the equipment is tested before it gets dispersed SMART-T is reliable and helps strengthen 2ID combat power
Testicular, Cervical and Breast Cancer.
There will be medical staff available throughout the division to units like 1st Heavy Brigade due to its high communication capacity compared to
for questions and concerns regarding Combat Team and 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade. conventional equipment.
cancer. For more information contact SMART-T is a Military Strategic and Tactical Relay The terminal provides voice and data communications at
Spc. Shannon Locklear at 725-7270. satellite communications terminal that transmits and low to medium rates. It operates at speeds up to 1.544
Audie Murphy General Elections
receives data and voice information.
Mounted on High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled See Satellite
Satellite, Page 4
The Area II Chapter of the Sergeant
Audie Murphy Club will hold general
elections May 2. The elections will be
held in the 121st General Hospital Food Service Contract Management and
dining facility conference room from
11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Send all
nominations for president and vice
Contracting Officer’s Representative
president to Sgt. 1st Class Paul Blakey
at paul.blakey@korea.army.mil prior to
April 30. For more information about
the event and on monthly meetings,
contact Master Sgt. Chris Patterson at
010-9472-0406.
Good Neighbor English Camp
Volunteer families are needed for this
year’s Yongsan Good Neighbor
English Camp. Families are needed to
host one or more local Korean
students for four nights in their homes. c ourse
They are needed for five nights for
students who will participate from
Daegu.
This year’s camp will be hosted by USFK, May
15-19. Participants are 10th grade
Korean students from Seoul,
Pyeongtaek and Daegu. Students are
selected by local school boards based
on their ability to speak English and
COURTSEY PHOTO
their willingness to participate in a The FSCM and COR course was conducted in Yongsan Korea from April 9-13 2007. Instructors traveled
home stay program. Students who from Fort Lee Virginia Army Center of Excellence in order to instruct the 35 Soldiers and Civilians (pictured
have previously resided in the United
above) stationed throughout the Korean peninsula with a pass rate of 100 percent. (From right) Richard
States or other English-speaking
countries are not considered. For more M. Harsh and Cara Vartuli-Dusablon, Army Center of Excellence Subsistence (ACES), Fort Lee, VA. (on
information contact USFK PAO at 723- the left ) Olivette M. Hooks, Chief, Logistics Division, IMCOM-Korea thanked the instructors for their hard
4685 -- 4686 or 4687. works and support in making this a very successful program.
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LandW arNet
LandWarNet
techniques and procedures for network
and enterprise service management,
information assurance, information
dissemination management, visual
information and records management.
LandWarNet is the United States
Army’s global enterprise network that
supports all communications in support
of command and control of warfighting
operations as well as the Army’s daily
business.
Just as Soldiers need the best
equipment and training to be successful
on the battlefield, a steady flow of
information is just as vital.
Connecting Soldiers to information
they need, whenever they need it and
wherever they are is the job of the
LandWarNet.
The latest information was
presented through 34 separate training
sessions during the three-day-
conference. The first day, Eighth U.S.
Army Commanding General Lt. Gen.
David P. Valcourt, addressed
participants stating the importance of
LandWarNet as a weapons system that
must be carefully planned, tested and
ready to support the Warfighter.
Valcourt emphasized the importance
of the LandWarNet for command and
control of forces throughout the full
spectrum of conflict and his
unconditional support for information
assurance and network security.
At the conclusion of his speech,
Valcourt was presented the Signal
Corps Regimental Bronze Order of
Satellite
megabytes per second over a
MILSTAR satellite. An 8 x 10-inch
image can be sent in two minutes
using SMART-T, whereas it used to
take as long as 22 hours.
SMART-T has been successfully used
in Afghanistan and Iraq, where terrain
can limit line-of-sight communications
using conventional antennas. With a
HMMWV’s mobility and the satellite’s
ability to overcome line-of-sight
communications, SMART-T provides
flexibility in communicating information
in various types of terrain.
”It’s beyond line-of-sight,” said
Warrant Officer Michael Bailey,
HHC, 2ID G6 Plans and Engineering.
“Hop over a mountain, all the way
around the world. It transports
whatever communication pieces you
put on it.”
SMART-T is almost self-run
equipment that is user-friendly and its
setup time is reduced.
”It’s smart because it pretty much
works by itself,” said Sgt. Matthew
Koenig, Co. A, DSTB, SMART-T
operator.
“All you have to do is, when you
bring it up, actuate it to the satellite.”
”COMSEC that is loaded into
SMART-T changes over every
month,” Koenig continued.
The Morning Calm Weekly
from Page 1
Mercury award, by Brig. Gen. (P)
Randy Strong, commanding general
U.S. Army Signal Center for his
significant support to the Signal
Regiment in executing its mission in
Army Korea.
On the second day of the
conference Strong, briefed the Signal
Regiment campaign plan for the
LandWarNet.
He focused on enabling knowledge
dominance for the warfighter by
planning for and adapting to
technological changes as the Army
transforms.
The third and final day ended with
a LandWarNet Jeopardy game that
tested the participants’ knowledge
from the training sessions and awarded
prizes to those competing which
reinforced the training.
In his closing remarks, Col. Brian
Moore, 1st Signal Brigade commander
and Eighth U.S. Army chief
information officer, emphasized the
importance of attending professional
development such as the LandWarNet
training conference.
“The knowledge, skills and abilities
learned at these events are key to
supporting commanders with
LandWarNet command and control
communications as they accomplish
their dynamic peacekeeping and
deterrence mission in Korea, as well
as staying prepared for any
contingency in Korea, or anywhere in
the world,” said Moore.
from Page 3
“We don’t have to shut it down,
reload COMSEC and bring it back up
on the system. It just changes over.”
Though this is not new equipment to
the Army, it is new to Korea and 2ID.
Its compatibility to work with both
Mobile Subscriber Equipment and
Joint Network Node, which are current
and future equipment is an advantage.
”Most of the Army MSE now has been
replaced with JNN equipment,” said
Staff Sgt. Maxwell Smith, HHC, 2ID
G6 operations NCO. “The SMART-T
is a piece of that upgrade equipment
that can integrate into both the MSE
and JNN networks.”
Communication security is always a
priority when it comes to military
communications. One of SMART-T’s
features is ‘anti-jam.’
”Not only the MILSTAR satellite that’s
up there, but also the terminal itself
can’t be jammed,” Bailey said.
“The stuff it does is classified.
Nothing can stop it from transmission.”
When the SMART-T gets distributed
to echelons below 2ID, the units will
be equipped with a more advanced and
effective communications system.
More than 70 percent of terrain on
the Korean peninsula is mountainous.
SMART-T will be very useful when it
comes to commo missions.
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NSPS briefed at USAG-Red Cloud
JIM CUNNINGAHM
Maj. Gen. Michael Kuehr, deputy commander,
8th U.S. Army briefs Civilian employees at the
Camp Red Cloud Theater April 17.
By Jim Cunningham
Area I Public Affairs
USAG-RED CLOUD—Civilian
personnel received a briefing about the new
National Security Personnel System April
17 from Maj. Gen. Michael Kuehr, deputy
commander, 8th U.S. Army.
“The National Security Personnel
System is a modern and agile Civilian human
resource system that enables the
Department of the Army and other
Department of Defense organizations to
become more responsive to the national
security environment, while preserving
employee protections and benefits,” Kuehr
said. “Because the national security
demands of the 21st century require a
transformation throughout the DoD,
Congress authorized the NSPS as part of
the fiscal 2004 National Defense
Authorization Act to increase effectiveness
through a simplified personnel management
system that improves the way it hires and
assigns, as well as compensates and
rewards its employees.”
What will change under NSPS is an
enhanced human resource management
system that allows flexible hiring procedures,
streamlined position classification, pay
banding and performance-based pay. It also
provides for a new labor relations system
and employee appeals process, according
to Kuehr.
“Performance based on the positive
impact one has on the mission is where it
starts,” Kuehr said. “The goal with the
performance based pay is to value all of
those things that we say make up good
employees.”
What will not change under the NSPS
are merit system safeguards, such as
protection from discrimination, ensuring
merit based selection, and Veterans’
preference remain under the NSPS.
There are no changes to employee
benefits. Retirement calculations continue
to be determined as they are today with
any base salary increases counting toward
an employee’s three highest earning years.
Part of the overall plan of the NSPS
system is how occupations are classified.
Under NSPS, the old GS occupational
families are transformed to “career groups,”
pay plans are transformed to “pay
schedules,” grades are transformed to “pay
bands,” and occupational series are
changed to “occupational codes.”
Civilians are placed in one of four career
groups: standard, scientific and engineering,
investigative and protective services, and
medical. Within these four career groups,
individuals are assigned a pay schedule
according to their occupational code. Pay
schedules vary within career groups;
however, typically there are four:
professional/analytical, technical/support,
supervisory/manager, and student.
Pay schedules can have from one to
four pay bands; the majority have three:
pay band 1-entry level, pay band 2-full
performance, pay band 3-expert level.
“Compensation is performance based,
market driven, and mission responsive,”
Kuehr said. “There are various ways to
receive pay increases: promotion,
performance-based increase, local market
supplement adjustment, rate range
adjustment, reassignment or other
placement action.”
The performance management process
is results oriented and mission focused.
There are five main steps in the process:
performance planning-setting objectives,
performance monitoring-greater employee/
supervisor communication, performance
development-training, education, mentoring,
performance rating-job objective and
contributing factor ratings, performance
rewarding-supervisory recommendation to
pay pool panel.
“How flexible someone is, how
hardworking they are, how technically
competent, all those things that we all know
make up good employees and the results
they get,” Kuehr said. “It will ensure
accountability at all levels, not just the
employee but also at the supervisory level.”
In the performance management
reward process supervisors will submit
recommendations to the pay pool panel. The
pay pool panel is a group of supervisors
who manage the fund distribution and
reconcile ratings across members of the
organizations pay pool. The pay pool panel
is designed to ensure fairness and
consistency, according to Kuehr.
“There are many advantages to you
under the NSPS,” Kuehr said. “Opportunity
to have high performance rewarded,
improved supervisory and employee
communications, ability to leverage and
expend experience base, a pay system that
takes into account market considerations,
an objective performance system with clear
expectations, a better understanding of how
your position aligns with the organization’s
and the Department of the Army’s
mission.”
“The NSPS provides a unique
opportunity to improve the way we manage
our Civilian workforce. Implementing NSPS
will require significant effort, but the
dividends are tremendous as we can
develop a flexible and fair system that will
help us attract, retain, reward and grow a
Civilian workforce to meet the national
security demands of the 21st century,”
Francis J. Harvey, former secretary of the
Army.

