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Random checkpoints

keep Area II roads safe

YONGSAN GARRISON School started

Tuesday without contract crossing guards in Area II.

Instead, Military Police Soldiers managed traffic at

intersections and crosswalks along 8th Army Drive.

Its working out better than I thought it would,

said Military Police Investigator Ron Theobald. Its

actually better than last year.

In the past, 13 part-time contract crossing guards

helped to augment the MPs; however, because of

budget constraints funding was not available for those

positions this year.

Its better because there are no conflicting signals

from the crossing guards and MPs, Theobald said.

The MP is completely in control of the intersection.

Department of Defense Dependent Schools Korea

Transportation Supervisor Bob Denny agreed. As

always, we get a lot of MP support, Denny said.

Its going pretty smoothly.

Denny and other school officials stood on the

sidewalk Tuesday as bus after bus dropped kids off

in front of Seoul American High School. The students

are using good judgment and staying alert, Denny

said.

The buses dropped off students on the same side

of the street as the schools. All three Yongsan schools

are on the west side of 8th Army Drive.

Not many students have the need to cross the

By David McNallyArea II Public Affairs

Area II students begin school without crossing guardsroad, said Area II Safety Officer Jeff Hyska. Thosethat do have to cross the road, have an MP there to

stop traffic.

On-post traffic at 7:30 a.m. was heavy with buses,

parents dropping off students at school and

community members going to work.

There are only two authorized drop-off points,

said Area II Law and Order Officer Ricky Oxendine.

Parents can drop off their kids in the parking lots,

but on the road, the only place they can stop is in

front of Seoul American Elementary School and next

to the Youth Services Gymnasium.

Military Police stressed the importance of using

seat belts.

We see parents using seat belts, but kids need to

buckle up as well, said Area II Provost Marshal Office

NCOIC Master Sgt. Greg Dickerson.

Military police were quick to stop drivers for traffic

violations like pulling over to the side of the road to let

students out and not wearing seat belts. Theobald

wrote 10 citations Tuesday morning.

Its not just to write citations, he said. The reason

is for the childrens safety.

The MPs will continue traffic support in the

mornings and afternoons before and after school as

needed.

For the first day, Im pleased, Theobald said.

As the school year goes on, people will get in the

routine.

Department of Defense Dependent Schools Korea

Transportation Supervisor Bob Denny (left) watches over

students arriving for the first day of school Tuesday at Yongsan

Garrison.

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Taegu American School football players add some polish to their passing game during pre-season practice at

the schools practice field on Camp George Aug. 25. The Warrior football team is scheduled to play its first-ever

Friday night home football game against Seoul American High School Sept. 8 at Camp Walkers Kelly Field.

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By Staff Sgt. Mark Porter

Korea Region Office Public Affairs

YONGSAN GARRISON The United States and South Korea

ended a two-week exercise today, but hardly a boot was muddied

or a weapon fired. The exercise, Ulchi Focus Lens, is an annual

computer-driven command post exercise that allows U.S. and

Korean military leaders to improve their ability to work together,

leveraging technology to simulate battles and troop movements on

the computer, rather than with troops in the field.

Air Force Col. Cam Torrens, chief of Training, Readiness and

Exercises for U.S. Forces Korea, said the objectives for UFL were

to evaluate and improve combined and joint communication,procedures, plans and systems for conducting operations critical

to the defense of the peninsula.

To gauge whether these objectives are met, observers are present

throughout the exercise, to critique the staffs actions and offering

suggestions to improve future operations. What they observed

beginning Aug. 21 was an exercise Torrens called the largest


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Fall Semester

Virtues Program

Volunteers are needed to teach English

to Korean school children, ages 812,

every other Saturday at the USO Camp

Kim Center, 2nd floor. Orientation willbe held the week of Sept. 18. Sign-up

now as a volunteer.

Food Service Ball

Set for Sept. 16

8th U.S. Army/IMA KORO Food

Service cordially invites everyone to

attend Koreas First Annual Food

Service Ball beginning at 6 p.m., Sept.

16, at the Dragon hill Lodges Naija

Ballroom on Yongsan. Dress is formal

wear, or Dress Mess, Dress Blue

Uniform or Class A dress uniform (with

bow tie and white shirt) for military;

and formal attire for civilians. For

information, call Warrant Officer LenaTull or Master Sgt. Cory Watson at 723-

4987 or 730-2867.

United Through Reading

Available thru USO

United Through Reading is available

to all active-duty military

servicemembers. The USO will provide

the book and film you while reading

the book. The organization will then

send the book and video to your child

back home. The tradition of reading

bedtime stories at night can continue.

Call the USO programs department for

information.

Visit our Information, Tours and

Tickets for specials on overnight tours

to Mt. Sorak and Jejudo.

For information, call 724-7781.

Yongsan Commissary

Family Day The Yongsan Commissary hasnumerous promotional activities

planned for Family Day- A Day to

Have Dinner with Your Children. With

a variety of activities, including face

painting, apple bobbing contest,

basketball toss contest and free hot

dogs during lunch hours, and free cake

and coffee, The Sept. 23 event seeks

to benefit the entire community and

customers. Family Day will also feature

giveaways such as Commissary Gift

Certificates, Family Package Steaks and

product demonstrations. Everyone is

invited to join in the savings and fun.

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WASHINGTON Female military

doctors, lawyers and chaplains are

more likely than their male

counterparts to leave the military after

serving five to eight years. The

Defense Department Advisory

Committee on Women in the Services

wants to know why.

By examining these three career

fields, the committee hopes to

understand why female

servicemembers in general have such

higher rates of military separation,

Mary Nelson, chairwoman of

DACOWITS, told the Pentagon

Channel Aug. 25.

Nelson said its important to retain

more women, and understanding why

they leave may help to accomplish

this.

The main reason women are getting

out after five to eight years of service

is to start a family, she said. They

dont want to have a 2-week-old

(baby) and have to be deployed.

A possible solution to the problem,

she said, is on/off-ramps, or points

at which servicemembers can take a

leave of absence from the military.

While calling the concept a good idea,

Nelson acknowledged that it comeswith some issues.

If we have these off-ramps, where

people can get out and take a two-

year leave, then it becomes an issue

of when they come back, where are

By Steven Donald Smith

American Forces Press Servicethey? she said. Are they still with

the same class they entered with? Ifso, then theyre at a great disadvantage

and arent going to be promoted

through the ranks. So as they come

back, adjustments have to be made to

their date of rank so that theyre

competitive again.

It seems

like we have

provisions for

people to leave

for educational

reasons, then

come back in,

so maybe this could be extended, she

added.

Because survey data never tells the

full story, DACOWITS members go

to installations and hold focus groups

among female servicemembers,

Nelson said. Committee members ask

a broad range of questions to help

them understand the problems these

women face and their reasons for

wanting to leave the military.

When meeting with these women,

the committee members are eager to

illicit possible solutions from the

women, Nelson said.

The committees 2005 report

studied issues related to work/life

balance and found that most womenput their families first. Theyre

making the decision based on their

family as well as their deep desire to

serve their country, she said.

For example, the committee

The main reason womenare getting out after five to

eight years of service is to

start a family.

concluded that female

servicemembers garner greatsatisfaction from overseas

assignments, but consider their

families needs first, Nelson said. I

think that really was the focus of our

report last year, she said. How can

people balance their work, their career

and the needs of their

families?

Numerous high-ranking

military officials of both

genders stressed to Nelson

that women offer something

the military would not have

without them.

They offer a different perspective.

They offer a different way of looking

at things, a different way of

communicating, a different way of

gathering points of view and getting

consensus, she said. Its a different

way of doing things, and its

something the military members Ive

talked to feel very strongly that the

military needs.

The Defense Department Advisory

Committee on Women in the Services

was established in 1951 by then-

Secretary of Defense George C.

Marshall. The committee is composed

of civilian women and men appointed

by the secretary of defense to provideadvice and recommendations relating to

the recruitment and retention, treatment,

employment, integration and well-being

of highly qualified professional women

in the armed forces.

