Only in Korea does the holiday season mean that once again we get to see the annual pictures of half naked Marines frolicking in the snow:
U.S. and South Korean Marines get airborne during a short workout at Pyeongchang, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017. MARCUS FICHTL/STARS AND STRIPES
About 400 U.S. and South Korean Marines took a break from honing their winter-warfare skills Tuesday for some friendly competition in the city that will host the upcoming Winter Olympics.
After doffing their shirts and yelling half-naked in the snow, the allies teamed up to battle each other in chicken fights, relay races and a free-for-all wrestling match.
It was a bit of levity to wrap up a tense year on the Korean Peninsula that saw more than 20 North Korean ballistic-missile tests, two underground nuclear blasts and an ongoing bitter war of words between Washington and Pyongyang. [Stars & Stripes]
Walking past shirtless ROK Army troops doing morning PT outside on a snow & ice covered dirt field at Kunsan AB was a daily ritual during my first Korean assignment back in ’82. It would be ~10 degrees F, I’d have on a long parka, arctic gloves, mukluks, and still be cold.
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6 years ago
There have always been people willi g to be stupid in pursuit of a macho image.
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Walking past shirtless ROK Army troops doing morning PT outside on a snow & ice covered dirt field at Kunsan AB was a daily ritual during my first Korean assignment back in ’82. It would be ~10 degrees F, I’d have on a long parka, arctic gloves, mukluks, and still be cold.
There have always been people willi g to be stupid in pursuit of a macho image.
Most of us grow out of it eventually.