Army replaces more than 7,000 mattresses in Area I

By Jim Cunningham
Area I Public Affairs
USAG-RED CLOUD—The U.S.Army replaced more than
7,000 mattresses in barracks throughout Area I during the
months of February and March with more replacements to
come.
“Soldiers were sleeping on unserviceable and dirty
mattresses that should have been exchanged a long time ago,”
said Carl Johnson, logistics manager for Military Resource
Program Incorporated.
“We started when 2nd Infantry Division gave us the number
of unserviceable mattresses, but the key element was going to
the various 1st Sergeants to plan to come into each unit to
replace them. By going this route, we could replace the
mattresses much faster which put us two or two and a half
months ahead of schedule. We were supposed to do this in
June, but we had already finished between the end of March
and April 2. We actually put in 7,099 mattresses throughout
USAG-Red Cloud and Casey.”
Replacing so many mattresses in such a short time would
seem to be a logistical nightmare, but Johnson had a method
that created a short cut.
“Going to the 1st Sergeants in each unit made replacing
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DOL replacemattressesinbarracksonCampRedCloudMarch9.
the mattresses much faster,” Johnson said. “We have1,000
twin mattresses coming in which will go to senior leaders that
have full beds, including the barracks that have full beds.”
These 8,099 mattresses are not the end to the replacement
that is ongoing.
“We put in 7,099 single bed mattresses to finish out Area I
and we need approximately 2,200 more mattresses,” Johnson
said. “We need that many more to finish all of Area I, which
includes the full mattresses. We will finish delivering all the
full mattresses by the end of this month; we will have delivered
more than 8,000 mattresses since late Feb.”
In living memory the Army has not replaced this many
mattresses at one time, according to Johnson.
“Soldiers change every year, so many of these Soldiers
only stay for one or two years, then another Soldier takes his
place. That is not like only one person using the same
mattresses for all those years,” Johnson said. “They may
have to replace these mattresses again before we move in
2012.”
When Johnson and Directorate of Logistics started
delivering the mattresses, they were delivering 250 mattresses
per day with contractors, by the time they finished they were
delivering more than 400 mattresses per day.
“We started delivering in late February and we finished
April 2,” Johnson said. “We averaged about 300 mattresses
per day during that time. I coordinated with the 1st Sergeants
of the units and I bypassed them when they were on exercises,
so when they returned they had new mattresses.”
One can imagine the pile of old mattresses lying about
somewhere, but what would the Army do with them?
“All the old mattresses will be turned in to DRMO for
destruction,” Johnson said.
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New Speed Limit Posted at Casey

The new speed limit in effect from
Schoonover Bowl and surrounding
areas from Buildings 453, 450 to
building 478B near the stop signs
next to Story Barracks. The new
speed limit in these areas is 8 KPH/
5 MPH. Speed limit in the Casey/
Hovey gap is 32 KPH/20 MPH.

Postal Rates Are Increasing

Effective May 14 the cost of a first
class stamp will be $0.41. Buy your
$0.02 stamps early to make up the
difference for any $0.39 stamps still
in your possession. Call the Post
Office for further information.

Camp Casey PX Extended Hours

Effective April 30, the hours of
operation for the Casey PX will be
Monday - Saturday from 10 a.m. to
9 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 8
p.m.

USACCK GPC Training

The USACCK will be conducting
Area IV on-site GPC training May
25 from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Camp
Henry Education Center, Room 205.
For more information call: 724-3300.
Area I Central Issue Facility
Closing
The Area I Central Issue Facility will
be closed for all business matters
from May 18 to 21 to conduct a 100
per cent inventory. The CIF will
open for business at 8 a.m. on May
22. Emergencies during this closure
will be handled on a case by case
basis. For more information call:
730-6953 or 010-9971-1980.
Area I Nutrition Education
Classes
Area I nutrition education classes
will be held at Camp Casey DL
Building 2406 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.
To make reservations or for more
information call: 737-5521/5523.
2007 8th Army Indoor Swimming
Championship
Morale Welfare and Recreation will
hold its 2007 8th Army Indoor
Swimming Championship May 12 at
Camp Humphreys. For more
information call: 732-6553.
2007 Warrior Country Golf
Championship
The 2007 Warrior Country Golf
Championship will be held May 28-
29 at Camp Casey Indianhead Golf
Course. For more information call:
732-6927, 730-2322.
ACS Baby Shower
Army Community Services will hold
a Baby Shower May 12 from 1:30 to
3:30 p.m. For more information call:
730-3143.
Education
Extravaganza at CRC
The Camp Red Cloud Education
Center will hold their Education
Extravaganza May 11 from 9 a.m. to
4 p.m. For more information call:
732-7015.
Lessing stands in front of a photo on the left of him at age 17 when he was hiding in the Dutch woods with nine boys during
World War II and on the right a photo of the Dutch officer who hid him in his farm home.
Holocaust sur vivor visits Area I
By Margaret Banish-Donaldson
Area I Public Affairs
USAG RED CLOUD—For one
week each spring, we, as a nation,
officially recall all those who perished
more than 65 years ago in the
Holocaust. This annual
commemoration was established by
Congress in 1979 and is known as the
“Days of Remembrance.”
In Hebrew, Yom Hashoah literally
means the Day of (remembrance of)
the Holocaust. The Holocaust, or
Shoah, was the slaughter of six million
Jews, approximately two-thirds of the
pre-war European Jewish population.
Killed along with the Jews were five
million others who included political
dissidents, gypsies or Estonians,
handicapped and other victims of Nazi
persecution.
This year Days of Remembrance
was observed April 15 to 22. It is also
fitting during the Days of
Remembrance we honor those who
fought against the Holocaust, those
who liberated the camps, those who
documented what had happened and
those who continue today to tell the
story of their experiences during those
dark days.
Ed Lessing a Holocaust survivor
from Holland, told his story of life
before, during and after the Holocaust
to Area I and 2nd Infantry Division
Soldiers and Civilians April 13 at
USAG-Red Cloud commanding
general’s mess. He began his talk by
showing 20 minutes of a movie he
made at the Westchester Holocaust
Center, called “Testimony of the
Human Spirit,’ 1939-1942 Persecution
and Segregation.
Sept. 1, 1939 Germany invaded
Poland, and two days after Lessing’s
birthday, May 10, 1940 Germany
invaded Holland. Lessing thought it
was a Dutch exercise until he saw
German troops marching through the
streets.
“We were told that all the Jews were
to wear armbands; could not ride the
street cars; could not attend public
schools, could not buy food and if the
Germans wanted your apartment or
house, they could take it from you,”
Lessing said. “The Germans were
masters of life and death and made all
the rules and regulations.
Lessing thought the Germans would
lose the war in six months and
everyone would go back to normal.
The Dutch Jews were told to
prepare backpacks with warm
clothing to take on the trains to
Germany. Lessing’s father painted all
their names on the backpacks.
However, before leaving, Lessing’s
grandfather, Isaac, came from
Amsterdam and told them not to board
the cattle car trains. He had heard
rumors that the Nazis were lying to
them. “So on the night of Oct. 23,
1942, we walked out of our farm home
for good,” Lessing said. “I would be a
refugee for the rest of my life, I
thought. If anyone would turn in a Jew
to the Nazis they would be rewarded
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$7, so I was afraid all the time, day or
night.”
Lessing’s mother, a telegraph
operator and father, a pianist, and two
younger brothers, 8 and 10, were able
to find refuge; however, no one
wanted to take a 16 year old. Finally,
his mother found a mean looking Dutch
officer who was shielding some 30
children and was willing to take him.
He would work there as a Christian
stable boy.
In 1943, Lessing joined an armed
resistance group in the woods, and
narrowly escaped when it was raided
by German troops in December 1943.
“Another boy and I were standing
behind the pine trees when we heard
truck tires on the gravel and saw five
German trucks with lights on stop in
front of us,” Lessing said. “The truck
lights went off and the Germans started
coming up the trail. We ran back to
the hut to warn the others. We didn’t
see any of them in their beds so we
took off and ran and ran until we
couldn’t run anymore.”
Suddenly they heard a bike rider
coming up the road and the person on
the bike was Lessing’s mother. She
told them to bury their 9 mm pistols.
The Germans would execute them if
they saw them. The other boy took her
bike and went for help. Lessing and
his mother walked through the woods
until they found a safe haven at a
farmer’s home.
In May 1944 Lessing’s mother was
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Holocaust
arrested, put on a train and sent to a concentration
camp. Lessing then began to search for his father
and two younger brothers. He found them in a tiny
cottage. They spent the winter begging for food and
praying they would survive.
“In the spring, I saw the Canadian Army come
into Holland,” Lessing said. “Thank God. We have
been liberated by allied forces. We moved back to
our little town again to start all over. However, we
then found out what happened to all those people
who went on the trains. They were starved, beaten
and gassed to death.
Area I
Sometime later on Lessing was coming home
from a Zionist meeting when a British truck pulled
up and he heard a voice ask, ‘do you know where
the Lessing’s are living?’ It was Lessing’s mother’s
voice. She had returned.
“Our whole family was saved now,” Lessing said.
The family immigrated to the United States.
Lessing met a Dutch girl, who also had been in hiding.
She was saved by a Catholic family. They married
in Massachusetts and went to Israel for five years
to help build a new state, a safe haven for Jews.
Some 80,000 of the 260,000 Holocaust survivors in
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Israel are living under the poverty line. That is almost
a third of all Holocaust survivors in Israel.
“In 1956 we returned to America,” Lessing said.
“It took more than 50 years for me to be able to tell
my story.
Let’s be helpers, not haters. We can make a world
of difference no matter if we are black or white,
Jew or Catholic.”
He is deeply committed to the lessons that came
out of the Holocaust, and he is devoted to the belief
that the voices of the Holocaust should never be
silent or fall on deaf ears.