At Left: Lt. Sean Holman, the assistant intelligence officer

attached to Commander Naval Forces Korea, serves dinner

to the children of Hye-shim Won Orphanage in Seoul.

Above: Rear Adm. James P. Wisecup, the commanding

officer of Commander Naval Forces Korea, sits down andtalks to a child eating dinner from Hye-shim Won

Orphanage in Seoul. The dinner is part of a monthly birthday

party that the sailors of CNFK host for the orphanage.

Such activities occur throughout the Republic of Korea as

part of U.S. Forces Koreas Good Neighbor Program.

PHOTOSBY MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST FIRST CLASS LISA WASSILIEFF

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USO Canteen Renovated

The USO Canteen at Camp Kim is

newly renovated. Individuals may

bring this notice to the canteen and

have the daily lunch special free. This

offer is limited to the first 10 military ID

cardholders each day,today through

Thursday.


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The entire United States House of

Representatives and one-third of the

United States Senate are up for

election November 7, 2006. Many

state and local elections will also be

held on that day, including elections

for 36 state governors.

From 1990 to 2000, only 53

percent of eligible voters participated

in Presidential elections and only 43

percent in non-Presidential elections.

While some voters feel voting is only

important in Presidential election

years, elected state representatives in

the House and the Senate perform

important functions impacting thelives of Americans daily. Although the

Legislatures primary function is to

make laws, they also control

government spending. Service

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By Capt. Elisabeth Mahoney

Area III Legal Center

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members are especially impacted by

decisions of the Legislature. This

year, many critical seats are up for

election in the House and the Senate.

The House is currently composed of231 Republicans, 201 Democrats and

1 Independent. There are two vacant

seats from New Jersey and Texas.

Republicans have held the majority in

the House since 1995. Today, they

hold a 29 seat advantage which means

that Democrats only need 15 seats to

take control of the House. In such a

close election, every vote counts.

Servicemembers, their family

members residing abroad, and DOD

Civilian overseas, can register to

vote and request an absentee ballot

by filling out a Federal Post Card

Application (FPCA) (Standard Form

76). Go to www.fvap.gov toaccess the FPCA and other

information about voting overseas or

see your unit Voting Assistance

Officer.

exercise and most complex exercise in

the world.

Despite the large number of

participants, none of the

servicemembers involved took part in

any field training exercises using

simulations to practice their craft.

Although Ulchi Focus Lens does

involve focusing on the conflict, theresnot actually warfighters over here

running around the peninsula doing

exercises.

Instead, UFL participants in Korea,

Japan and the United States simulate the

conflicts within the UFL scenario on

their computers.

We bring together dozens of

computer models that replicate all facets

of the fight, logistical models. We

even have Korean models that model

their own Korean forces. Theres no

other federation of simulations out there

that approaches what we try to do in

this exercise.By using computer simulation instead

of actual troops, Torrens said the

command can get quality training on

the cheap.

If you can imagine that all these

command posts represent the thousands

or millions of people that would have to

come here; the cost of actually bringing

these type of people together and doing

that would be in the hundreds of millions

of dollars.

Because we are able to do this within

a computer simulation and replicate

thousands of people with a computer

icon, were just doing a tremendous

thing for deterrence, readiness andtraining at a low cost.

The computer simulation is a two part

scenario. In the first, battle staff must

react to a military invasion of the

Republic of Korea. In the second part,

joint and combined staff must adjust

their actions and work to counter the

enemy in the continuing conflict and to

restore order at the end of the conflict.

While servicemembers were not

involved in extended field operations,

they did play a variety of roles during

UFL 06. In addition to the senior staff

working as battle planners and advisors,

young Soldiers, sailors, airmen and

Marines also played a role.

Whenever you do a command postexercise the junior troops are required

to actually make things happen, said

Col. Franklin Childress, USFK Public

Affairs. some of our junior troops are

the ones that have the most computer

skills so when (USFK Commander Gen.

B.B. Bell) asks for something to happen

you need someone to set up the

computers, you need people to actually

input the date, you need people to make

sure the computers continue to run. So

our junior troops are doing the things

they would do in wartime, and thats one

of the benefits of this as well. You need

guards, you need drivers, you needpeople to do logistics out of the

command post, so theyre doing the

same things they would do if

deterrence failed and we had to go to

war.

As UFL 06 comes to a close, Torrens

said CFC and USFK staff are already

looking ahead and planning for next

years installment of the exercise.

Though the scenario may change some

from year to year, he said the goal of

the exercise will always remain the

same.

When we do these exercises, we

honestly believe that it deters an

adversary from attacking SouthKorea. And, when we perform these

exercises, we perform them not only

to deter but to make sure that were

ready, he said. We do that by

training our entire force ROK and

U.S. So deterrence, readiness and

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JIMCUNNINGHAM

The starting gun fires and disabled athletes, 200 Soldiers and 1,000 citizens of Dongducheon, run to support the disabled athletes in the Angel of Wish marathon Aug. 27. The event was sponsored

by the Korean Broadcasting Company and the city of Dongducheon.

By Jim Cunningham

Area I Public Affairs

Area I Soldiers run for Angel of WishArea I Soldiers run for Angel of WishArea I Soldiers run for Angel of WishArea I Soldiers run for Angel of WishArea I Soldiers run for Angel of WishDONGDUCHEONOvercast skies

and occasional sprinkles could not

dampen the enthusiasm for the first Angel

of Wish marathon for disabled athletes,

held at the park in New Town

Dongducheon at 3 p.m. Aug. 27.

We have more than 200 Soldiers

running today in support of the firstAngel of Wish marathon, said Brig. Gen.

John Johnson, 2nd Infantry Division

assis tant d ivis ion commander for

maneuver.

The 2ID band played and the peopleof Dongducheon gathered to the familiar

ragt ime tune When the Saints Go

Marching In , John Phil ip Sousas

marches Stars and Stripes Forever andSemper Fidelis.

This is the first time for the city of

Dongducheon to sponsor this event,

said Pae Tong su, community relations

officer for Camp Casey. The disabled

athletes that qualify for this event will

participate in the larger event tha t will be

sponsored by the ci ty of Osan in

October. This event is also sponsored by

the Korean Broadcasting Company in

Dongducheon.The crowd gathered in the afternoon

and stayed throughout the rest of the day,

celebrating the event by looking at the

many exhibits set up around the New

Town community center celebrating some

of Koreas best disabled athletes.

This serves as a booster to strengthen

our relationship between Korea and the

United States, said Lt. Col. Terry Hodges,

commander of Camp Casey garrison.

Our Soldiers will run 3.2 kilometers

with the actual participants who will run to

Uijeongbu, but the Soldiers will turn and

run back to the starting point at Songnae

Elementary School. All other participantswill run to Uijeongbu, Pae said. They will

run rain or shine all the way to Uijeongbu;

there are about 1,000 runners in all.

This is a tremendous event, especially

when you see 200 U.S. Soldiers running

with the disabled participants for the Angel

of Wish marathon, Hodges said.

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The 2ID band plays show tunes, early jazz arrangements and some John Philip

Sousa favorites while the crowd looks on before the beginning of the Angel of

Wish marathon Aug. 27.

Brig. Gen. John Johnson waits for the gun to sound with

the disabled athletes about to run in the Angel of Wish

marathon.


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USO Virtues

Appreciation Banquet

The USO and the Education Office of

Dongducheon will hold their Virtues

Appreciation Banquet from 5:30 to 8

p.m. Thursday at the SongnaeConvention Center, New Town,

Dongducheon City.

Stanley ACAP Center

Sponsors Workshop

The Camp Stanley ACAP Center will

sponsor a three-day U.S. Department

of Labor Transition Assistance Program

Workshop at the Camp Stanley

Education Center from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sept. 25 through 27. Workshop

attendees will learn about job searches,

career decision making, current

occupational and labor market

conditions, resume and cover letter

preparation, and interviewing. Theworkshop is open to all separating and

retiring servicemembers and their

family members. For information or to

sign up for the workshop, contact the

Camp Stanley ACAP Center at 732-4733.

