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OCTOBER 7, 2011 Published for those serving in the Republic of Korea Volume 10, Issue 1
By Lee, Seung-bin
 seungbin.lee@korea.army.mil
BUSAN —
Described as a city on the sea or a
oating military base, the nuclear-powered aircraftcarrier, USS George Washington (CVN 73) arrived inBusan with 5,500 Sailors and 60 aircraft for a port visit to promote goodwill and ambassadorship to theUnited States’ long-standing ally on Sept. 29.Navy Capt. David A. Lausman, USS George Washington’s commander, said, “We are honoredto be allies and I believe that the strong relation-ship between South Korea’s Navy and the U.S. Navy contribute greatly to peace, security and stability inthe region.” He added, “It’s a privilege to share thisimportant day with our friends from the ROK. Ouralliance is just as important today as it was when it was forged 58 years ago. We will continue to standshoulder to shoulder in their defense as close friendsand reliable allies.”The aircraft carrier’s mission is to help ensuresecurity and stability in the western Pacic Ocean, work with friends and allies in the region and re-spond to any crisis as directed.
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 The USS George Washington docks at Busan. — U.S. Army photo by Lee, Seung-bin
Installation Management Command Regions merge
USS George Washington promotes goodwill at Busan
By Russell Wicke
russell.wicke@us.army.mil
 YONGSAN GARRISON —
The U.S. Army In-stallation Management Command demonstratedits commitment to ecient operations and a leaner Army when it merged two region commands Sept.30.The operation, known as the Pacic-Korea Inte-gration, successfully integrated IMCOM-Korea intoIMCOM-Pacic, headquartered at Fort Shafter, Ha- waii. IMCOM-Korea was headquartered in Seoul,Korea, at U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan.Until the integration, Pacic Region, under theleadership of Debra D. Zedalis, oversaw installationoperations of six garrisons distributed across Ha- waii, Alaska and Japan. After integrating the KoreaRegion, IMCOM-Pacic absorbed ve more garri-sons in Korea including USAGs Red Cloud, Yongsan,Humphreys, Daegu and Camp Casey along with allthe forward operating locations on the peninsula.Brigadier Gen. David G. Fox and Command Sgt.Major David R. Abbot formed IMCOM-Korea’s nalcommand team. Together, they oversaw support op-erations during several historic events, including theunprovoked sinking of the Cheonan naval ves¬sel,the G20 gathering in Seoul, President BarackObama’s Veterans Day speech at U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan, and the North Korean attack on Yeonpy-eong Island, all of which occurred in 2010. IMCOM-Korea’s history goes back to October 2002 when theInstallation Management Agency was formed.Fox led the IMCOM-K deactivation eorts, whichincluded the sensitive mission to inform and assistin nding employment for more than 300 personnel who faced potential displacement. “There is a wholesta of people, including leaders, dedicated to en-suring IMCOM-Korea’s employees have the mostagreeable employment possible after the integra-tion,” said Fox. “We have, and are continuing to de- velop a comprehensive [human resources] plan thatgoes far into ensuring each person’s employmentpreference is met with reasonable success.”Fox also said his eorts focused on supportingDebra Zedalis, IMCOM-Pacic Region director, tocontinue providing high quality service to organi-zations that depend on IMCOM in Korea and thePacic. “From the very beginning, Korea and PacicRegion have been in constant communication layingthe groundwork for how to execute (the Pacic-Ko-rea Integration),” he said. “IMCOM is committed tothe same quality service whether that service origi-nates from Korea or Hawaii.” Although the Korea Region makes up a small geo-graphic area, the responsibility involved in opera-tions here are large and disproportionate to its size.“Korea is on the front line of U.S. interests in Asia,”said Fox in his speech at the deactivation ceremony.“It’s a region of growing importance. The real threatof conict with North Korea is always present andour alliance with South Korea is critical to deterringthat threat.”Fox expressed his condence that Zedalis and herteam are ready and committed to the high standardsneeded to run installations in Korea.The decision to integrate the regions stemmedfrom an eort to make the Army more ecient ur-ing the current economic realities. “Tough choiceshave to be made,” said Thomas R. Lamont, AssistantSecretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Af-fairs. “But we’ll make them in a thoughtful and delib-erate manner that best supports the Army’s mission.”IMCOM’s Commander, Lt. Gen. Rick Lynch rea-soned that, “Repositioning several major commands will save millions in personnel and facilities costsand is needed to put the army on the path to futuresustainability.”Both Fox and Zedalis conrmed that IMCOMstandards remain strong throughout the entire Pa-cic area.