Duathlon breaks records

in three categories
By Jim Cunningham
Area I Public Affairs
USAG-CASEY—Morale,
Welfare and Recreation sponsors
many annual sporting events
throughout the year but few break
records in all categories.
The Duathlon held at Camp Hovey
April 21 was clearly one for the record
books as it broke all records from
previous years.
The Duathlon, so named by sports
specialists at MWR, consists of a 5-
race all the way to gate two at Camp
Casey and back three times, and after
that they will dismount and run another
5 kilometers.”
Few sporting events display the
fitness of Warriors at Hovey as the
Duathlon. The entries totaled 18 men
and two women Soldiers.
“The Duathlon is part of our regular
schedule,” said Henri LeBorgne,
USAG-RC sports supervisor.
“We do this on a yearly basis; we
have been doing this for several JIM CUNNINGHAM

kilometer run leading to a 30-kilometer
bicycle course and finishing with
another 5-kilometer run.
“We are having this Duathlon today
to give Soldiers an opportunity to get
out and do some running, some biking,
and enjoy themselves,” said Jim
Williams, sports specialist at Camp
Casey.
“They begin running five kilometers
to Carey Fitness Center and back to
Camp Hovey. When they complete
that they will do a 30 kilometer bike
years.”
There will be Triathlons later this
summer. Triathlons include swimming.
“The course for our Duathlon is very
challenging because of the hills in the
terrain around here,” LeBorgne said.
“We will give first and second place
awards in three categories today, we
have the women’s category, men’s
category and a category for seniors.”
The Duathlon differs from the
Triathlons in that Triathlons have
individual and team categories for
Maj. Chris McGowan finishes 30 minutes ahead of all previous records during the Duathlon.
participants.
In the Women’s Division 2nd Lt.
Stephanie Ference set a new 1st place
Duathlon record with a time of 2:10:43.
Second place winner was 1st Sgt.
Jill Youngblood, with a time of 2:14:39.
The Men’s Open Division 1st place
was also a record setter with Capt.
Jason Buursma running the gauntlet at
1:38:49.
Second place and in the 32 and
under category w a s Capt. Paul
Lashley setting a time of 1:49:57.
Third place is Staff Sgt. Jason
Gould with a time of 1:52:35.
The Senior Division winner, setting
a record time 30 minutes faster than
ever before w a s Maj. Chris
McGowan with a time of 1:35:03.
Second and in the 33 and Over
class is 1st Sgt. Andrew Rhoades
with a time of 1:39:40. Third place
was Capt. Robert Perry with a time
of 1:57:59.
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Garrison hosts KKor
orean
orean
police appreciation day
appreciation
USAG-Yongsan Public Affairs
YONGSAN GARRISON — United States
Army Garrison-Yongsan officials hosted 120
Korean National Police officers for a quarterly
appreciation day April 10.
“You're out there 24 hours a day, seven days
a week to help provide our installations with
security,” said USAG-Yongsan Commander
Col. Ron Stephens. “I want you to know we
appreciate what you do.”
Garrison officials greeted the KNP company
members with coffee and donuts at the Moyer
Community Activity Center. After a welcome
from the garrison commander, and a
presentation of awards to key KNP members,
the policemen watched a video explaining the
Republic of Korea-U.S. alliance and the move
of U.S. forces to Camp Humphreys.
For most of the young policemen, the visit
inside the gates of Yongsan Garrison was a
first. KNP members provide external security
at access control points.
“This base is huge,” said Pvt. Jun Seo-
kyoung. “I have never experienced anything
like this before.”
The KNP members toured Main and South
Post by bus before lunch at the Three
Kingdoms Inn Dining Facility.
Jun, a resident of Seoul, said Yongsan
Garrison was like a “little America.”
“There are so many buildings and a lot of
green grass,” he said.
Following lunch, the policemen boarded
buses for a trip the Multipurpose Training
Facility for a movie and popcorn.
“I think it was a great day,” Jun said. “It
was a fresh experience.”
Community recognizes sexual assault survivors
sexual
By Cpl. Jung Jae-hoon
USAG-Yongsan Public Affairs
YONGSAN GARRISON – More
than 50 community members turned
out for a special candlelight vigil April
18 at the Moyer Community Activity
Center Theatre.
“We wanted to raise awareness for
sexual assault and the struggle it takes
to take that journey, to step up and
have courage to move forward,” said
Sexual Assault Response Coordinator
Leah Holland.
The U.S. Army Garrison-Yongsan
Family Advocacy Program staff
coordinated the event to “honor the
strength and courage of the survivors
of sexual assault.” Yongsan community members show support to sexual assault victims April 18.
Holland said it lets the community remarks by Holland and an presentations and read poems to
acknowledge and show support to inspirational story from “Barb,” a renew sexual assault awareness and
sexual assault survivors. sexual assault survivor.
The ceremony began with opening Participants performed musical
Sgt. Reagan Wilson and Gavin Moore light candles as part of the April 16 “Days of Remembrance” at the Main Post Club.
Yongsan commemorates Holocaust
By Cpl. Jung Jae-hoon
USAG-Yongsan Public Affairs
YONGSAN GARRISON — More than 50
community members gathered for the U.S. Army
Garrison–Yongsan 2007 Days of Remembrance
observation April 16 at the Main Post Club.
The 1st Signal Brigade organized the event
with various presentations.
“The United States Congress established Days
of Remembrance as our nation’s annual
commemoration of victims of the Holocaust,” said
1st Signal Brigade Equal Opportunity Advisor Sgt.
1st Class Sharon Hill. “[They also established]
the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
as our permanent living memorial to those
victims.”
This year’s Days of Remembrance focused on
“Children in Crisis: Voices from the Holocaust”
to encourage survivors.
United States Forces Korea Sexual
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For one of the main events, children of 1st
Signal Brigade lit six candles in honor of the six
million Jews who died, including half a million
children.
“All Jews were targeted for death, but children
were among the most vulnerable victims of the
Nazi regime and its collaborators,” Hill said.
Ed Lessing, a Holocaust survivor, was invited
to Korea to speak at the ceremony.
Born in Holland, Lessing witnessed the
beginnings of the holocaust. He said his father
and two little brothers hid and ran from the Nazi
regime and survived.
“The Holocaust fire was stoked by hate,”
Lessing said. “It was an unprecedented crime,
millions of murders, wrongful imprisonments, and
tortures, rape, theft and destruction.”
See Holocaust
Holocaust, Page 12
Assault Prevention Director Hazel
Johnson spoke at the event.
“Survivors usually feel that they are
alone, but you are not alone, we are
all here for you,” Johnson said.
Later, community members joined
in on a candlelighting ceremony and
moment of silence to mourn for those
in pain.
“This month is Sexual Assault
Awareness month,” said USAG-
Yongsan Equal Opportunity Advisor
Sgt. 1st Class Myra Watson.
Watson said events like these help
bring attention to the issue.
“I hope everybody can increase
CPL. JUNG JAE-HOON their awareness of the problem and
prevent sexual assault from
happening.”
“The turn out was amazing,” Holland
said. “To see the community come out
and step up like this, it was fantastic.”
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English Camp
The 2007 Yongsan Good Neighbor
English Camp will be May 15-19. This
year, there are 60 Seoul, Pyongtaek and
Daegu 10th grade students. USFK
needs host families from the Yongsan
area to provide American hospitality
for Korean students. For information,
call 723-4685, or send e-mail.

Military Family
Appreciation Day
The USO and DeCA are sponsoring a
Military Appreciation Day 11 a.m.-1
p.m. May 19 at the Yongsan
Commissary parking lot. There will be
free hotdogs, prizes, games, and much
more. For information, call 724-7781.

Spirit Warrior 2007

The Promise Keepers Men’s
Conference will be 5-9:30 p.m. May 11
and 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. May 12 at
South Post Chapel. There will be guest
speakers and musicians along with
food, fellowship and worship. For PHOTOS BY PVT. IM JIN-MIN
information, call Tommy Kramer at 011- Car enthusiasts swarm an Ilsan exhibition complex April 14 for the 2007 Seoul Motor Show. The show drew more than a million visitors.
9000-6064.

