This is an issue I hope at some point the Trump administration confronts the Moon administration on because this blockade of the THAAD site is ridiculous and could be ended at any time by the Korean government:
Tractors block the road to the site of a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense battery
“The buildings we have weren’t built to house soldiers,” she said. “It’s not unlivable, but it’s not nice.”
She says the protesters not only force her troops to fly in and out every week via helicopter, but also stop U.S. vehicles from shipping in goods and supplies.
“Currently, the only way on and off of the site is by helicopter,” she said. “A week at a time at least, every single one of my soldiers is away from their barracks room, their family.”
She said if the gates weren’t blocked they wouldn’t require the extended rotations and could keep more people at Carroll, which is only a 25-minute drive away.
Spc. Josiah Welch, a THAAD operator, said conditions have improved since he started at the site in November.
“There was pretty bad mold initially,” said the 25-year old from Winter Park, Fla. “There was a week where we didn’t have running water – we had baby wipe showers.”
Now they have air conditioning and showers, he said.
The military finally began shipping fresh food three times week last month, reducing some reliance on pre-prepared field rations, Theilacker said. [Stars & Stripes]
Soldiers need to be writing their congressmen and senators daily. US needs to tell Korea unblock the road or all forces will be removed from Korea.
H. Kim
5 years ago
Isn’t that rich? A 25-year-old U.S. Army specialist from Florida — of all places — complaining about a “bit of mold” in his living quarters. Talking about the pot calling the kettle back! (If he can’t handle a bit of mold after having lives that long in Florida – the mold capital of the world — he’s jist N idiot.
Flyingsword
5 years ago
What he lived in in Florida is neither here nor there. Protecting an ally and be expected to do so in a health hazard conditions that can be easily mitigated if the commie agents blocking the road is removed by that same ally is the issue. The Korean government siding with the communist blocking the road against an ally who is protecting their country is the issue here.
AppeasingNorthKorea
5 years ago
What do Americans really expect when they’re supporting Moon and his cohorts?
J6Junkie
5 years ago
UNC should block Moon’s railway initiative until those blockades are gone.
setnaffa
5 years ago
It’s all part of the “Great Game”. Read Kim, by Kipling.
Soldiers need to be writing their congressmen and senators daily. US needs to tell Korea unblock the road or all forces will be removed from Korea.
Isn’t that rich? A 25-year-old U.S. Army specialist from Florida — of all places — complaining about a “bit of mold” in his living quarters. Talking about the pot calling the kettle back! (If he can’t handle a bit of mold after having lives that long in Florida – the mold capital of the world — he’s jist N idiot.
What he lived in in Florida is neither here nor there. Protecting an ally and be expected to do so in a health hazard conditions that can be easily mitigated if the commie agents blocking the road is removed by that same ally is the issue. The Korean government siding with the communist blocking the road against an ally who is protecting their country is the issue here.
What do Americans really expect when they’re supporting Moon and his cohorts?
UNC should block Moon’s railway initiative until those blockades are gone.
It’s all part of the “Great Game”. Read Kim, by Kipling.
Here’s a free copy: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2226/2226-h/2226-h.htm