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Command Sgt. Maj. David Abbott (center), cases the colors for the Installation Management Command-Korea Region while Brig. Gen. David Fox (right) holds the flag. Both Fox and Abbott represented the last team to command IMCOM-Korea. All areas in Korea now fall under the domain of IMCOM-Pacific Region, headquartered at Fort Shafter, Hawaii.— U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brian Gibbons
 
NEWS • PAGE 2
THE MORNING CALM
NEWS
The Morning Calm
Published byInstallation Management Command
USAG-RED CLOUDCommander: Col. Hank DodgePublic Affairs Ofcer: Kevin JacksonWriter/Editor: Franklin FisherStaff Writers: Pfc. Mardicio Barrot, Pvt. Yi, Jae-gwang USAG-YONGSANCommander:
Col. William P. Huber
Public Affairs Ofcer: Mark Abueg CI Ofcer: Jane LeeLayout Editor: Sgt. Hong Moo-sunStaff Writers: Staff Sgt. Cody Harding, Pfc. ChoiSung-il, Pfc. Han Samuel,USAG-HUMPHREYSCommander: Col. Joseph P. MoorePublic Affairs Ofcer: Ed JohnsonCI Ofcer: Steven HooverWriter/Editor: Wayne MarlowStaff Writer: Pfc. Han Jae-hoUSAG-DAEGUCommander: Col. Kathleen A. GavlePublic Affairs Ofcer: Philip MolterCI Ofcer: Mary GrimesStaff Writers: Cpl. Jang Bong-seok, Cpl. Kim Min-jaeInterns: Im Hae-na, Lee Seung-bin,Hana Noguchi and Mokihana Laysa
This Army newspaper is an authorized publication formembers of the Department of Defense. Contents of TheMorning Calm Weekly are not necessarily ofcial viewsof, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, Department of Defense, or Department of the Army. The editorial contentof this weekly publication is the responsibility of theIMCOM-Pacic PAO, APO AP 96205. Circulation: 9,500Printed by Oriental Press, a private rm in no way connectedwith the U.S. Government, under exclusive written contractwith the Contracting Command-Korea. The civilian printeris responsible for commercial advertising. The appearanceof advertising in this publication, including inserts orsupplements, does not constitute endorsement by theU.S. Army or Oriental Press of the products or servicesadvertised. Everything advertised in this publication shallbe made available for purchase, use or patronage withoutregard to race, religion, gender, national origin, age, maritalstatus, physical handicap, political afliation, or any othernon-merit factor of the purchaser, user or patron. If aviolation or rejection of this equal opportunity policy byan advertiser is conrmed, the printer shall refuse to printadvertising from that source until the violation of the equalopportunity policy is corrected.Oriental Press President: Charles Chong Commercial Advertising Telephone: 738-5005Fax: (02) 790-5795E-mail: oppress@kornet.netMail address: PSC 450, Box 758, APO AP 96206-0758Location: Bldg. 1440, Yongsan, Main PostSUBMISSIONS OR COMMENTS:Phone: DSN 738-4068E-mail: MorningCalmWeekly@korea.army.mil
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The Morning Calm
By Pfc. Han, Jae-ho
 jaeho.han@korea.army.mil
CAMP HUMPHREYS —
Repub-lic of Korea Army ocers and KATU-SAs stationed at Camp Humphreysparticipated in a rucksack marcharound the perimeter road to com-memorate R.O.K. Armed Forces Day inthe early on Sept. 30.It was a part of a commemorationthat included the 63rd R.O.K. ArmedForces Day ceremony, an award cer-emony and other activities. Enlisted
KATUSA Soldiers participate in a rucksack march to commemorate R.O.K. Armed Forces Day on Sept. 30.
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U.S. Army photo by PFC. Han Jae Ho
R.O.K. Armed ForcesDay commemorated
Soldiers and ocers were divided intothree groups and marched through theperimeter road from their respectivepositions from 4 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. “Weare participating in this event to honorthe R.O.K. Army foundation day”, saidPfc. Lee, Eung-yoon. “We will try toenjoy this event, make unforgettablememories and build camaraderie.”R.O.K. Armed Forces Day is cel-ebrated on Oct. 1 because it is the day R.O.K. Army broke through the 38thparallel for the rst time during theKorean War.“R.O.K. Army’s history is this na-tion’s history. We were able to createextraordinary things out of nothingand this rucksack march will pay atribute to what our predecessors hadto go through to get to where we are to-day”, said Major Lim, Dae Chon, RSG Area III Commander. “ROK-US alli-ance has been indispensible when itcomes to bringing peace to the KoreanPeninsula and Northeast Asia, and wehave been able to eectively suppressNorth Korea’s military threats and re-currence of war.”
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OCTOBER 7, 2011
CULTURE
NEWS • PAGE 3
Police Blotter
The following entries were ex-cerpted from the police blottersthe previous week. These entriesmay be incomplete and do notimply guilt or innocence.
 Area I Wrongful Possession of aControlled Substance.
Inves-tigation revealed that during aunit wealth and welfare Inspec-tion, a small bag of Spice wasdiscovered in the subject’s bar-racks room. He was advised of his legal rights, which he waivedrendering a written sworn state-ment admitting that he boughtSpice in and kept it in his bar-racks room, but denied that heever used Spice. Investigationcontinues by CID.