PCS Garage Sale

Dragon Hill Lodge is holding a PCS
Garage Sale 11 a.m. May 12 at the Point
upper parking garage. Sign up at the
Guest Services Desk. There will be a
$15 charge per table. For information,
call 738-2222, extension 24.
Quartermaster Laundry
The Yongsan Quartermaster Laundry
will close May 1 and 5 for a Korean
holiday. It will reopen May 2 and 7.
For information, call 736-4397.
Mother’s Day Drawing
Dragon Hill Lodge will hold a drawing
for an AAFES $250 shopping spree to
celebrate Mother's Day. Register to
win a family weekend stay at Dragon
Hill Lodge with a complimentary
breakfast. The drawing will be held
May 1 for DOD ID card holders only.
For information, call 738-2222,
extension 24.
Language and Hearing
Educational and Developmental
Intervention Services and the
Audiology Department of the 121st
Combat Support Hospital will provide
information concerning language and
hearing 10 a.m.-1 p.m. May 18-19 at the
Main Exchange. For information, call
738-6792.
Army Emergency Relief
The 2007 Army Emergency Relief
campaign is now underway through
May 15. AER is a private nonprofit
organization with zero funding from
the from the government. The key to a
successful fund-raising campaign is
the unit’s keyperson. The Area II goal
for this year's campaign is 100 percent
contact of eligible contributors. For
information, call 723-4197 or 723-2781.
USAG-Y Web Site
For more news and information, visit
the Yongsan Garrison Web site at
http://yongsan.korea.army.mil.
Soldiers tour
2007 Seoul
Motor Show
By Pvt. Im Jin-min
USAG-Yongsan Public Affairs
ILSAN — Twenty- two Yongsan
BOSS members visited the 2007
Seoul Motor Show at an Ilsan
exhibition complex April 14.
“ BOSS, or Better Opportunities
for Single and Unaccompanied
Soldiers, is part of the MWR
program in Korea,” said Yongsan Twenty two BOSS members took advantage of free transportation to enjoy the event.
BOSS Vice President Spc. Joshua
Present. “We provide Soldiers an
opportunity to go out and see
different events around Korea.”
Present said the group helps to
improve the quality of life and well-
being of Soldiers.
“We heard that they have car
shows every two years in Korea,”
he said. “I’m pretty excited. I want
to go see the cars, take a lot of
pictures and then come back home
and show them to everybody.”
The Seoul Motor Show is an
international exhibition with188
prominent companies from 11
countries participating. The show
drew more than one million visitors.
The BOSS members traveled to
the show together, but explored the Yongsan BOSS members explore the show. The event comes to Seoul every two years.
“I’ve been to a couple motor shows
huge exhibition complex on their
own. Smiling models and sporty cars before, and I’m really enjoying these
gleamed as cameras flashed. Free cars,” said Pvt. Chad Landis.
prizes and booming dance “There’s a lot of people here, and I
performances added to the think this is a once in a lifetime
enthusiasm. opportunity.” said Pvt. Felix Rivera.
“On a nice day like today, I would “There’s a lot more to do than just
have been probably sitting in my seeing the cars.
room,” said Staff Sgt. E. “Everything turned out nicely,” said
Manzanares. “Coming out here and Moyer Community Activity Center Models pose for photos at almost every car.
getting to see this is very cool.” See Motor
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The Gate 17 Visitor Center offers a totally renovated workspace. The center reopened ahead of schedule April 17.
Yongsan Gate 17 Visitor Center reopens
By Pvt. Im Jin-min
USAG-Yongsan Public Affairs
YONGSAN GARRISON — The Gate 17
Visitor Center reopened April 17 after extensive
renovations. Officials estimate the center
processes more than 1,200 visitors a day.
“We moved into a temporary center across
the parking lot while they did complete renovations
of the interior,” said Emergency Services
Operation Officer James North.
North supervised the move.
“The renovation has allowed for a better service
to the customers, a better facility and appearance
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and a better work environment for the Soldiers
here,” he said. “It also provides a much needed
service to the community.”
The building has a new ceiling, flooring and
freshly painted walls. A counter enclosed with
glass stands in the visiting room, adjoined by a
new public bathroom.
North said visitors will hopefully walk in and
see a professional establishment and an efficient
operation.
“They’ve done a great job,” he said. “It looks
completely different than it did before.”
See Visitor
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Yongsan employees learn
about new personnel system
By Cpl. Kim Sang-wook
USAG-Yongsan Public Affairs
YONGSAN GARRISON — Yongsan
civilian employees got a chance to take a glimpse
at the new personnel system April 16 and 18
during town hall meetings led by 8th U.S. Army
leaders.
The new civilian personnel system will soon
affect many more Department of Defense
employees. Most USAG-Yongsan civilians will
make the transition to NSPS in mid-November.
The National Security Personnel System is the
new civilian personnel system that will enable
Department of the Army and Department of
Defense organizations to adjust to new demands.
Eighth U.S. Army Deputy Commander Maj.
Gen. Michael Kuehr provided an overview of the
system during one of three town hall briefings
last week at Balboni Theater.
Kuehr indicated that the new system is a
performance-based system, which will evaluate
personnel on their contribution and will
compensate them with bonuses.
“The Army has tried to change itself into a
more flexible and eligible fighting force,” Kuehr
said. “That’s why the NSPS system focuses
greatly on a person’s performance.”
Kuehr said the system is being established
because of the new global environment need to
react to the mission with more speed and
effectiveness.
“The system will motivate our civilian force to
strive for broader skills development,” Kuehr said.
See Pay
ay, Page 12
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Holocaust
More than six million Jews
perished during World War II in what
became known as the Holocaust.
Millions of gypsies, homosexuals,
Poles, Ukrainians and Russians also
fell victim to genocide inside death
Motor
Manager Chong Sang-nae. “Providing
an event such as this for the Soldiers
to enjoy gave them a good time, as well
as something to remember during their
stay in Korea.”
The BOSS program allows all
Visitor
North added that community
members should be aware that the
gate itself, including the parking lot, will
soon undergo renovations as well.
“It will be closed June 20 until
September,” North said. “This will be
the next step in the complete
renovation of Gate 17.”
Eighth U.S. Army Deputy Commander Maj. Gen. Michael Kuehr explains the new Army civilian
personnel system April 16 at Balboni Theater.
Personnel
“By doing so, this will enable them to
become a more valuable work force.”
During the conversion to the NSPS,
employees will maintain their wage.
Supervisors and employees will be
evaluated by their performance -- on
a 1 to 5 point scale that will range
unacceptable to role model.
Performance-based pay will increase
with each evaluated performance
rating.
Under the NSPS classification
system, every GS position within the
department will be assigned to a career
group, pay schedule and pay band,
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camps across Nazi-controlled
Western Europe during the war.
“Remembrance is knowing and
understanding the past and never
make the same mistakes again for
the sake of the future,” he said.
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branches of service, active duty,
Reserve or National Guard, to
participate.
The Yongsan group plans for its
members to experience some of
Korea each month, Present said.
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During the extended Gate 17
renovation project, pedestrian guests
will still be processed at the Gate 17
Visitor Center. When the project is
finished, there will be expanded
parking, four lanes of traffic and
other improvements at the gate.
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which will define their salary.
“We will be in Spiral 2.3C which we
will implement Nov. 11,” said
Transition Manager Corine Rodriguez.
“Almost everyone will be converted
individually to the NSPS system.”
The vast majority of DoD civilian
employees will be covered by most of
the elements of NSPS. However,
some employees in DoD will not be
affected by these new regulations or
will only be covered by certain
elements.
For information, contact the NSPS
website http://www.cpms.osd.mil/nsps.
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Meet The Robinsons — When
Lewis meets a mysterious boy from
the future named Wilbur Robinson,
the two travel forward in time where
Lewis discovers the amazing secret
of the Robinson family. Lewis is a
brilliant twelve-year-old with a
surprising number of clever
.inventions to his credit. In a world
filled with flying cars and floating
cities, they hunt down Bowler Hat
Guy, save the future and uncover
the amazing secret of Lewis¡¯ future
family. Rated G, 92 min
Music And Lyrics — Alex Fletcher
is a washed-up '80s pop star who's
been reduced to working the
nostalgia circuit at county fairs and
amusement parks. The charismatic
and talented musician gets a chance
at a comeback when reigning diva
Cora Corman invites him to write and
record a duet with her, but there's a
problem- Alex hasn't written a song
in years, he's never written lyrics,
and he has to come up with a hit in a
matter of days. Enter Sophie Fisher,
Alex's beguilingly quirky plant lady,
whose flair for words strikes a
chord with the struggling songwriter.
Rated PG-13 (sexual content) 106 min
The Astronaut Farmer — From
the time he was a child, Charles Farmer
had only one goal: to be an astronaut.
Earning his degree in aerospace
engineering and joining the Air Force
as a pilot, Farmer was a natural for
NASA's astronaut training program
and was well on his way when a
family situation forced him to drop out.
But Farmer was not a man to let
anything stand in the way of a dream.
He spent the next decade and every
cent he had building his own rocket in
a barn on his ranch in Story, Texas,
working toward the day when he
could triumphantly launch it into space.
Farmer knows this is his only chance-
-not only to reach his goal of breaking
through the Earth's atmosphere but to
instill in his children the courage to
pursue their own ideals and never
give up, no matter the odds. Rated PG
(thematic material, peril)105 min
Vacancy — When David and Amy's
car breaks down in the middle of
nowhere, they are forced to spend
the night at the only motel around, with
only the TV to entertain them... until
they discover that the low-budget
slasher movies they're watching were
all filmed in the very room they're sitting
in. With hidden cameras now aimed at
them... trapping them in rooms,
crawlspaces, underground tunnels...
and filming their every move, David
and Amy must struggle to get out alive
before whomever is watching them
can finish their latest masterpiece.
Rated R (brutal violence, terror, nudity,
language) 97 min
Bridge To Terabithia — Discover
a place that will never leave you, and
a friendship that will change you
forever. Fifth grader Jesse Aaron¡¯s
hopes of becoming the fastest runner
in his class are dashed when new
girl Leslie Burke outruns everybody,
including him. However, Jess and
Leslie soon begin a friendship, and
discover a magical kingdom in the
forest, where the two of them reign
together as king and queen. Rated
PG (thematic elements including
bullying, some peril and mild
language) 96 min

Reign Over Me No Show Because I Said So The Messengers No Show No Show No Show
(R) 6:45 p.m. (PG13) 6:45 p.m. (PG13) 6:45 p.m.
Reign Over Me Reign Over Me Vacancy Vacancy No Schedule No Schedule No Schedule
(R) 9:30 p.m. (R) 9:30 p.m. (R) 9:30 p.m. (R) 7 p.m.
The Number 23 The Astronaut Farmer Music And Lyrics Music And Lyrics No Schedule No Show No Schedule
(R) 9 p.m. (PG) 9 p.m. (PG13) 8 p.m. (PG13) 7 p.m.
The Number 23 The Astronaut Farmer The Astronaut Farmer Music And Lyrics No Show No Schedule No Schedule
(PG13) 7 p.m. (PG) 9 p.m. (PG) 7 p.m. (PG13) 7 p.m.
Vacancy Vacancy The Astronaut Farmer Music And Lyrics No Schedule No Schedule No Schedule
(R) 8:45 p.m. (R) 8 p.m. (PG) 8 p.m. (PG13) 7 p.m.
Bridge To Terabithia Meet The Robinsons Meet The Robinsons The Number 23 No Schedule No Schedule No Schedule
(PG) 6:30 p.m. (G) 6:30 p.m. (G) 6:30 p.m. (R) 6 p.m.
Bridge To Terabithia Meet The Robinsons Meet The Robinsons Blood & Chocolate No Schedule No Schedule No Schedule
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Good Grief
swabbed her arm with that cotton ball, my eyes began the ability to persevere in the face of difficulty and
Chaplain (Capt.) Kyle A. Taylor to burn; and it wasn’t from the alcohol. It was a sure have the resistance to overcome the things that would
Installation Chaplain, Camp Long sign tears would soon follow. otherwise overwhelm us.
The scream my daughter let out as she was stuck There is an inherent value in every difficulty we

A
s I type this article, I am feeling pain in my
left arm as a result of my most recent
anthrax shot, and pain in my heart as a
result of the recent tragedy at Virginia Tech. This
physical and emotional pain has reminded me of
another painful experience that happened a few years
ago.
One of the most difficult things I have ever endured
as a father was accompanying my daughter to the
doctor the first time she got her shots. I remember it
like it was yesterday. As the nurse went about the
business of laying out the needles one by one on the
counter I began to pace nervously back and forth. I
tried to reassure my baby girl that everything was
going to be alright by holding her hand. When the nurse
by that first needle shattered my heart. My initial
reaction was to snatch her up and run as far and fast as
I could from that hospital, but of course I couldn’t do
that. I remember thinking, how can I as her father just
stand by and watch this pain being inflicted on this
beautiful little girl I love so much and not do anything
about it? It took a supreme act of the will to sit and
suffer silently as I watched my baby-girl undergo that
traumatic experience.
I can’t help but believe God must feel the same
way when we are overcome by sudden tragedy and
misfortune. I believe His initial reaction is to want to
reach down and snatch us up to protect us from the
pain of the experience. But He doesn’t for the same
reason I didn’t back at that doctor’s office. He knows it
is necessary for us to endure if we are going to develop
experience. James 3:2-4 reminds us we should
“consider it pure joy whenever we face trials of many
kinds, because we know the testing of our faith
develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its
work so we may be complete, and mature, not lacking
anything.” God wants to be sure we have everything
we need to be strong, resilient, and successful in life, in
service to Him, and in service to others. But He also
knows this is only made possible through the
experiences that are sometimes born of pain and
suffering. Is it good grief? You better believe it. Trials
have a way of redirecting our attention to the things in
life that are most important while simultaneously
preparing us for the way that lies ahead. Remember
the families, students, and faculty in Blacksburg VA
and keep them in prayer as they work their way
through these difficult days.