MWR Labor Day

Weekend Block Party

Morale, Welfare and Recreation will

sponsor a Labor Day weekend block

party. A Wild, Wild West Block Party

will be held at noon Saturday in

Mitchells Club parking lot; and noon

Monday on Stewart Field at Camp

Casey.

Bull Riding at

Mitchells Club Today

Mitchells Club will feature bull riding

during the Labor Day weekend. The

mechanical bull will be at Mitchells

today.

TRICARE Update and

Information Briefing

USAG Camp Casey welcomes all

Soldiers and family members to attend

a TRICARE Update and Information

Briefing beginning at 3 p.m., Sept. 8 in

the Camp Casey Theater. Yong H. Lee,

TRICARE Pacific Marketing

representative, will present the briefing

and will answer all questions regardingTRICARE and the benefits associated

with the program.

New TRICARE Service

Center Phone Numbers

The TRICARE Service Center has new

telephone numbers and times. For

updated information call: 736-8070/

7236/8071 or visit their web site at

www.tricare.osd.mil Their new fax

number is 736-8558

176 Finance, Det. B,

Relocates on CRC

The 176 Finance, Detachment B

serving Camp Red Cloud Soldiers hasrelocated from HHC 2X Building 280

to the Uijeongbu Enclave Housing

Office, Bldg. 110, located behind the

CGs Mess. Operating hours for

Finance are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday

thru Friday. For information, call 732-

7508.

SIMEON KANG

Soldiers play with the children of Kwangmyong Orphanage before the work of cutting the grass

and manicuring the grounds of the orphanage began.

Children greet the Soldiers before the work

begins and help off load food and tools.

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Area I Stringer

UIJEONGBUSmoldering heat

couldnt discourage the Soldiers

from Headquarters and

Headquarters Company, Area I

Support Activity Aug. 23 from

cutting grass and giving the

children at KwangmyongOrphanage in Uijeongbu an

American-style barbecue.

The Army says dont volunteer

for anything, but we still volunteer

because we enjoy doing this, said

Capt. Luis Cruz, commander,

Headquarters, Headquarters

Company, Support Activity on

Camp Red Cloud. We want to

make a difference for these

Korean orphans.

Cruz and his volunteers are

always ready to help orphans.

We want to help others in

need, and we are letting thesechildren know that the Soldiers

are here for them. They need us.

Volunteering to support the

orphanage is different from the

everyday routine for Soldiers.

We like to give to the

community. Besides, its

something different from our

everyday jobs, said Spc. Bilitis

Langero, transportation

coordinator, HHC. We enjoy

helping others.

There are as many as 59

children, from 5 to 18, and each

of them is thankful for what theSoldiers are doing, said Kim Jong

soo, director of the orphanage.

The Soldiers are a lot of help to

all of us, including the children.

For many Soldiers, helping this

orphanage is not a new

experience.

This is my second time at this

orphanage. I came here earlier this

year, said Sgt. Lee Joong bum,

senior Korean Augmentation to the

U.S. Army Soldier for HHC, Area I

Support Activity.

The children watched curiously

as the Soldiers prepared the

barbecue, and cut grass and

weeds from the playground.

This proves once again, the

kindness and generosity of the

Soldiers, Cruz said.

Some Soldiers prepared the barbecue

while others cut the grass on the groundsof the Kwangmyong Orphanage in

Uijeongbu.

Capt. Luis Cruz, commander Headquarters

and Headquarters Company, Area I Support

Activity, points out areas on the grounds of

Kwangmyong Orphanage that need work.

A Soldier mows the grass as part of Area ISupport Activitys work at Kwangmyong

Orphanage .

There are as many as 59children from 5 to 18 and each

of them are thankful for what

the Soldiers are doing. The

Soldiers are a lot of help to all

of us, including the children.

Kim, Jong soo,

director, Kwangmyong Orphanage,Uijeongbu


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CAMP RED CLOUD The Area I Chaplains

Office has designated Sept. 17s chapel serviceoffering to the Korean Red Cross for flood re lief.

Different donation dates are scheduled for each

area, depending on each Chaplains Office.

Last year Soldiers on the peninsula gave over

$96,000 to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The

other side of that is that the Korean Red Cross

gave $1.9 million to the American Red Cross to

support Katrina victims, said 2nd Infantry

Division Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Mike Durham.The damage caused by Typhoon Ewiniar

effects nearly the entire peninsula, flooding

populated areas and causing extensive financial

damage, said Durham.

At least 30 thousand Koreans have lost their

homes or have been displaced from flooding. It

sounds an awful lot like Katrina, Durham said.

There are families right now that stil l dont have

a home.

Money is scheduled to be collected peninsula-wide for aid to the Korean Red Cross. Donations

will be collected during the designated chapel

service for each of the areas. All the offerings

collected in Area I Sept. 17 will be gathered

together and sent to the Korean Red Cross,

Durham said.

For individuals who will not be able to attend

a religious service Sept. 17 but who still want todonate, unit chaplains will be coordinating with

their commands to have a designated personreceive the offerings of those who wont be able

to attend services.

For information on how to donate money to

help the Korean Red Cross, call 732-7998 or 732-

6169.

By Pfc. Amanda Merfeld

2nd Infantry Division Public Affairs

Area I chaplains Area I chaplains Area I chaplains Area I chaplains Area I chaplains

collect for flood reliefcollect for flood reliefcollect for flood reliefcollect for flood reliefcollect for flood relief

E-Sharp Band entertains troops with purposeE-Sharp Band entertains troops with purposeE-Sharp Band entertains troops with purposeE-Sharp Band entertains troops with purposeE-Sharp Band entertains troops with purposeBy Jim Cunningham

Area I Public Affairs

JIMCUNNINGHAM

(Left to Right) Sheola Batani, singer, Don Rayos, guitar, Marla Beidyao, singer, Florenzio Aranilla, saxophone,

Christine Gay Charcos, singer, entertain Soldiers at the Warriors Club on Camp Casey Aug. 25.


CAMP CASEYWhen the E-

Sharp Band comes to entertain

Soldiers, they never know just whatkind of repertoire they will be playing.

Some people like country or rock

n roll, and some people like rhythm

and blues, said Florenzio Aranilla, E-Sharp bandleader, keyboard and

saxophone player. Before we play we

look out in the audience and guess what

kind of music they will want to hear.

It is not always so easy for the rest

of the band.

Florenzio controls the band with

lots of patience, said Marla Beidyao,

ballad singer for the band. He is

always cool tempered and has lots ofexperience when it comes to guessing

what the customers want to hear.The E-Sharp Band didnt always

play together before coming to Korea.

They never knew each other before

being contacted by their respective

agents to come together for the

purpose of playing for troops in

Korea.We have an agency in the

Philippines called Ash Promotions that

brought us all together to form this

band. We each have personal agents

that were contacted by AshPromotions to ask us to come

together in Manila for the first time a

year and a half ago, Aranilla said.That is when Woolip Promotions

contracted us for work here in

Korea.

When I was playing in the

Philippines, I had my own band. The

E-Sharp Band was already here and

Ash thought they needed a guitarplayer and they called me up and

asked me to play, said Don

Rayos.This band plays a lot of

standards, tunes that have been

favorites for a long time. If we see alot of young guys, we will play the

latest musical styles, but if we see a

lot of customers 30 years old or more,we will do a lot of classic rock and

ballads, even tunes made popular by

the Bee Gees.

The name for a band that uses an

electric drum and bass machine

instead of a live rhythm section is

called a sequential band, explainedBeidyao.

In a way it helps the band because

the machine doesnt make mistakes.

The E-Sharp Bands style is not

really unique, but it is definitely

flexible.

When I sing to the audience, I

look into their eyes and that adds apersonal touch to the song. If the

audience is enjoying the music we are

playing we play better, Beidyao said.I do my best to enjoy my

customers, I sing from the heart

always, said Christine Gay

Charcos, rock n roll style

specialist for the band.

