Via a reader tip comes this news that President Trump’s first stop in South Korea will be to Camp Humphreys:
Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek.
U.S. President Donald Trump will visit Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, as the first destination during his visit to South Korea from Nov. 7 to 8, officials said Tuesday.
It will be the first visit of a U.S. president to the headquarters of the Eighth U.S. Army which relocated there in July.
The Eighth Army moved to the post after more than 60 years at Yongsan, central Seoul, as part of the U.S. Department of Defense’s relocation project for U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) following more than a decade of planning since 2003.
Camp Humphreys is the largest U.S. Army Garrison overseas. It occupies 14.68 square kilometers of land ― three times the size of the Yongsan garrison ― with 513 buildings including schools, shops and banks as well as other facilities such as gyms, theaters and a water park for USFK personnel and their families. [Korea Times]
You can read more at the link, but I wonder if 8th Army senior leaders will mention all the anti-US protests, fraud, corruption, delays, and the fact units are moving into incomplete buildings that occurred to get this expansion project complete? No probably not, but it would be great to see President Trump’s reaction to if he saw pictures like this from a past protest to stop the expansion project:
Shhh!! I hope no one points out any of the construction work that’s being waivered. As a strongly opinionated real estate developer he may have to make critical tweets about it. :shutmouth:
J6Junkie
6 years ago
If he thinks the WH is a dump then what’s Humphreys?
Flyingsword
6 years ago
What, just because the roof of the 8th Army HQ leaked and flooded the first floor of the building the first week they were in it is not indication that all the other construction is just as shitty…..
Shhh!! I hope no one points out any of the construction work that’s being waivered. As a strongly opinionated real estate developer he may have to make critical tweets about it. :shutmouth:
If he thinks the WH is a dump then what’s Humphreys?
What, just because the roof of the 8th Army HQ leaked and flooded the first floor of the building the first week they were in it is not indication that all the other construction is just as shitty…..