Area II Worship Services

CatholicMass Sunday8 a.m. South Post Chapel Collective Protestant KATUSA Thursday 6:30 p.m. MemorialChapel
Sunday 8 a.m. MemorialChapel KCFA 2ndTues. 11:45a.m. MemorialChapel
11:30a.m. MemorialChapel
(WeeklyCommunion) 3rd Tues. 11:45a.m. MemorialChapel
5 p.m. MemorialChapel
9:30a.m. 121HospitalChapel Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and Church of Christ Information:
Tues./Wed. 12:05 p.m. 121HospitalChapel Call738-3011
Mon./Thur./Fri1 2:05p.m. MemorialChapel 9:30a.m. HannamVillageChapel
(Korean) Area II Chaplains
Saturday 5 p.m. MemorialChapel Chaplain (Lt. Col.) James P. King (Area II Staff
1st Sat. 9a.m. MemorialChapel 10 a.m. South Post Chapel
10 a.m. Multipurpose Chaplain)
Jewish Friday 6 p.m. South Post Chapel
Training Facility (R.O.C.K.) james.p.king@korea.army.mil or DSN 738-3009
Distinctive Faith Group Services
10:30a.m. K-16 Chapel Chaplain (Maj.) Adolph G. DuBose (Deputy Area II CH)
Episcopal Sunday 10 a.m. MemorialChapel 11 a.m. HannamVillageChapel
United Pentecostal Sunday 1:30 p.m. MemorialChapel Noon South Post Chapel adolph.g.dubose@korea.army.mil or DSN 738-4043
(Gospel) Chaplain (Maj.) Leo Mora Jr. (Family Life Chaplain)
leo.mora@korea.army.mil or DSN 736-3018
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Boseong: Tea festival beckons visitors
By Kevin Jackson
Area IV Public Affairs
BOSEONG, Republic of Korea
– Spring is here and Boseong
County, in the southwestern region
of the country, is ripe with the
profound scent of green tea. Waves
of rolling green terraced hills
blanket the landscape with
meticulously manicured green tea
trees.
Early May marks the beginning of
the first harvest and coincides with
the Boseong Green Tea Festival, or
the Dahyangje, May 4-7 in this
reclusive southwestern retreat.
Related activities will take place at
the Boseong Athletics Park in
Bongsan Village in Boseong town,
Daehan Tea Plantation
(Daehandawon), Illim Mountain
(Illim-san) and the Daewon Temple
(Daewon-sa).
Boseong, Hadong and Jeju are the
most famous green tea producing
areas in Korea. Boseong County is
located in the Sobaek Mountains
between the three southwestern
metropolitan areas of Mokpo,
Gwangju and Gwangyang in South
Jeolla Province. It is considered the
birthplace of the nation’s tea industry
and is regarded as its best.
The tea industry dates back to
1939 when Japanese tea specialists
selected the area for black tea, or
oolong cha, cultivation and planted
imported Indian teas here. Tea
production in the area expanded
significantly in the late 1970s, making
Boseong the largest tea producing area
in Korea.
Waves of rolling green terraced hills blanket the landscape with meticulously manicured green tea trees in Boseong County, located in the
southwestern region of the country. At one time, Boseong reportedly produced nearly 90 percent of the nation’s green tea.
At one time, Boseong reportedly
produced nearly 90 percent of nation’s
green tea. Today it is the largest green
tea producing area in the country with
about 20 fields occupying hundreds of
acres, and according to
www.Tour2Korea.com, Boseong
County accounts for about 40 percent
of all domestic tea production.
Daehan Tea Plantation is Korea’s
largest and the first to begin producing
tea in Boseong in 1957. The entrance
is located just off National Road No.
18, heading toward Jangheung, at the
end of a path through a dense forest
with a picturesque narrow cedar tree-
lined road. At the end of the road is a
small cluster of buildings beyond
which lies 40 acres of terraced green
tea, climbing to 1,150 feet. The
mystique of the field is reportedly at
its best during the spring months when
the early morning fog blankets the tea
garden stairway.
A two or three minute drive or 10
minute walk from the plantation brings
you to the Dahyanggak Pavilion. From
the pavilion visitors can view the entire
plantation. The spectacular plantation
has gained nationwide notoriety as a
filming location for various television
dramas and movies.
Daehan Tea Plantation also has a tea
house with tea brewing supplies and a
restaurant. The plantation is open to the
public daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Festival-goers will not only learn
about the tea culture, they will also have
the opportunity to experience it first hand
by picking the first leaves of the season
called ujeon. Tea leaves are divided into
categories depicting the time of year
they are picked. Ujeon leaves are the
The Morning Calm Weekly
PHOTOS BY BILL SCIOTTI
Early May marks the beginning of the first harvest and coincides with the Boseong Green Tea Festival,
or the Dahyangje, May 4-7. The area offers a relaxed atmosphere for tea-lovers and others.
first and are considered to produce the spa was opened by the Boseong
most fragrant and highest quality tea. County government in 1998. It’s
Visitors can also learn appropriate open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
Korean etiquette for preparing, serving Admission is 3,500 Won for adults
and drinking tea. and teenagers, 2,000 Won for
In addition to hands-on tea related children, and 3,000 Won for senior
activities, the festival includes a beauty citizens.
contest, grand tea cup and photography If you want to sample the local
exhibitions, traditional percussion food, try the green tea pork called
quartet or samul-nori performances, and nok don, whereby the pigs are fed
sales of the renowned Boseong green fodder containing green tea leaves.
tea and other specialty items. The meat contains very little
May through June is the best time to cholesterol and fat, and doesn’t smell
experience a relaxing and invigorating like regular pork. Other local favorites
walk though the tea fields. July and include the handmade green tea
August are the best time to visit for those noodles called nokcha kalguksu,
who want to combine it with a day of which is kneaded with green tea juice,
fun in the sand and sun at Yeulpo Beach. and the cold green tea noodles called
Perhaps a final stop at the Yeulpo nokcha naengmyeon, which is a
Seawater Green Tea Spa or the Yeulpo refreshing summertime dish.
Haesoo Nokchatang (061-853-4566) to Other culinary specialties,
bathe in sea and green tea water would although possibly less agreeable to
provide a refreshing end to the day. The the Western palate, are soy bean
paste, red pepper paste, and rice
cakes all made with green tea leaves.
These and the other green tea
products are Boseong specialties that
are major contributors to the regional
economy.
Accommodations in Bongsan
Village within Boseong Town are
sparse and range from about 50,000
to 120,000 won. Several possible
facilities include the Sunflower
Pension called Haebaragi Pension
(061-853-8787), which is less one
kilometer from the Daehan Tea
Plantation; Cheongwoo Pension
(010-7663-4663); and the cheapest
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Family Child Care Myths- Busted By Tracy Roysdon

Special to The Morning Calm Weekly
There are many misconceptions and
misinformation in the community
concerning Family Child Care homes.

‘Lost Immigrants’ to perform This article serves to “bust” or

confirm these FCC myths.
FCC is a Child and Youth Services
Special to The Morning Calm Weekly program in which a self-employed,
Morale, Welfare and Recreation Army trained provider cares for
children other than his and her own in
YONGSAN – “Lost Immigrants,”
his and her government quarters.
a band who consider themselves Here are some of the most common
strangers lost in a strange land, have myths about FCC followed by the
found their home in the hearts of FACTS.
country, rock, pop and blues fans. The Myth 1: An FCC provider can care for
group will be touring military up to 6 children in her home (TRUE).
installations in Korea from May 1-12. All of the provider’s children count
Pulling a little from a variety of towards the six child limit (FALSE).
genres, the music of Lost Immigrants Myth 1 Busted: Only the provider’s
is entirely “American music.” own children, who are under age 8,
Their inspirations are as wide- count towards the provider’s limit of
six children and only when they are
reaching as their aspirations – Tom
present in the home. For example, if a
Petty, Skynyrd, Charlie Robison,
provider has a 14 yr old, a seven year
George Jones, Counting Crows and old, and a two year old, they can
U2. But instead of emulating these provide the following care: During the
famous acts, the members of Lost school day the provider can care for 5
Immigrants seek to join their ranks and additional children + her two year old
create their own unique sound for the = 6 children. Before and after school
world to enjoy. she can care for 4 children + her two
Their recent single, “Judgment year old + her seven year old = 6
Day,” made the top 50 on the children. The fourteen year old never
Americana Music Association Chart, counts as part of the six children she
marking them as a band on the rise. can care for.
Myth 2: An FCC provider cannot care
The band was formed in Fall 2004 Schedule for performances in Korea for children in an apartment above the
when two long-time friends, Craig Tuesday May 1 Taegu Air Base Jake’s Place 7 p.m. fourth floor.
Hinkle and James Dunning, 8 p.m. Myth 2 Confirmed: Because of fire
Wednesday May 2 Chinhae Naval Base Duffy’s
collaborated on a collection of songs 7 p.m. evacuation standards a provider
Thursday May 3 Camp Carroll Hideaway Club
for an American music project. Sean cannot provide care in an apartment
Friday May 4 Kunsan Air Base Loring Club 9 p.m.
Isbell, Chris Mashburn, and Mike above the 4th floor. However, it is
McBroom have since joined. Saturday May 5 Osan Air Base Mustang Club 10 p.m.
possible to move the provider to a
All performances are open to ID Sunday May 6 Camp Red Cloud Mitchell’s Club 7 p.m. lower level apartment in order to
card holders, free of charge. Tuesday May 8 Camp Hovey Iron Triangle 7 p.m. provide FCC services.
For more information, please Wednesday May 9 Suwon Air Base Scudbusters 8 p.m. Myth 3: The only option for an FCC
contact your local MWR Thursday May 10 Yongsan Main Post Club 7:30 p.m. provider is to offer 12-hour a day, five
Entertainment Office or call DSN 723- Friday May 11 Camp Stanley Reggie’s 7 p.m. days per week care.
Saturday May 12 Camp Humphrey’s Tommy D’s 8 p.m. Myth 3 Busted: There are many
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options in FCC. There are special FCC

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choose various types of care such as
infant and toddler care, school age
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provider needs to have toys, a diaper
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Myth 5: FCC providers make very little
money for their long work hours.
g Myth 5 Busted: FCC providers can
make a good living. They are paid