When we go back to the

Philippines, we are very far apart from

each other, so we do not get together

except to come here and play for theSoldiers in Korea, said singer Sheola

Batani.

We cant really tell what we will

do after performing here in Korea. Weprobably will not stay together. We

love playing for the Soldiers here in

Korea. If we play out of the country

we could stay together. Our agencies

do find those kinds of opportunities

for us, but there is a big possibilitythat there will be more for us after

Korea, Batani said.

DALLAS True to its motto, We go where you

go, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service has

mobilized its next-generation Tactical Field

Exchange in support of some 550 active-duty

Soldiers helping control wildfires burning across

Washingtons Okanogan and Wenatchee nationalforests.

AAFES has

pulled off another

superb operation in

record time, said

AAFES Fort Lewis

General ManagerJW Merriman.

Our associates

were able to open the exchange less than six hoursafter pulling into camp. We opened our doors at 8

p.m. and remained open until 10:30 p.m., serving

exhausted troops who had just returned from

fighting the 100,000-acre fire.

The mobile equivalent of a stationary PX/BX

found on an Army or Air Force installation, TFEs

are 40 to 53 foot trailers that have been converted

into mobile retail stores to support contingency

deployments. Military operations in Somalia, Haiti,Bosnia and Kosovo validated the need for this

quality of life support to deployed service members,

as did last years hurricane relief operations forJoint Task Forces Katrina and Rita.

Once a TFE arrives on site, merchandise is

received and set up all usually within 24 hours

the unit is open for business around the clock, as

long as needed.

AAFES maintains a fleet of TFEs for use in

support of training exercises, war zones and naturaldisasters. While the exterior of the TFE sent to

From Falluja to forest fires:

AAFES goes where the troops goArmy News Service Washington may look similar to those serving troops

throughout Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom,

all comparisons end with the paint and logo.

Our new TFEs are being designed throughlessons learned in the deserts of Iraq and

Afghanistan, said AAFES Chief of Contingency

Plans Lt. Col. Steven Dean. The feedback we are

receiving indicates that the new units will result in

better work environments for associates

and reduced support requirements from

supported units. The TFE in Washington

is just the first in a group of self-

sustaining exchanges AAFES will be

deploying in the years to come.Like the older versions, the new

TFEs carry a basic stock assortment

that includes water, personal care items, basic

clothing items, snacks, soft drinks and

entertainment.

While personal sacrifices and inconveniences are

a way of life for troops, TFE support plays a

significant role in enhancing morale, readiness and

mission effectiveness, said Lt. Col. Dean.Whether troops are on patrol in a war zone or

battling fires in the Pacific Northwest, TFEs make it

possible for AAFES to provide support to almost

every corner of the globe.

Task Force Blaze, made up of many Fort Lewis

units, is expected to last up to 30 days. The NationalInteragency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, requested

the deployment due to a critical shortage of civilian

firefighting crews and unfavorable weather

forecasts. The task force includes 1st Battalion,38th Infantry Regiment; 23rd Chemical Battalion;

5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment; 4th

Battalion, 6th Aviation Regiment; 29th Signal

Battalion; and the 28th Public Affairs Detachment.

... TFE support plays asignificant role in enhancing moreal,

readiness and mission effectiveness.

Lt. Col. Steven Dean,chief of contingency plans, AAFES


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Area II Public AffairsArea II provides life supporArea II provides life supporArea II provides life supporArea II provides life supporArea II provides life support to exercise part to exercise part to exercise part to exercise part to exercise participantsticipantsticipantsticipantsticipants

YONGSAN GARRISON As Ulchi Focus

Lens 2006 participants arrived at U.S. military

installations, many troops were not sure what to

expect for exercise living conditions.

California National Guardsman Pfc. Michael Bird

found himself staying at the Walker Center. The

center is one of five Area II Life Support Areas

serving as billeting for the more than 1,800 exercise

participants.This is great, Bird said. They have Internet,

TV and laundry service.

Each LSA, whether in a hardened building or a

tent city, has its own Morale, Welfare and Recreationfacility, with cyber cafes, wide-screen televisions

with DVDs, video games, books and popcorn

machines.

A trip to the field can be a comfortable

experience for todays servicemember.We set the standard for Life Support Areas in

Korea, said Area II Command Sgt. Maj. Kevin Witt.

I have a memo from Command Sgt. Maj. Wheeler

to prove it.

United States Forces Korea and 8th U.S. Army

Command Sgt. Maj. Barry Wheeler visited Area II

LSAs Aug. 16. In a letter to Witt Wheeler wrote,

This visit allowed me to insure the LSA standards

were met.

We do all we can to give the best quality oflife, said Area II Logistics Director Lydia

Grohmann. The servicemembers dont have to

worry about it. They can focus on the exercise.

Grohmann said shuttle buses run back and forth

from LSAs to dining facilities, recreation centers

and exercise locations.

Each LSA has environmental control units; even

PHOTOS BY DAVID MCNALLY

the tent cities are air conditioned.

Area II Deputy Logistics Director Jay Wright

said the Camp Coiner tent city has been set up

and ready to use since the last major exercise.

Korean Service Corps employees built the tent

cities, installed electricity, and prepared the shower

and bathroom facilities.

The 9th KSC Company did a fantastic job ofsetting up our LSAs and helping to prepare the

sites for exercise participants, Wright said. The

KSC employees do the lions share of the work.

The LSAs have a mayor to make sure everything

runs smoothly.

Servicemembers take some down-time to watch a movie in the Camp Coiner Morale, Welfare and Recreation tent Aug. 25.

Area II Life Support Area Mayor Sgt. 1st Class Marcia Garcia

inspects the Camp Coiner tent city Aug. 25.See SupportSupportSupportSupportSupport, Page 12

Random checkpoints catch traffic violatorsBy Steve Davis

Area II Public Affairs

YONGSAN GARRISON Military

police traffic checkpoints have snareda variety of violations since the You

drink and drive. You lose. campaign

began Aug. 18.

Random compliance checkpoints

will be set up through Sunday, the end

of the Labor Day weekend. The

checkpoints may be set up anywhere

on Yongsan Garrison or other Area IIinstallations.

Sgt. John LaSchuma, Area II traffic

NCOIC, said as of Wednesday

morning, 99 citations have been issued

from seven checkpoint operations.

There were 28 citations for driving

without a license and 48 for failure to

wear seat belts.Citations have also been issued for

expired registration or insurance andmoving traffic violations, such as failure

to stop at a posted stop sign and illegal

turns.

Eight citations have been issued to

motorcycle riders for improper safety

equipment, including no helmet or

STEVE DAVIS

Jerry Cozby presents his drivers license to Sgt. John LaSchuma at a Yongsan Garrisoncompliance checkpoint.

reflective vest and two citations for theillegal use of cell phones.

The good news is that there have

been none for drinking and driving so

far, said LaSchuma.

As of midnight Saturday, only one

driver has been asked to take a sobriety

test after the smell of alcohol wasdetected in his vehicle.

Two of his passengers admitted to

drinking alcoholic beverages, so we

tested the driver, said LaSchuma.

See CheckpointsCheckpointsCheckpointsCheckpointsCheckpoints, Page 12

Civilians to getlower allowances

By David McNally


YONGSAN GARRISON

Area II civilian personnel

officials announced a reduction

in post allowance pay and living

quarters allowance effective Aug.

20.

The amount of decrease will

depend on an employees family

size and base pay, but a GS-11with a family of four can expect

to see a decrease of $43 per

paycheck.

Area II Civilian Personnel

Officer Kenneth Stark said the

post allowance reduction was

based on the results of a recentcivilian post allowance survey.

