High Rise Barracks Coming to the Hump

Construction has begun on the new high rise barracks among other buildings to be constructed at Camp Humphreys:

Workers at Camp Humphreys are gearing up for another major building cycle that will see construction of new barracks, a dining hall, military offices and a sports field by 2008.

The $55 million project is the latest step in the U.S. military¿s push to transform Camp Humphreys into its main installation on the peninsula under a U.S.-South Korean agreement.

¿It¿s going to put the commanders and the soldiers in efficient buildings designed for the purposes that they¿ll be used for,¿ said Camp Humphreys spokeswoman Susan Barkley.

If anyone knows how to make good high rises, it’s the Koreans, so the barracks should be highly improved facilities for the soldiers to live in.  It’s a big change for guys like me who can remember living in a quonset hut my first tour in Korea.