Check Out Dates, Times for your location directly by the parents for the care
they provide and receive subsidies
from Army CYS. All providers receive
Schedule for performances in Korea: a food subsidy to help defray the cost
Friday, April 27 Chinhae Navy Base Gym 7 p.m. of providing USDA approved meals.
Saturday, April 28 Camp Walker Gym 7 p.m. Providers can also receive subsidies
Sunday, April 29 Kunsan Air Base Gym 7 p.m. for certifications, providing care for
Tuesday, May 1 Camp Red Cloud Gym 7 p.m. low income families, accreditations, or
by providing care for specialty care.
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USAG Humphreys pilot hopes to land in the winner’s circle
Jockey Juan Leyva rides Storm in May to the finish line in the Sunshine Millions Dash in
January at Gulfstream racetrack in Hallandale Beach, FL.
By F. Neil Neeley
Area III PAO
USAG HUMPHREYS – It
wouldn’t be uncommon for a Soldier
to say that he had a bet on a horse
running in this year’s “Run for the
Roses” at Churchill Downs, but it
would be unusual for a Soldier to say
“That’s my horse!”
Chief Warrant Officer Kent
Hersman, a pilot with A Company, 3rd
Military Intelligence Battalion, can say
that because it is true. When the
starting gates fly open at the Kentucky
Derby next Saturday Storm in May, a
horse that he bought, bred and raised
will be among them.
But how did a Soldier wind up
breeding and raising thoroughbred race
horses and how did he wind up with a
Derby contender?
“I’ve always been interested in
horses since my days as a kid in
West Virginia,” Hersman said.
“When I was three years old, I got
my first horse.
Warhorse Battalion stands up a new company
By Bob McElroy
Area III PAO
USAG HUMPHREYS — The 602nd
Aviation Support Battalion grew by
one company when it activated
Charlie Company recently at Tiger
Ramp on Desiderio Army Airfield.
Charlie Company is the
battalion’s fourth and is the Signal
Company for the 2nd Combat
Aviation Brigade. The company’s
mission is to provide a tactical wide-
PHOTOBY BILL DENVER/EQUI-PHOTO
When I was 14, my brother and I
pooled our money and bought our first
horse. Hersman won’t say which end
of the horse his brother got. “We
shared him equally,” he said.
Hersman joined the military at 18
and stayed involved with his love of
horses, raising a number of quarter
horses throughout his 16 year Army
career.
He never had any thoroughbreds
until a couple of years ago before
coming over to Korea.
“I was stationed at Fort Rucker
Alabama then,” Hersman said. “And
I started researching blood lines on the
Internet with the notion of buying a
brood mare when I came across one
particular mare with an intriguing blood
line that happened to be in foal.”
“She had a very impressive
pedigree and the baby that she was in
foal with was what really interested
us,” said Hersman. “He was sired by
a half brother to A.P. Indy, one of the
top horses in the United States today.”
area network system in support of
the brigade.
In his remarks following the
uncasing of Charlie Company’s colors,
Lt. Col. Gregory Fawcett, battalion
commander of the 602nd, said the
activation of Charlie Company
represented the Army’s
Transformation into a more relevant
and ready force.
“I’m sure you know our Army is
transforming. Our nation’s security
Hersman said that he was able to
buy the mare for only $7,500 at the
Ocala, Fla. breeder’s sale.
“There were a lot of reasons why
the horse went so cheaply,” he said.
“She was 14 years old and had never
produced an offspring worthy of the
Kentucky Derby.”
Because he had thoroughly checked
her pedigree and background, Hersman
felt confident that he had found a
diamond in the rough.
We had a lot of respect for that horse
while others obviously didn’t,” he said.
But things were not to go smoothly
for the mare’s colt, Storm in May.
“The day he was born we noticed
an ulcer in his right eye,” said Hersman.
“I told the vet that I believed that this
colt was worth at least $50,000 and that
we needed to do everything that we
could do to save his eye.
During a second unsuccessful
surgery, the vet accidentally punctured
Storm’s right eye. “He told me that the
colt could possibly recover but I never
received a bill for that surgery,”
Hersman said.
Storm’s career as a race horse was
still viable though.
“Fortunately, he
could still see the rail
out of his left eye,
Hersman said.
But what to do with
him?
“We were
reassigned to Korea
after that and kept in
touch with the people
where we were
boarding him. When
we went home on
Hersman
leave in August of 2005 we sent him to
train at Stevens Thoroughbreds in
Florida. They were the trainers for
Barbaro, last year’s Derby winner.
“When we saw how well that Storm
was doing with them, we knew that we
had him in the right hands.”
needs have changed and the Army is
reorganizing and re-equipping to
better meet those needs while
modernizing for the future,” Fawcett
said.
Fawcett said that standing up a
new company was a formidable and
exciting task.
“To build a unit from the ground
up and to put your own personal
touch on it is a unique opportunity
most commanders do not
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Hersman wanted to make a
reputation as a breeder, so after training
at Steven’s, he sent Storm to be sold
at last year’s Ocala, Fla. breeder’s
sale.
“We wanted to give him the fair
chance that he had based on pedigree
and his potential,” said Hersman. “We
weren’t concerned about making a
profit. Because I’d spent $17,000 on
his training and we sold him for
$16,000, we were upside down at that
point.
Fortunately Storm in May got that
chance. Another top trainer purchased
the horse and raced him, and now
Storm is one of the top 20 earners in
the U.S. with a place in the Kentucky
Derby.
Although Hersman sold Storm for
a loss he’s prospered along with the
horses’ success.
We were able to get some breeders
awards from his winnings. Every time
he runs and wins in Florida we get 15
percent of the winner’s purse.
Hersman and his family will be in
Louisville, Ky. for the Derby along with
Storm’s present owners. He concedes
that Storm is a long shot but if he were
to win, it would be the
storybook tale of a
first time breeder, first
time owner and first
time jockey winning
the race.
“I think of Storm
as one of those stories
that exemplifies that
life isn’t always
beautiful but it’s a
beautiful ride,” he
said. “Sometimes
when you’re down and it looks like
you’ve taken a blow to your right eye,
don’t take that as the end because it’s
not over till it’s over. We could have
given up on this horse but as my wife
said, ‘it doesn’t change his legs and it
doesn’t change his heart.’”
experience,” he said.
Noting that Korea is one of the
toughest places in the Army to
command, Fawcett said that Charlie
Company was fortunate to have a
talented, dedicated captain to
command it.
“I have faith in Capt. Mark
Frederick’s technical knowledge, skills
and exceptional leadership ability will
result in great accomplishments for the
Cobras,” Fawcett said.
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FREE CULTURAL
TOUR
Month of the Military Child block party
30 U.S. Soldiers and 30 KATUSAs By F. Neil Neeley included Face painting, traditional Korean dance, a performance
are invited on a free tour of the Hite Area III PAO by the HAES Honor choir and a magic show staged by a
Brewery and hike up Yonmun USAG HUMPHREYS – a block party was held in Korean magician.
Mountain, Friday, May 11. Free
Soldier’s Park Saturday honoring military children and Area III Deputy Commander Allan Feistner opened the
beer tasting for those of legal
drinking age. Sign up soon, this one the Month of the Military Child. festivities by remarking on the challenges of being a military
will fill up fast. Contact Peter Yu or The event was sponsored by the USO with the help child.
Ms. Chong at Public Affairs, 754- of Child and Youth Services, MWR, the Korean Our children make countless sacrifices through many moves
7652. American youth Association and the Language and separations from their deployed military parents he said.
Laboratory. But he added, “As a military child, you get to live in many
TEEN JOBS AT Perfect weather drew about a hundred children, exciting places and experience diverse cultures that civilian
CYS Soldiers, civilians and family members to the park. Events kids never get to experience.”
Job openings for teens, 16 years or
older for youth sports baseball
officials and scorers. No prior
knowledge or training needed. CYS
will train. You become a member of
the Sports Club and receive paid
training as well as have your
association dues paid. Games are
scheduled on Friday evenings and
Saturday mornings and afternoons.

KOREAN
AMERICAN
M A R AT H O N
Free to all Humphreys Garrison
USFK Personnel - 8th annual
Hwaseong Filial Piety Marathon
May 5. Free bus transportation
departing from right outside of the
Humphreys Walk-thru gate 7 a.m.
on the day of the event. POC: Ms.
Chong NLT COB Apr 20 e-mail
chongcgs@korea.army.mil 754-
6130.

AUDIE MURPHY
CLUB
The Camp Humphreys Sergeant
Audie Murphy Club is looking for
SAMC members who want to
become active while assigned to
Korea. SGT Morales members who
are interested in becoming SAMC
members are also encouraged to
attend. Meetings are held the third
Wednesday of each month.
Contact Sgt. 1st Class FC Lawson-
Hurt at 010-2259-3026 or Sgt. 1st
Class Miles at 010-3148-3450.

COMPUTER
CLASS FOR
SPOUSES
Eight-week course on Mon. and
Wed. starting May 7 in the the ACS
resource room. First one is geared
to Philippines spouses; the next will
be for Russian and English spouses
and another for Korean spouses
taught by CPAC. Upon completion
graduates will receive a certification
of completion. Pre-registration
required. Call 753-8401, limit to five.

NO MCW LOCAL
COVERAGE NEXT
WEEK
The Morning Calm Weekly will
publish its annual “Welcome to
Korea” edition May 4. While we will
continue to gather local news, we
won’t be able to publish it until the
May 11 edition.
PHOTOS BY F. NEIL NEELEY
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Korean and American B-boys jam

By F. Neil Neeley
Area III PAO
USAG HUMPHREYS – What was supposed
to have been a dance performance by a group of
Korean professional Hip-hop dancers turned into
a friendly Break-dance challenge when a group
of amateur Soldier B-Boys jumped in to show
their stuff.
“We heard that the Korean B-Boys were going
to perform here tonight,” said. Sgt. Fernando
Morales, C Company, 168 Medical Battalion. “We
just had to come out to see them and show them
what we can do.”
The Korean B-Boy dance performance was a
scheduled part of a Child and Youth Services
Lock-in night held at the garrison YS April 20.
One at a time, the Korean and American B-
Boy dancers took turns on the YS Gym floor,
with each one trying to top the next with their
wild twists, flips, jumps and stunts.
The combined performance earned
enthusiastic cheers and applause from the YS
audience.
The Koreans clearly had more spectacular
moves but were left impressed by the Americans’
skill. “We know it’s only their hobby, not their F. NEIL NEELEY
profession,” said Korean B-Boy, Kim Il-pom. “So Army B-boy Gonzalez Diaz (right front) takes his turn on the YS gym floor during a break-dance demonstration April 20.
we were really impressed by the level of their
movement.” the challenge will continue.” media refers to as breakdancing, i.e., an
“It was great having Korean B-Boys along with Editor’s note: According to Wikipedia, B-boy/ individual who has the ability to express his
American Soldiers here,” said Morales. “They’ve break-boy is a term for a person who is devoted to feelings through rhythmic dance combining a
challenged us with their skill and we had so much hip-hop culture. The term “B-boy” has come to refer variety of dance forms with gymnastics and
fun together, we’re taking it out to the clubs where more specifically to a male who practices what the original body movements.