Because of the low numberof U. S. civilian employees who

took the time to complete the

survey on where they shopped

the post allowance for all of

See AllowancesAllowancesAllowancesAllowancesAllowances, Page 12


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NEO Warden Training

Area II Noncombatant Evacuation

Operations warden training and a

Courageous Channel 06-2 overviewbriefing will be conducted Sept. 15 at

the Multi-Purpose Training Facility. Toreceive certification training, newly

assigned NEO wardens or

representatives should attend the 9-

11:30 a.m. training session. All

assigned NEO wardens orrepresentatives are required to attend

the second block of training from 1-4

p.m. to receive important Courageous

Channel information. For information,

call 738-5013.

Voter Outreach

The Glorietta Duncan Order of the

Eastern Star Chapter 112 will host a

voting assistance outreach activity 10

a.m.-2 p.m. Monday at the YongsanMain Exchange. For information, call723-6593.

Mustard Seed Preschool

The Mustard Seed Preschool has

openings for three year olds. Call 738-

8503 or come by the Mustard SeedPreschool office at the South Post

Chapel for information. The office is

open 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. Monday thru Friday.

Ethics Training

Ethics Training: 1-2 p.m. Thursday;

1-2 p.m. Oct. 3; 1-2 p.m. Nov. 9; 9-10a.m. Dec. 5; 1-2 p.m. Dec. 13; 1-2 p.m.

Dec. 19.

Acquisition Ethics Training 2:30-4

p.m. Thursday; 2:30-4 p.m. Nov. 9.

All training will be at the Balboni

Theater. Battalion and higher levelcommands may coordinate for

separate individual unit training

outside the above schedule. Forinformation, call 753-6631.

Sports Notes

The Post Season Summer League

Basketball Tournament will be held

Saturday-Monday at Collier FieldHouse. For information, call 738-8608.

The Area II Intramural Flag Football

League starts Sept. 9. The deadline to

enter is Monday. There will be acoaches meeting noon. Tuesday at

Collier Field House. For information,call 736-7746.

The Area II Intramural Soccer

League starts Sept. 9. The deadline to

enter is Monday. There will be acoaches meeting 1 p.m. Tuesday at

Collier Field House. For information,call 736-7746.

Area II AFAP

Conference

The Area II AFAP Conference will be

held Oct. 18-20. AFAP is a program that

provides an opportunity for all

members of the Army Family to informleadership of issues in the community.

To get involved, call Reta Mills at 738-3627.

Area II Web site

For more community notes, news and

information, visit the Area II Web site

at http://area2.korea.army.mil.

Motorcycle safety campaign kicks offYONGSAN GARRISON Area II safety officials plan

to kick off a campaign this month to inform the

community about proper safety gear for motorcycle and

moped riders in Area II.

The Area II commander announced a policy to denyinstallation access to people who fail to comply with

community safety guidelines July 21.

By mid-September, each access control point will

have a sign in place depicting a rider wearing proper

protective gear.

The security guards will be able to use the signs as a

visual aid, said Area II Safety Officer Jeff Hyska. The

idea is that the guards can point out deficiencies in riderapparel.

The signs will also serve as a reminder of the

requirements of Area II Command Policy 10-1 for

motorcycle and moped riders.

The policy outlines proper safety gear, to include:

A properly fastened approved helmet that meets

Department of Transportation standardsEye protection (clear goggles or a face shield attached

to the helmet)Full-fingered glovesLong trousersLong sleeve shirt or jacket

Leather boots, or over the ankle shoes

High-visibility retro-reflective vest

The policy is generally the same, with the exception

of the power to enforce the proper wear of personalprotective equipment, said Hyska. I hope the signs will

help people to understand the policy.

With the update to the command policy, base security

guards have the authority to deny access if a person failsto comply.

The guards will start enforcement once the signs are

in place, said Area II Law and Order Officer Ricky

Oxendine. E-mail [email protected]

By David McNally


The signs will help the guards and riders to become

familiar with all of the requirements under the revised

policy, Oxendine said.

Basically, this will help to ensure a rider s safety while

on post, Hyska said. Other drivers will be able to see

them.

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By Cpl. Lee Yang-won


YONGSAN GARRISON

Workers began construction to lay

artificial turf installation on Field No. 10

Aug. 22.

Area II Morale, Welfare and

Recreation aims to complete the

project by early October. Officials

plan to make the field available foryouth soccer and flag football

tournaments.

This field is used year around for

everything, said Area II MWR

Director Paul Robinson. The new

artificial turf will be green all the time,

very durable and provide great playing

conditions.

Robinson said Field No. 10 had been

over utilized by youth programs,organization days and different

ceremonies in the past, making it

challenging to actually grow grass on

the field.

We couldnt get the grass to grow

right, leaving spots that didnt look

good for sports, Robinson said. The

artificial turf will not only be a good

playing surface, but also cut down

maintenance and labor cost.Area II officials said the project will

allow the community to use the field

more.

This imitation grass drains water

well during raining season, Robinson

said. It expands the usage eight months

out of the year to 12 months out of the

year.

A series of artificial turf renovations

have been going on throughout thepeninsula including camps Casey and

Humphreys.

The installation is a nonappropriated-

fund project.

Construction to improve

field conditions

PHOTOSBY CPL. L EE YANG-WON

Contractors start to prepare Field No. 10 for artificial turf Aug. 22.

E-mail [email protected] Local construction workers set up safety fences.


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Officials: Government vehicles not for personal useOfficials: Government vehicles not for personal useOfficials: Government vehicles not for personal useOfficials: Government vehicles not for personal useOfficials: Government vehicles not for personal useBy David McNally


YONGSAN GARRISON Area IIofficials emphasized the Army policy of

official use for government vehicles

during the ongoing Ulchi Focus Lens

2006 exercise.

This is especially important during

the exercise, said Area II Logistics

Director Lydia Grohmann. We have a

lot of rental vehicles to support the

exercise.Grohmann said the opportunity for

abuse is higher.

Area II has 250 Korean rental

vehicles to support the ongoing exercise.

Drivers must sign a dispatch for the

rental vehicle, just like a nontactical

vehicle.

Drivers that sign the dispatch are

agreeing to use the vehicle for officialbusiness only, she said.

Grohmann said her staff has recently

seen an increase in abuses.

People are taking government vehicles

to Starbucks or the post exchange, or just

driving around, she said.

While it is easy to spot an Army

nontactical vehicle from the official

license plate, the rental vehicles for the

exercise have Korean plates.

Dispatches could be confiscated ifabuses are found; however, officials said

they speak to the drivers when possible

and inform the chain of command.

The 8th U.S. Army policy states,

NTVs are not authorized to transportgovernment employees between their

home and their place of duty or

employment.

Grohmann said Army vehicles cannot

be used for personal errands or side trips.Army Regulation 58-1 outlines the

penalties for misuse of government

vehicles.

The regulation says military

personnel may be disciplined under the

Uniform Code of Military Justice,

Grohmann said. Civilian employees may

be suspended from duty without pay for

not less than one month.The regulation further says civilians

may face a longer suspension or removal

from office if circumstances warrant.

There are exceptions to the policy.

Drivers and passengers from outlying

areas are authorized to park in the postexchange parking lot for the purpose of

eating at the Food Court. Government

employees and Soldiers are also

authorized to use nontactical vehicles toshop at the Main Exchange for

authorized Government Purchase Card

business.

Grohmann also reminded Soldiers of

the importance of the proper uniform

while driving an NTV.

Soldiers are not authorized to wear

civilian clothing or PT gear while

operating a government vehicle, unless

it is stated on the dispatch, she said.


DAVID MCNALLY

A military vehicle pulls into Starbucks on Yongsan Garrison South Post.


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from Page 9AllowancesAllowancesAllowancesAllowancesAllowances

Everything has gone well, said LSA

Mayor Sgt. 1st Class Marcia Garcia.

Servicemembers staying here have good

living conditions for a field environment.

Garcia is assigned to Company B,

168th Medical Battalion. Her normal job

is platoon sergeant, but for UFL 2006,8th U.S. Army tasked Garcia and 25 other

Soldiers to help out at the LSAs.