Larceny of GovernmentFunds
. Investigation revealedthat the subject received a SpecialCourt Martial and was sentencedto six months connement, re-duction to E-1, with a bad con-duct discharge. He continued toreceive monthly pay and allow-ances from the U.S. Governmentsince his release from incarcera-tion on June 15, 2009. He hassubsequently changed his directdeposit and allotments multipletimes over the past two years.Interview of the Subject is pend-ing. Estimated Cost of Loss is$65,000. Investigation continuesby CID. AREA II
Simple Assault
. The subjectand victim became involved ina physical altercation when thesubject kicked the Victim’s taxi,pushed him to the ground andbegan to choke him. Koreanpolice apprehended the Sub- ject and transported him to theUSAG-Yongsan Police Station where he refused to be placedinto MP custody under the SOFA agreement. AREA III
Larceny of GovernmentProperty.
Unknown subject(s),by unknown means, removed the victim’s Improved Outer Tactical Vest IOTV, four ballistic armorplates and a triple M4 magazinepouch which were left securedand unattended in a storage cage.The unknown subject(s) brokethe lock o the storage cage andremoved the items. AREA IV 
 Attempted Wrongful Pos-session of a Controlled Sub-stance
. Investigation revealedthat on Sept. 22, the subject ap-proached another service mem-ber and revealed he purchasedSpice from a website but that thepackage had not yet arrived in themail. MP advised the Subject of his legal rights, which he waivedrendering a written sworn state-ment admitting he purchased anunknown amount of Spice from a website. Investigation continuesby CID.
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Everland’s Happy Halloween
Everland Resorts’s “Happy Halloween” festival features a parade of friendly characters and runs through the month of October. For moreinformation visit Everland’s website at www.everland.com — U.S. Army photo by Susan Silpasornprasit 
 SIGHTS AND SOUNDS: Off–post events and activities
Source: http://www.seoulselection.com; www.korea.net, http://english.tour2korea.com, www.visitseoul.net — No endorsement implied.
Seoul YangnyeongsiHerb Medicine Culture Festival
The Herb Medicine Festival hasbeen held every fall since 1995 in Yang-nyeongsi, the largest herbal medicinemarketplace in Seoul. The festival cel-ebrates the history and eectiveness of the nation’s traditional herb medicineand raises international interest inSeoul’s Yangnyeongsi market.During the festival, a wide variety of events will be held, including activity programs such as an herb slicing con-test and writing, cooking, and sing-ing contests. Other highlights on thefestival calendar include traditionalperformances and a taekwondo dem-onstration. Visitors can also enjoy freeherbal tea, food, and rice cakes and will be able to buy a variety of herbs atlow prices.Perhaps the most anticipated eventsof the festival are the free herbal medi-cal diagnoses and treatments, whichare on oer for Korean and interna-tional visitors.This is a good opportunity for you tocheck your body condition and experi-ence the benets of oriental medicine.This year’s festival will take place fromOct. 7-8. For more information call+82-2-1330.
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Korean Traditional Music Festival
 Yeongdong, the hometown of Jo-seon Dynasty traditional music vir-tuoso Park Yeon, is regarded as theMecca of Korean traditional music.Every year, the Korean traditionalmusic festival named after Park’s penname, Nangye, is held in the area. This year’s event is scheduled to run fromOct. 7-10 at Yongdu Park. In additionto featuring various exhibitions andexperience programs centered on Ko-rean traditional music, the YeongdongNangye Traditional Music Festival of-fers cultural arts and foods in conjunc-tion with Yeongdong Grapes Festival. Visitors may spend some time in a Ko-rean traditional house, or attend Ko-rean traditional music or tea ceremony classes during the festival. For moreinformation call +82-43-1330.
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Seoul InternationalFireworks Festival
For one night every year, the nightskies above the Hangang River Parkare ablaze with color as a spectacularSeoul International Fireworks Festivalgets under way at the Yeoui HangangPark. This year, it will take place Oct.8, starting at 8 p.m.. Spectators eagerly await the reworks displays, put on by Korean experts as well as internationalteams. Expect to see not only reworksbut a total visual extravaganza, as thepyrotechnics will be accompanied by music, lights, and a laser show againstthe backdrop of the Seoul skyline andthe Hangang River.
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Suwon HwaseongCultural Festival
The Suwon Hwaseong Cultural Fes-tival is a landmark festivity held in theSuwon region every October in cel-ebration of Suwon Citizen’s Day. This year’s festival is scheduled to run fromOct. 7-10.Hwaseong Fortress, a must-see at-traction throughout the year, truly comes alive during the festival period. A range of events including the Reen-actment of the Royal Parade of King Jeongjo the Great, JangyongyeongGuards Ceremony, Citizens’ Parade,and other traditional performances areheld. As an added bonus, the HwaseongFood Culture Festival is held duringthe same period, allowing guests tosample traditional dishes from aroundthe world and enjoy a full program of performances. For more informationcall +82-31-1330.
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