AC S sponsoring “Job or No Job”

“Job
Employment and Volunteer Seminar
Volunteer
By LaVita Vincent the “Job or No Job theme.” If you like Do you think this will be all work
Special to Area III PAO the TV show then you are sure to enjoy and no fun? You are incorrect. There
USAG HUMPHREYS—Army our seminar. This is the sixth bi-annual is some work of course but there is
Community Service is sponsoring seminar at USAG-Humphreys. also fun. We at ACS hope to present
a free employment and volunteer Sign in begins at 8 a.m. and the a seminar that will enlighten you about
seminar on May 4 in the seminar kicks off at 8:30 a.m. Lunch volunteering and the rewards it offers
Community Activity Center, will be provided and best of all this is as well as career options and advice
Building 110 here. free. to obtain the career of your dreams.
This year’s theme is “Job or No Pre-registration is required and you We all have doubts and fears about
Job.” The famous TV game show, can register by calling 753-8401 or career changes, moving from place to
Deal or No Deal is the plan behind stopping by ACS. place, and retirement. The ACS staff
and Area III supporting departments
will address some of those fears,
doubts, issues, questions and
concerns.
Some questions you may want
answers to: What do I need to do to
obtain a job in Korea? Where do I
start?
• What can I do to be better
prepared? Can I get assistance in
writing a resume?
• How do I complete a resume on
Resumix—required for employment
in the federal civil service?
• How do I apply for Non-
FILE PHOTO appropriated Fund jobs?
LaVita Vincent (center) leads a job interview skills drill at a previous employment seminar • What are “KSA’s” and how do I
write them?
• What are the secrets to ace
the interview?
• What is the appropriate
clothing for interviews and the
work environment?
• Are there jobs for people
who are not US citizens?
• What are the legal issues to
working off base and how does
a home-based business work?
• What volunteer opportunities
are available for Area III?
• Will volunteering help me
with my job search?
If you have any of these
questions or different ones bring
them with you to the seminar and
find the answer. It is YOUR
DEAL and JOB.
If you are looking for
employment in Korea or
returning to the states, being
prepared is vital. Taking
advantage of this service and on-
going classes is one way to start.
All the classes offered are
FREE.
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Earth Day tour educates, entertains students

By Pfc. Na Kyung-Chul
Area IV Public Affairs
CAMP CARROLL – The textbook
concept of recycling is one thing,
experiencing the actual recycling process
is quite another as nine Taegu American
School students and their escorts discovered
during a tour of the installation’s
environmental facilitiesApril 19 in recognition
of Earth Day.
This year’s Earth Day theme is
“Sustainability Through Recycling.”
Following opening remarks by Camp
Carroll Environmental Coordinator Chuck
Harper, the group visited the installation’s
“land farm,” recycling center, sewage
PHOTOS BY PFC. NA KYUNG-CHUL
treatment plant, water treatment plant and Taegu American School students, led by Chuck Harper, Camp Carroll’s Environmental The Army celebrates Earth Day at more than
Hazardous Materials and Antifreeze Coordinator, visit the installation’s Water Treatment Plant Laboratory during the tour. 200 locations world-wide each year.
Recycling Point. They also viewed a
response to a simulated hazardous chemical “It was great experience for students,”
spill and participated in the “greening” of said Steven Belnap, TAS environmental
Camp Carroll by planting a native pine tree science teacher. “They saw a lot of actual
at the Community Activity Center to cap practices used to protect the environment.
off the day. Learning more about how to treat soil and
“This program is good experience for sewage was a practical study for students.
students to increase their environmental That’s what I expected through this
awareness,” Harper said. “I’m sure that program.”
students can learn a lot about recycling and Students found the tour informative and
protecting the environment through this inspirational.
tour.” “It was interesting because I didn’t know
The 30,000 square foot land farm is the process before,” junior Anthony Ford.
capable of treating more than 800 cubic “It helped us learn how the water is cleaned
yards of contaminated soil each year. The and purified.”
sewage treatment plant typically treats The Earth Week was conducted April
about 250,000 gallons per day in the winter 16 – 22. A variety of events and activities
and around 300,000 in the summer. The were conducted in recognition of Earth Day,
water treatment plant produces about including a 5-kilometer walk/run at Camp Julius S. Juliussen, a hazardous material handler/operator, discusses how hazardous materials
450,000 gallons of potable water every day. Carroll April 21. teams respond to chemical spills. Tour participants got to see a simulated spill clean-up.

Strumming
Away
Singer and guitarist Stevie O’Leary and partner, bass
player Ha-nuel Ko (not pictured), perform “Banana
Pancakes” by Jack Johnson at the Taegu American
School Talent Show at the TAS Multi-Purpose Room April
19.
O’leary and Jo went on to win the competition that
featured 14 acts.
Second place went to Kim Compton for her rendition of
“Part of That World” from Disney’s Little Mermaid.
Taking third place were Felix Quinata and Joshua
Mendez who performed “Every Time We Touch.
” The event, sponsored by the TAS Student Council
Association, also featured a spaghetti dinner fund-raiser.

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Education key to sexual assault prevention

DFAC Closure
Camp Walker Dining Facility will be
closed for renovation following the
noon meal today until July 30. The
Camp Henry Dining Facility will
provide support for all meals to
authorized users. Buses will make a
continuous loop between Camps
Walker and Henry during extended
meal hours for the duration of the
closure. “Grab and Go” meals are
available every meal and they are the
only meal available for the last 30
minutes of breakfast and dinner
serving hours. Ramen noodles, box
lunchs, or MRE’s are available as an
option for issue during any meal with
proper headcount reimbursement
procedures. For information, call Sgt.
1st Class Gambrell at Camp Henry
DFAC at 768-6487.
Gas Station Hours
Operating hours for the Camp Walker
Gas Station have been extended. The
new hours are 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Mondays, Wednesdays and
Thursdays; 8 a.m. – 10 p.m. Tuesdays
and Fridays; and 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays. For
information, call Mr. Pak at 764-4502/
5188.
Scrapbook Event
A National Scrapbook Day event will
be held 9:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. May 5 at the
Soldier Memorial Chapel Fellowship
Hall on Camp Walker. The event is
free and open to the community. Bring
your own supplies and plan for a sack
lunch. Minors must be accompanied
by an adult. Baby sitting will not be
provided. For information, contact
Jen Eskridge at 010-5846-0933 or
jenbone28@hotmail.com.
Spc. Natalie E. Kapteyn
501st SBDE
CAMP CARROLL – Sexual
assault awareness is one of the hot
topics emphasized by Gen. B. B. Bell,
commander of United States Forces
Korea. The increasing number of
occurrences within USFK has led the
command to respond.
The Sexual Assault Prevention and
Response Program was implemented
by regulation in Aug. 2005.
The purpose of the program is to
educate servicemembers arriving in
Korea that sexual assault will not be
tolerated and to ensure efficient
leadership is provided to minimize
opportunities for this crime to occur,
according to USFK Regulation 600-
20.
Every unit has representatives of
this program called Sexual Assault
Response Coordinators and Unit
Victim Advocates, who are selected
to receive training in sexual assault
awareness and prevention.
Two representatives from 501st
Sustainment Brigade feel strongly
about this program and work hard to
improve the SAPR Program for
Soldiers at Camp Carroll.
The responsibilities of a SARC or
UVA include organizing and
conducting classes for
servicemembers within the unit, said
Sgt. 1st Class Kim M. Armstrong,
Breaking The Silence
maintenance analyzer and a UVA for
501st SBDE.
Gen. Bell lists underage drinking,
alcohol abuse and servicemember
misconduct as primary factors for the
increase in sexual assaults.
“We usually get the reports after
curfew, which is after drinking … after
the alcohol,” said Sgt. 1st Class
Courtney A. Brown, noncommissioned
officer in charge of Support Operations
for 501st SBDE, and the deployable
SARC for the brigade.
“Most of these reports come from
the barracks,” Armstrong said.
Armstrong has been a UVA since
2005. She believes the occurrence of
sexual assaults may be decreased
thanks to educating Soldiers on sexual
assault prevention and emphasizing the
battle buddy system.
She also said leaders, including the
command and NCOs, must know how
to correctly respond and react to a
Soldier who reports an attack.
Armstrong said sexual assault can
be controlled and prevented and it has
to be done through education.
Brown agrees with that statement.
She said one of her primary missions is
to educate the brigade on this issue.
“Just from me going to school, it has
opened my eyes a lot more, and I think
the more you get educated and the more
we talk about it, the less it will come
into play,” she said, referring to the
training she received to become the
brigade DSARC.
Brown said the NCOs and officers
in the Support Operations Office
emphasize sexual assault awareness
when they talk to the junior-enlisted
Soldiers during “Under the Oak Tree
Counseling.”
“We do have training and we do
talk about it. It’s really important we
keep them aware of it because it is
happening a lot,” said Brown.
She said most of the cases happen
in the barracks with the junior-enlisted
Soldiers and usually it happens with the
Soldiers they know. She also mentioned
that most cases go unreported.
According to Armstrong, Soldiers
should have confidence in the program.
It is supposed to be a safeguard for
them to report a case of sexual assault
and know that it will be properly handled
by their leaders.
Armstrong stresses that the leaders
must stay educated on the proper way
to handle a case and to immediately
notify a SARC once a Soldier reports
a sexual assault.
Brown encourages servicemembers
to educate themselves with the
materials on sexual assault prevention
and awareness provided by the Army
through the Internet. Information is also
available at Army Community Service
on Camps Carroll and Henry.

TAS Sure Start

Sure Start is a preschool program that
lasts through the school year. Children
must be four years old by Oct. 31, 2007
to enroll for 2007 – 2008 Sure Start.
Also, applicants must be command-
sponsored in the grades of E-1 to E-9,
GS-1 to GS-9, or NF-1 to NF-3. Parent
volunteering, attendance at regular
meetings and home visits are required.
For information, call Dr. Marguerite
Green at 768-9501.

Paintball Event
The 8th Army Paintball Championship
will be held May 12 – 13 at the Camp
Humphreys Paintball Facility.
Registration is 10 a.m. – noon May 12.
The competition begins at 2:30 p.m.
The event is open to all Army Morale,
Welfare and Recreation patrons
throughout the peninsula. For
information, call USAG – Daegu MWR
at 764-4123.