For servicemembers like Bird, who

are just getting their first impressions of

Korea and the U.S. military here, the

LSAs offer a bit of home, far from home.

Koreas a lot of fun, Bird said. I

havent seen half of what there is to see

in Korea, but I like it.


The driver failed three physical tests,

but passed the portable breathalyzer test

and was released.The physical tests included a finger-

to-nose test, a one-legged stand (in

which the driver has to balance on one

leg), and the walk-and-turn test.

The breathalyzer showed no sign of

alcohol, so I told him Sorry for the

inconvenience. Have a good evening,

said LaSchuma.

That particular driver got in his car anddrove away; others were not so lucky.

Those cited for driving without a license

had to leave on foot.

LaSchuma said cars are parked and

immobilized by a boot, a steel device

placed on a front tire, until the person

returns with a valid drivers license.

Most of the seat belt violations were a

result of taxi passengers not wearing a seat

belt or children riding unsafely in the backseatof their sponsors vehicle, said LaSchuma.

Area II Provost Marshal Maj. Jose

Naputi said drivers are responsible for

assuring that all passengers are wearingseat belts and that youngsters who require

car seats are actually in them.

He said most people were cooperative

when they received citations.

Some were upset that they were

receiving a traffic citation but they

understood that they had committed a

violation and would receive a citation,

Naputi said.Jerry Cozby of 8th U.S. Army J-3

Operations had all of the required

documents and passed without problem

through a checkpoint on the bridge

connecting South Post and Main Post.

He said he didnt mind being checked.

I think its great, said Cozby. Now,

if they could just get the dumb people off

the road as well as the drunk ones ...


Korea was reduced, Stark said.

Stark said the survey detailed

peoples shopping routines off postand on post.

If people only show they shop on

base, the post allowance will go

down, he said.

The allowance change will affect

all U.S. government employees serving

in Korea.

Well get with the U.S. Embassy

to see if we can conduct another

survey and get better participation,Stark said. Surveys are required

every five years, but can be done

whenever if circumstances warrant anew survey.

To calculate post allowance, go to

http://www.state.gov/m/a/als/expl/

c13085.htm and click How do I

figure my Post (COLA) Allowance?Once the spreadsheet has

downloaded, enter 15 for the post

allowance index number, your base

salary and family size.

In another announcement, Stark

detailed how living quarters allowance

rates have decreased.

The decrease is about $1,000 less

per year.

This change was based on thecurrency exchange rate information

reported to the Office of Allowances

Aug. 10, Stark said.


Saturday


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Navigating the paper trail that leads to immigration

Youve met the love of your life

while youre in Korea. But youve failed

to plan ahead and when it comes timefor you to PCS, you must wave

goodbye at the airport because your

loves immigration paperwork was not

completed.

It doesnt have to be this way. There

are a number of documents and forms

that you must complete before bringing

your spouse or fianc(e) to the United

States, and there will be some waiting

time for those documents to be

processed. But if you take the time to

plan now, you can go back to the United

States with your spouse right by your

side.

The following are some of the more

commonly asked questions regarding

immigration:

My fianc(e)/spouse came to Korea

on a work visa, but no longer works

for that employer and is in Korea

illegally. What options do we have

now?

No question about it. Your fianc(e)/

spouse is committing a crime in Korea

and is at risk for criminal prosecution,

having to pay significant fines and

deportation.

If your fianc(e)/spouse wants to

remain in Korea, he or she can pay the

By Capt. Candace White Halverson

Camp Casey Legal Centerfines owed and apply for a visa to

remain in the country. The fines vary

from 200,000 won to 4,000,000 won,

depending on how long ago the visa

expired.How can I bring my non-U.S. citizen

fianc(e) to the United States to get

married?

A U.S. citizen may bring his or her

non-U.S. citizen fianc(e) to the United

States to marry and live in the United

States. In order to do that, you must

first file a Petition for Alien Fianc(e),

Form I-129F, with the Department of

Homeland Securitys U.S. Citizenship

and Immigration Services office in the

area where you live. You CANNOT file

this petition at an embassy, consulate

or U.S. immigration office outside of

the United States you must do it from

within the United States.

After the USCIS approves the

petition, your fianc(e) must apply for

a K-1 nonimmigrant visa for a fianc(e).

Once the visa is approved, your

fianc(e) may enter the United States.

You and your fianc(e) must marry

within 90 days of his or her arrival in

the United States. After your marriage,

your spouse must file an Application to

Register Permanent Residence or to

Adjust Status, Form I-485 with the

USCIS office. You must also fill out an

order for your spouse to become a

lawful permanent resident.

I want to bring my foreign-born

spouse to the United States to live

with me. What do I need to do?If you have married a non-U.S.

citizen and want to bring him or her to

the United States, you must file a

Petition for Alien Relative, Form I-130.

The normal next step would be to wait

for processing and approval of that

petition and then approval of the

immigration visa before your spouse

could come to the United States as a

lawful permanent resident. The normal

waiting period for this process is up to

five years but may be even longer.

However, there is an alternative that

can significantly cut down on the time

you spend apart. Once you file the I-

130 form, your spouse may apply for a

K nonimmigrant visa and come to the

United States to wait for processing of

his or her lawful permanent residency

status from within the United States.

Note that the application for the

nonimmigrant visa must be filed and the

visa must be issued in the country

where the marriage took place. So, if

you married your foreign-born spouse

in Korea, you must file the petition and

have the visa issued in Korea.

Depending on how long youve been

married, there may be conditions placedAffidavit of Support, Form I-864 in

on your spouses residency in the United

States. Contact the legal office for more

information.

If I bring my foreign national spouse

to the United States on a visa, is heor she automatically a U.S. citizen?

No. If your spouses petition for

immigration has been approved and he

or she has entered the United States on

an immigration visa, he or she is a lawful

permanent resident. Any lawful

permanent resident married to a U.S.

citizen may petition to become a U.S.

citizen (a process called naturalization)

once he or she has been a lawful

permanent resident for three years and

has been married to a U.S. citizen for

three years. Contact the nearest legal

office for information on how.

What about our children?

Depending on the circumstances,

your child may automatically be a U.S.

citizen. Contact the legal assistance

office or the U.S. Embassy in Seoul for

further information.

When it comes to immigrating to the

United States, there is a lot of

preparation work that needs to be done

and the wait times for processing can

be significant. Start as soon as possible

and you can make sure your spouse can

travel with you back home.

Contact your legal assistance office

for information and assistance.


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Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell) has always

dreamed of driving fast -- real fast -

- like his father, Reese Bobby, who

left the family to pursue his racing

dreams. Early on, Ricky's mother,

Lucy Bobby worried that her boy

was also destined to end up as a

professional daredevil on wheels.Ricky Bobby first enters the racing

arena as a jackman for slovenly

driver Terry Cheveaux and

accidentally gets his big break

behind the wheel when Cheveaux

makes an unscheduled pit stopduring a race to gorge on a chicken

sandwich. Ricky jumps into the car

and ... so begins the ballad of Ricky

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A ruthless assassin unleashes a

crate full of lethal snakes aboard a

packed passenger jet over the

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witness in protective custody. The

rookie pilot and frightened

passengers must band together to

survive.

Invincible Invincible Invincible Invincible Invincible (Mark Wahlberg,Greg Kinnear)

When the coach of Vince Papales

beloved hometown football teamhosted an unprecedented open

tryout, the public consensus was that

it was a waste of time no one good

enough to play professional football

was going to be found this way.

Certainly no one like Papale a

down-on-his-luck, 30-year-old,

substitute teacher and part-time

bartender who never even playedcollege football. But against these

odds, Papale made the team and

soon found himself living every fansfantasy moving from his cheap

seats in the upper deck to standing

on the field as a professional football

player.

