USFK Postings That Mattered
Relocation Protests and Violence (1): Violent protests against relocating US forces to Camp Humphreys creates Braveheart style battles between protesters and Korean riot police.
Taxi Cab Related Incidents (1)(2)(2): A scourge of taxi cab related incidents and other acts of indiscipline plague USFK all year.
Osan Shakedown Scandal (1): An Air Force lieutenant in charge of the town patrol is convicted for corruption and a host of other crimes involving the shakedown of local bar owners for money and sex.
Human Trafficking Campaign (1)(2)(3): USFK and Korean police campaign against prostitution has mixed results and much controversy. Would families curve prostitution and what about the economic damage?
Fatal Vehicle Accident (1)(2): This had the potential of blowing up on USFK but the fatal accident was well handled and the family accepted the soldiers apology. This didn’t stop anti-US protesters from taking advantage of the situation to push their own causes though.
USFK To Become USFJ? (1): Rumors continue to swirl about USFK being pulled off the peninsula to Japan.
Black Marketing Campaign(1): USFK started an agressive campaign this year to curb black marketing which included a number of arrests with mixed results.
Camp Closure (1): Some look at it as a sign of USFK transformation and others as the beginning of a pullout. Either way USFK saw camps Page, Essayons, Sears, Falling Water, and Kyle all close this year.
Tsunami Relief Deployment (1): USFK soldier deployed to Indonesia to help with tsunami relief in the disaster stricken region.
Pro-US Rallies On The Rise (1): Many pro-American groups fed up with the violent protests from Korea’s far left have begun mobilizing to counter the communist sympathizers.
War Time Command Issue (1): The US and Korea agree to explore giving the ROK Army war time command of US forces. Yeah, right.
Army Officer Raped (1): A Korean man robbed and raped a female US Army officer in Daegu at her off post apartment. The perpetrator is still at large.
Anjung-ri Business Owners Square Off Against Camp Humphreys’ Officials (1): A number of business owners outside of Camp Humphreys raised a banner demanding that the camp commander go back to Afghanistan after a number of establishments were put off limits.
USFK Crime Rape Drops (1): You wouldn’t know it due to the bias media in Korea but the USFK crime rate has drop significantly.
Apache Helicopter Crash (1): An apache helicopter went down during a training exercise killing one soldier.
Yongsan Garrison Scam (1): A scam by a Korean woman signing people onto Yongsan Garrison to gamble netted this woman $1.2 Million before getting caught. How many have been doing this that haven’t been caught?
USFK Will Not Deploy Regionally (1): The US put to rest any concerns from Seoul that USFK would be used in regional conflicts without Korea’s permission.
UN Cemetery In Pusan Vandalized (1): Anti-US scumbags spray vandalize the graves of US soldiers killed during the Korean War buried in Pusan.
False Marriage Proposal (1): CRC soldier makes headlines with his false marriage proposal to Korean woman.
Asking The US To Leave (1): Is it time for the US to get out of Korea with activists blaming the US for everything wrong in the country?
Camp Kwangsa-ri Man Swindle US for Thousands (1): A Korean worker on camp Kwangsa-ri embezzled hundred of thousands of dollars from the ammunition depot.