Indoor Swimming
Pool Closure NO SANG-WON
The Camp Walker indoor More than 40 children, youth and adults depart the Child and Youth Services Building on Camp Walker for the “Drum March to
swimming pool will be closed 3 – 6 Break the Silence and Cycle of Abuse” April 12. The children and youth were involved in many aspects of the event including
p.m. Saturday for a Youth Services
designing and painting their blue ribbon T-shirts, making the signs they carried along the march route. They also played Korean
swim meet. For information, call Dan
Morehouse at 764-3873. Sogo hand drums which symbolized “breaking the silence” and promoting awareness about child abuse prevention.
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Job Fair Slated
A Job Fair, hosted by Army Career and
Alumni Program and Army Community
Service Employment Readiness, will be
held noon – 3 p.m. May 16 at the Youth
Services Gym on Camp Walker.
Stateside companies and local
agencies will be on hand. The event is
open to the community. Be sure to bring
copies of your resume. For more
information or to register, contact ACAP
at 768-7571 or acap.henry@secro-
na.com; ACS ERP at 768-7951/7112.
Softball Tournament
A Memorial Day Softball Tournament
will be held May 26 – 28 at Kelly Field
on Camp Walker. The entry deadline is
May 20. Register at Camp Walker’s Kelly
Fitness Center or Camp Carroll’s Crown
Jewel Fitness Center. For information,
call Neil Fleisher at 764-4800.
Family Child Care
Providers
Family Child Care Providers are now
being sought in Area IV. Free training
and support is provided through Child
and Youth Services (CYS). Applicants
should be 18 years old or older, reside
on-post and have a high school diploma
or G.E.D. In addition, potential providers
must have experience with children, pass
background and health checks and
speak English well. For information, call
Maryvel Jones at 768-7707.
Area IV
NEWS & NOTES
USA Girl Scouts Seek
Members, Volunteers
The USA Girl Scouts are seeking
individuals to fill Girl Scouts officer
positions for the 2007-2008 Girl Scout year.
Junior and senior troop leaders are also
needed. For information or to sign up,
contact Sheila Peavy at (053) 476-9178 or
Sheila.peavy1@us.army.mil.
Trial Defense Services
Relocation
The Trial Defense Services has relocated
to Bldg. #S-303 on Camp Walker across
the street from Bodine Dental Clinic. The
new phone number is 764-3473. For
information, contact Capt. Patrick Davis at
768-8707 or patrick.davis5@korea.army.mil.
Red Cross
First Aid Class
The American Red Cross will conduct First
Aid, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and
Automated External Defibrillator Class for
the Workplace 4 – 7:30 p.m. May 22 – 24 at
the American Red Cross Office, Bldg.
#1425 on Camp Henry. For information, call
Jimmy Finch at 768-7993.
New MPD Emergency
Leave Phone Number
The Area IV Military Personnel Division
at Camp Henry has a new emergency leave
phone number. The new number is 010-
6696-8366. For information, call Robert
Bridgewater at 768-8498.
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Information “Hot
Line” Established
To make urgent information available
to personnel who live and work within
USAG – Daegu, an information hotline
has been established which enables
anyone to call in 24/7 to receive current
information about road conditions,
force protective conditions, protests/
gate closures and school delays or
closures. The number is 764-4094 for
DSN phones or 0505-764-4094 from off-
post. For information, call Victor Lowe
at 764-4167.
Power Yoga
The Crown Jewel Sports and Fitness
Center on Camp Carroll holds Power
Yoga class 5:30 p.m. every Tuesday and
Thursday. Power Yoga can help you
achieve many positive things in life
including weight loss, anti-aging,
peace of mind and reduced stress, etc.
The instructor is Cho Kui-cha. For
information, call the Sports and Fitness
Center at 765-8287/8118.
Spinning Class
The Crown Jewel Sports and Fitness
Center on Camp Carroll has a biking
program 6 p.m. every Monday and
Wednesday. Certified instructor Sandy
Clark leads the sessions. Ten bikes are
available on a first come first served
basis. For information, call Carlos
Algarin at 765-8118.
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Volunteers thanked
for their service
Area IV Public Affairs
Several individuals and community
organizations were recognized at the
U.S. Army Garrison-Daegu Annual
Volunteer Awards Ceremony and
luncheon at the Evergreen Commity
Club on Camp Walker April 20.
Receiving the Dr. Mary E. Walker
Award for “demonstrating dedicated
and exemplary volunteerism” was
Bonnie McCarthy, USAG-Daegu
volunteer coordinator.
The Youth Volunteer of the Year is
Taegu American School student Agnes
Choi.
This year’s Soldier Volunteer of the
Year is Capt. Park Se-woo, a chaplain
with Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, HHC 498th Combat
Sustainment Support Battalion.
The Local National Volunteer of the
Year is Bay Myong-ok.
The Civilian Volunteer of the Year
is Shelina Pamenter, who was also
recognized as the Overall Volunteer of
the Year.
Five soldiers were presented with
the Military Outstanding Volunteer
Service Medal. Recipients included Lt.
Col. Lynn San Nicholas, Capt. Joshua
Bast, Sgt. 1st Class Craig Jones, Sgt.
Jessica Via, and Spc. Erica Stagg.
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Tea
from Page 16
is the Onsoodong Minbak (061-852-
1679), which is a traditional Korean-
style house called a hanok.
Cheongwoo Pension even offers free
transportation for guests from the train
station or bus terminal in Boseong.
Reservations are recommended during
the festival.
Another alternative to
accommodations in Boseong is to
spend the night at a hotel in Yeulpo on
the west coast.
If you don’t want to travel to
Boseong on your own, don’t hesitate
to ask Korean friends to accompany
you. They will be honored you asked
them to share their culture with you.
Whether tea titillates your palate or
not, a visit to Boseong is one of the
best, and most stress-free, getaways
in Korea. The tea fragrant-tinted air
combined with the beautifully
landscaped rolling hills of green tea and
spectacular royal azaleas that engulf
the area in early May, will purify your
body and mind.
For more information about Boseong
and the great places to see in the area,
visit the county website at http://
www.boseong.go.kr/en/.
(Editor’s Note: Park Hae-ju, Area
IV Support Activity Public Affairs
Office intern from Kyungpook
National University, contributed to
this story.)
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Boseong: How to get there
‰ From Seoul: Gyeongbu Expressway (No. 1) south J Cheonan Interchange (Hoedeok Junction) J Honam
Expressway (No. 25) J East Gwangju Interchange J (2nd Gwangju Beltway J Hwasun) J National Road No.
29 J Boseong Town J National Road No. 18 J Daehan Tea Plantation (Daehandawon).
‰ From Daegu: Guma Expressway (No. 45) West J 88 Olympic Expressway (No. 12) west J Jungbu Inland
Expressway (No. 35) J Namhae Expressway (No. 10) J Honam Expressway (No. 25) J National Road No.
18 J Daehan Tea Plantation.
‰ East Seoul (Dong Seoul) Bus Terminal (8:10 a.m., 9:40 a.m., 11:10 a.m., 2:40 p.m., 4:10 p.m. and 5:40 p.m.;
five hours; costs 23,100 Won for adults, 16,200 Won for teenagers and 11,600 Won for school-age children) J
Suncheon Bus Terminal (5:55 a.m. to 8:25 p.m. at 15 to 30 minutes intervals; one hour; costs 5,000 Won for adults,
4,000 Won for teenagers with a student identification card) J Boseong Cross-County Bus Terminal J Yeulpo-
bound bus (6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. at 30 minutes to one hour intervals; 15 minutes; costs 1,000 Won for adults, 700
Won for teenagers and 450 Won for children) J Daehan Tea Plantation.
‰ Daegu’s West (Seo-bu) Bus Terminal (7:05 a.m., 8 a.m., 10:20 a.m., 12:05 p.m., 2:20 p.m., 4:20 p.m., and
6:25 p.m.; three hours and 30 minutes; costs 12,900 Won for adults, 10,300 Won for teenagers with a student
identification card and 6,500 Won for children) J Suncheon Bus Terminal (5:55 a.m. to 8:25 p.m. at 15 to 30
minutes intervals; one hour; costs 5,000 Won for adults, 4,000 Won for teenagers with a student identification
card) J Boseong Cross-County Bus Terminal J Yeulpo-bound bus (6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. at 30 minutes to one hour
intervals; 15 minutes; costs 1,000 Won for adults, 700 Won for teenagers and 450 Won for children) J Daehan
Tea Plantation.
‰ KTX train from Seoul’s Yongsan Station (8:30 a.m. and 4:25 p.m.; two hours and 50 minutes and two hours
and 25 minutes, respectively; costs 49,300 Won for adults and teenagers, 31,700 Won for children, and 38,700 Won
for senior citizens and 35,200 Won for adults and teenagers, 17,600 Won for children, and 24,600 Won for senior
citizens J Mugunghwa (Orange) train at Songjeongli Station (Gwangju) (11:31 a.m. and 7:28 p.m.; one hour and
20 minutes; costs 2,900 Won for adults, teenagers and senior citizens, and 2,100 Won for children) J Boseong.
‰ Mugunghwa (Orange) train from Seoul’s Yongsan Station (10:05 a.m. only; five hours and 50 minutes; costs
25,100 Won for adults and teenagers, 12,600 Won for children, and 17,600 Won for senior citizens)
‰ Mugunghwa (Orange) train from East Daegu (Dong Daegu) Station (9:23 a.m. and 12:22 p.m.; less one hour;
costs 4,100 Won for adults and teenagers, 2,100 Won for children, and 2,900 Won for senior citizens) J Samlangjin
near Miryang (10:52 a.m. and 2:14 p.m.; three hours and 30 minutes; costs 11,000 Won for adults and teenagers,
5,500 Won for children and 7,700 Won for senior citizens) J Suncheon (2:35 p.m. and 6:40 p.m.; one hour; costs
3,200 Won for adults and teenagers, 1,600 Won for children and 2,200 Won for senior citizens) J Boseong.
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Learn Korean Easily

The Phrase of the Week :

Week

“Can I buy a ticket in advance?”

Yemaepyo sal su issumnikka?

ticket in advance buy can I
Vocabulary

ticket ‘pyo’

address ‘juso’

English ‘yong o’

Situation of the Week : Traveling

Week

Can I buy a ticket on the day

Dangilpyo issumnikka? of the trip?

Where is the ticket window?

Pyo panun koshi odie issumnikka?

Is there a timetable in
Yongoro doen shiganpyo issumnikka? English?
This story is
How long do I have to wait?
about: Olmana kidaryoya hamnikka?

Do I have to change trains?

BOSS Charul karataya hamnikka?

Where so I have to change

Group Odiso karataya hamnikka? trains?

Tour Seoul Korean Expression of the W eek

Week
A quarrel between
Motor husband and wife is
like slashing water
Bubussaumeun kalro
with a knife
Show mulbegi
A couple’s argument never lasts.
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