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In the dizzying world of New York

fashion, where size zero is the new

2, six is the new 8, and a bad hair

day can end a career, Runaway

Magazine is the Holy Grail. Overseen

with a finely manicured fist by

Miranda Priestly the most powerful

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New York and therefore the world,

Miranda has let nothing stand in her

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Deadmans ChestPG-13


PG-13

Nacho LibrePG

Invincible PG

Snakes on a

Plane R


PG-13

Waist Deep

R

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Plane R

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Plane R


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Wears PradaPG-13


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You, Me &

Dupree PG-13


Deadmans ChestPG-13

Talladega Nights:

Ballad of Ricky

Bobby PG-13


PG-13

Snakes on a

Plane R

Snakes on a

Plane R

Snakes on a

Plane R

Little ManPG-13

Little ManPG-13


Deadmans ChestPG-13

Invincible PG

Invincible PG

Garfield: Tail ofTwo Kitties PG

Invincible PG


BarnyardPG

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Stand PG-13

The LakeHouse PG


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World TWorld TWorld TWorld TWorld T rade Center rade Center rade Center rade Center rade Center (Nicolas Cage, Michael Pena)

In the aftermath of the World Trade

Center disaster, hope is still alive.Refusing to bow down to terrorism,

rescuers and family of the victims

press forward. Their mission of

rescue and recovery is driven by the

faith that under each piece of rubble,

a co-worker, a friend or a family

member may be found. This is the

true story of John McLoughlin and

William J. Jimeno, the last twosurvivors extracted from Ground

Zero and the rescuers who never

gave up. Its a story of the true heroesof that fateful time in the story of the

United States when buildings would

fall and heroes would rise to inspire

the entire human race.


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18 The Morning Calm Weeklyhttp://ima.korea.army.mil/morningcalmweeklySept. 1, 2006

Area IV Community

Open House

An Open House will be held from6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, at the

Taegu American School Gym on

Camp George. Everyone is invited to

attend and find out what Area IV

Army Community Services and other

Area organizations have to offer!

For details, call Bonnie McCarthy at

768-8126

8th U.S. Army Sports

Upcoming sports championshipsinclude rugby Sept. 8-9, team triathlon

Sept. 9, tennis Sept. 13-16, and cross

country on Sept. 16. For information,

call 725-5064.

Club Demonstration at

Sung Nam Golf Course

There will be a club demonstration from

10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 9 at Sung Nam

Golf Course. Featured clubs include

Ping, Callaway and Titleist. Golfers are

invited to come out and try these clubs

on the facilitys new Accusport Launch

Monitor to view club and swing specs.

Get a readout of swing speed, ball

speed, launch angle, spin rates and face

angle. Get a free club recommendation

from the PGA Professional staff. Special

demo day club prices. For information,

call Jim Shaw or Jack Delaney at 736-

3483.

Area II Pool League

The Area II Pool League is seeking

new members. The group meets at 7

p.m. each Tuesday at the Main Post

Club, Harveys Lounge and the Navy

Club -- all on Yongsan Garrison.

Membership is open to ID

cardholders, family members, retirees,

Department of Defense civilians or

contractors and individuals

sponsored by ID cardholders. For

more information, call Brent Abare at

723-3691.

Home for the Holidays

Be sure to enter the Home for the

Holidays drawing sponsored by

MWR and US Airline Alliance. All

you have to do is fill out an entry

form to enter to win a round-trip ticket

to the United States. Forms may be

found in your local MWR facility,

newspaper, or on the MWR website.

Deadline to enter is Oct 12. Call 723-

3730 for information.

TMCW SubmissionsTo have an event featured in The

Morning Calm Weeklys News & Notes,

e-mail all pertinent information to

[email protected].

All submissions should include a Point

of Contact name and telephone number.


YONGSAN Morale, Welfare and

Recreation is planning a fun-filledweekend to keep troops throughout

Korea entertained. Festivals, fun runs and

entertainment will help people kickback,

relax and enjoy the holiday weekend.

Festivals in all areas will provide

opportunities to enjoy American-style

food and beverages, as well as games

and activities for the kids.

Two Armed Forces Entertainment

groups will kick off their tours over theweekend. Modern/pop rock group,

LoveSick Radio, will open at Camp

Casey Monday, while Latin variety band,

Los Elegantes, begins performingTuesday at Camp Stanleys Reggies.

Both performers shows are free of

charge to ID cardholders.

The newest addition to the lineup is

the mechanical bull-riding competitions

featured at the Wild Wild West BlockParties at camps Red Cloud and Casey.

There will be contests for prizes, with a

challenge put out by former East Coast

Saddle Bronco Champion, Command

Sgt. Major Greg Bunce, as well as riding

just for fun.

MWR is dedicated to improve the

lives of Soldiers, civilians and family

members stationed in Korea. All musicalperformances are free of charge to ID

cardholders. For information, contact

the local MWR Office.

MWR planning jam-packedMWR planning jam-packedMWR planning jam-packedMWR planning jam-packedMWR planning jam-packed

Labor Day weekendLabor Day weekendLabor Day weekendLabor Day weekendLabor Day weekendBy Korea Region MWR

Special to The Morning Calm Weekly

Area I events include:

Saturday, noon, Wild Wild West Block Party, Camp Red Clouds Mitchells

Sunday, Acapella Qualifying Round, Camp Red Cloud

Monday, noon, Wild Wild West Block Party, Camp Caseys Stewart Field

Monday, 11 a.m., Labor Day Bash, Camp Red Cloud CAC

(Featuring a BBQ cook out, tournaments, games, and activities.)

Area II events

Saturday, noon - 6 p.m., Labor Day Block Party, Yongsans Main Post Club

Saturday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Bike Trip to Han River, K-16 CAC

Saturday, 2-6 p.m., eight-ball tournament, K-16 CAC

Saturday, 10 a.m. 1 p.m., Flea Market, Yongsan MPC Underpass

Sunday, 1-6 p.m., Table Tennis Tournament,K-16 CAC

Monday, 6-10 p.m., Texas Holdem Card Game, K-16 CAC

Sat. Mon., times TBA, Post Summer Basketball Tourney, Yongsans Collier

Field House

Monday, 8 a.m., 5K Fun Run, Collier Field House

Monday, 1 p.m., BOSS Luau Pool Party, Yongsans Main Post Indoor Pool 3

Area III events

Saturday, 11 a.m. 1 p.m., End of Summer Barbecue, Camp Humphreys

Alaska Mining Co.

Area IV events

Sunday, 8 a.m., Labor Day 5K Fun Run, Camp Walker Fitness Center

(Registration beings at 7 a.m. First 100 participants to finish will receive

a free T-shirt from the USA Federal Credit Union. Call 764-4800/4225

for information.)Monday, Festival, camps Walker and Carroll Outdoor Area

Sandpit volleyball, racquetball, and a double-elimination softball

tournament will be held. For information concerning Camp Walkertournaments, call 764-4800; for information on Camp Carroll activities,

call 765-8287.

LLLLLabor Day Wabor Day Wabor Day Wabor Day Wabor Day Weekend Activitieseekend Activitieseekend Activitieseekend Activitieseekend Activities

The RecTrac Management

Information System, is now being

used throughout Korea.

Korea Region Office MWR

installed the tracking tools in MWR

facilities across the peninsula duringthe second and third (this is thesecond and third.) quarters of this

fiscal year.

Daniel J Ahern, chief, KORO

MWR, said the process is simple and

on average takes only two to three

minutes. After a person is registered,

each time they go to an MWR

facility they can insert their ID card

into the RecTrac reader and the

system will automatically recognizethem from past visits.

To encourage people to register in

the system, KORO MWR sponsored

a registration incentive program. Aspart of the program, company-sized

units (with 100 or fewer Soldiers)

will receive $150 to their unit fund if

they achieve 100 percent RecTrac

registration. Units larger than 100Soldiers will receive $1.50 per

individual entered.


RecTrac registration

benefits unit fundsBy Korea Region MWR

Special to The Morning Calm WeeklyYONGSAN GARRISON Family Child Care provides a work and life

option for individuals residing on post looking to earn an income while staying

home with their own children.

FCC provider positions are open to military family members or civilians

working as independent contractors on a military installation. Individuals living

in on-post quarters are authorized to care for up to six children (including their

own) from four weeks to 12 years of age.The U. S. Army Family Child Care is a child care choice for military family

members, Department of Defense civilians and DoD contractors. FCC is an

important child care option, not a last resort in the event the Child Development

Center is full.

Some children thrive in a CDC environment while others fare better in a

small group environment that only an FCC home can offer. FCC offers unique

advantages that make them a preferred option for some families. Flexible/

extended hours and long-term care are important during training exercises and

shift work, as well as evening and weekend care. In addition, siblings can stay

together and remain in their neighborhood.FCC providers are trained and certified by the installation Child and Youth

Services program.

The FCC program offers free training, monetary subsidies, a lending closet

and technical and morale support. FCC providers are trained in first aid, CPR,

child abuse prevention and business practices to name a few. Providers are

required to complete an in-depth training program that teaches them aboutchild development. Some colleges offer up to nine college credits for completion

of the Army Foundation training.

In order to apply to become an FCC provider, an applicant must meet the

following minimal qualifications: reside in on-post quarters; be at least 18 yearsof age; have a high school diploma or GED; have some experience with children;

pass a background screening and health physical; and speak, read and write

English. For information on FCC, contact the local ACS office or call 725-

3205.

Family Child CarFamily Child CarFamily Child CarFamily Child CarFamily Child Care pre pre pre pre provider positions now openovider positions now openovider positions now openovider positions now openovider positions now openBy Korea Region MWR

Special to The Morning Calm Weekly


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ASAN CITY The CampHumphreys Fire Department joined six

other local departments in an elaborate

fire and rescue exercise staged at

Samsung Electric in Asan City, Aug. 22.

The scenario at Samsung had

terrorists invading Samsungs building

number four, said Song Kye-pok,

assistant fire chief at CampHumphreys.

The scenario then played out like an

action movie. Explosions cracked

from several points in the building and

smoke grenades burst into colorful

billows, mimicking flames from the

roof.

The terrorists placed severalbombs in the building, said Song.

The bombs exploded and fires startedas a result. The explosions caused

Samsung employees to flee the

building. As a result of the fire, some

of the employees received injuries of

various degrees of seriousness.

Samsungs in-house fire

department and paramedic team

responded to the first alarm andevacuated the most seriously wounded.

Samsung decided to seek help from the

police and fire departments in the

surrounding communities because the

fire was raging out of control andterrorists were still in the building.

Elements of the Korean National

Police arrived on the scene next.

Six KNP rappelled in unison from

the top of building four in a rapid face

down walk and traded gunfire with the

terrorists.

Police captured one of the

terrorists, but the others escaped,

only to be chased by Korean soldiers.

Song explained that the situation atSamsung then escalated to a four-

alarm fire. The Asan City fire

department responded to the second

alarm and they in turn called in a

third alarm, said Song. This alarm

was responded to by combined fire

departments made up of units from

several surrounding communities

including Camp Humphreys.

We provided a pumper truck anda three-man team, said Song. We

were joined by teams from Chonan,

Songhwan and Tunpo. As the

situation worsened, it became

necessary to call in a fourth alarmthat was responded to by volunteer

firefighters from the surrounding

area.

The Humphreys team assembled

with 11 other trucks from various

fire agencies and hosed down the

Samsung building until the fire was

extinguished.

Korean army elements responded

with chemical decontamination

vehicles and sprayed down the areawith decontaminate while orange-

suited firefighters rappelled down the

building in the same face down

fashion as their KNP brothers.

These firefighters strung rescue

lines and lowered victims from the

upper floors on slings.

A helicopter from the ChonanCity Fire Department arrived and

made an emergency landing on the

roof of the building to pick up an

injured firefighter.

Suddenly, the call was made to

evacuate the building; another

bomb had been found.Fire crews raced away from the

building to safety and the

firefighters who had been handlingthe evacuation of the injured, flew

rapidly down the side of the

building on ropes, like orange-

suited spidermen.

Another explosion and more

smoke followed. As suddenly as

it began, the exercise was

declared over.

The Camp Humphreys FireDepartment has a mutual aid

pact with the Korean fire

departments in the communities

surrounding Camp Humphreys,said Song. We can call them,

and they can call us. Whatever

they need, we will support

them. We are happy to help

from one government to another

and its good to know that we

can count on each other if help

is needed. Its also good for

community relations.

We are grateful for the

participation of the CampHumphreys Fire Department,

said Jang Se-rim, chief of

Protection and Rescue, Asan

City Fire Department. Its good

to know that if we ever needed

their help, they would be there

for us. Naturally, we would be

happy to do the same for them.

PHOTOS BY CHOI MAN-HUN

Korean firefighters rapidly rappel down theSamsung building to escape the danger

posed by the threat of another bomb during

a fire and rescue exercise Aug. 22.

A pumper truck and crew from Camp Humphreys, along with elements from six local Korean fire departments, hose down a mock fire at Samsung

Electric.The fire was part of an elaborate terrorist exercise Aug. 22 in Asan City.

Korean National Police secure the area as the Korean Army decontaminates the ground.

By F. Neil Neeley

Area III Public Affairs


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Army Family Action Plan gets things done

F. NEIL NEELEY

The Army Family Action Plan is an Army-wide program and a process that

identifies issues and concerns about the quality of life for Army families, andprovides all members of the Army the opportunity to voice concerns and

issues to installation and Army leadership. It is each individuals opportunity tomake a difference in improving Army quality of life.

Previous service-wide AFAP issues have resulted in Servicemembers Group

Life Insurance increased from $50,000 to $200,000; basic allowance for

housing increased by 11 percent; Thrift Savings Plan for military was

authorized and implemented; approval to store a vehicle at government expense

when Soldiers are assigned to areas where shipment isnt authorized; and

expanded dental insurance plans that increased coverage for dental procedures

and some orthodontic services.

At the local level, some Area III issues that were resolved include improved

quality of food items in the commissary; hourly child care implemented;monthly WIC shuttle to Osan Air Base; and, dart boards and a pool table placed

in Tommy Ds.

Find out how you can become involved to improve your Army. ContactDiana Reynolds at 753-8318/8401 or [email protected]

discuss how to submit an issue or volunteer to be a part of the process.

WIC office opens

at HumphreysBeginning Tuesday, Camp

Humphreys families who want to

sign up for the Women, Infants andChildrens program, commonly

called WIC, will no longer have to

travel to Osan Air Base.

LaVita Vincent, employment and

read iness manager fo r Army

Community Services said the new

WIC office will be located at the

ACS building, and will be open from

8 a.m. through 4:30 p.m., Tuesdaysand Fridays. The office will be

closed Monday.

Inquiries may be directed to WIC

program Coordinator Paraluman

Medalla, at 661-3806-9426.

CAMP HUMPHREYS The newly

expanded Humphreys American

Elementary School opened its doors

Tuesday for grades 1-6 under theleadership of its new principal, Dr.

Joan Islas.

Kindergarten classes begin

Wednesday, while Sure Start opens onSept. 13.

Islas, formerly the assistant

principal of Seoul American

Elementary School, is directing a

teaching and instructional staff of 27,

not including support personnel.

She said the biggest change in the

elementary school operations this year

is adding a second campus. The northcampus features three new buildings

two classroom buildings and anadministrative building. The new

campus is now home to grades one

through three, plus kindergarten.

The original school, now referred

to as the south campus, will serve as

the home of grades four through six.

Islas said her staff carefully

scheduled specialized instruction suchas music, art and physical education,

to reduce the amount of travel

instructors will have to make between

campuses.

Were trying to schedule specialtimes so our teachers still have time

to collaborate with each other, she

said. So were coordinating the

scheduling of music, art, physical

education and culture classes so our

kids will be attending special classes

at the same time.

Planning periods are important.

Islas lauded the support she has

received since relocating from Seoul.

Its not only the response Ive

received from our staff at the school

and our superintendent, but Ivegotten terrific support from the

commander. Its been a great

response.

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