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NOVEMBER 4, 2011
NOVEMBER 4, 2011 Published for those serving in the Republic of Korea
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Volume 10, Issue 5
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta meets with U.S. and Korea Servicemembers stationed throughout the South Korean peninsula on U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan in Seoul, SouthKorea, Oct. 26. He called the United States a Pacific nation and a force of peace and prosperity in the region. — U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Cody Harding 
Panetta’sfirst visit:
23rd Secretary of Defenseholds town hall meeting for Servicemembers in Korea
By Staff Sgt. Cody Harding
cody.harding@us.army.mil
 
 YONGSAN GARRISON
 
—
The 23rd Secretary of 
Defense, Leon E. Panetta, marked his rst visit to Ko
-rea as Defense Secretary with a Town Hall Meeting in-
side Collier Community Fitness Center for the Service
-members and Families of Yongsan Garrison, Oct. 26.Panetta, who stepped down as the Director of Cen-tral Intelligence to take the position in July, started the
town hall by thanking the Soldiers for their servicein the military. Panetta himself served in the United
States Army, attaining the rank of 1st Lieutenant as a
military intelligence ocer.“Our democracy, from its very beginnings, was de
-signed to be dependent on citizens who are prepared
to give something back to the nation,” Panetta said.
“Whether it was the forefathers, whether it was thepioneers, whether it was the immigrants; all of thosecame to understand how important our country was, what it represented to the world. They came to under-stand that it could only be strong if there were people
 willing to give something back to the country.”His discussion then moved onto the importance of 
— See
PANETTA,
Page 2 —
 
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serving and the strength of the nation being with its diver
-sity. He called on his own background, both of his parents
having immigrated from Italy to the U.S. in the 1930s, togive an example.“My father would say to my brother and I, for everything America gave them, we owed something back to this coun
-
try,” said Panetta. “I am a believer in public service. I believepublic service is what makes our country strong, becausethere are those willing to give something back. That is what you are all about.” After his talk on service, he turned his attention to the
alliance between the Republic
of Korea and the United States,repeating the U.S. commit
-ment to defend its partner. He
called the United States a Pa
-
cic nation and a force of peace
and prosperity, calling on themen and women of the ArmedForces to help strengthen thatpresence, reminding the crowd
about the Korean War that took place during his childhood.“We came here to Korea to help defend this country,” Pa
-netta said. “A lot of blood was spilled, by our forces and the
Korean forces. As a result of that, we have a South Korea
that is a nation that has grown strong and independent,that really represents the kind of nation that will be an im-
portant ally to the United States in the Pacic region.”He talked about America’s future, in the view both the
Military and the Nation. He called the last ten years a ‘turn-
ing point’ for America overseas and at home, noting the
progress made in combating terrorist networks, the NATOmission in Libya and the drawdown in Iraq written by Presi-dent Bush and followed by President Obama.
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PANETTA
from Page 1
His last topic concerned the Military in light of the eco-nomic recession, and stated the President’s points concern-ing the way ahead: Remain the best military in the world,
to stop a “hollowing” of the force similar to what was facedafter other major conicts, to cut areas of ineciency and tosave as much as possible, and to keep faith with those cur
-
rently serving in the Military by guaranteeing the benets
they signed up with.
“You have been asked time and time again to war zones,”explained Panetta. “You have been asked to deploy away from home, to put your lives on the line. And we ask youto do that based on the promise of certain benets for you
and your families. We are not going to pull back on what we
promised.”
He repeated his promise,
given earlier in the year, that
any changes regarding retire-
ment and benets would notaect those already serving
in the Military. He called it‘grandfathering’ in the Soldiers
serving, and said that the ad
-ministration would stick to thepromises made to the troops.
 After his segment, Panetta turned over the town hall forquestions from the Servicemembers who had come to seehim and their concerns. Questions ranged from specicson his plans for retirement benets to tuition for Soldiers
to continue their higher education, both inside the military 
and out in the civilian world.Panetta’s presentation ended with a standing ovation
from the audience. After the questions were asked, the as-
sembled were oered a coin and a handshake from Panet
-
ta as he thanked each one of them for their service to thecountry. Over 300 coins were passed, each with a pledge of 
support and the thanks of the Secretary of Defense.
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Major Gen. James E. Rogers, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command commander, shakes hands with Soldiers of the 6th Bat-talion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery, during a visit to D Battery’s motor pool. — U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Casey Harrell
 
NOVEMBER 4, 2011
CULTURE
NEWS • PAGE 3
 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.
Police Blotter
Dream Forest Art Center
Since it opened last year, Dream
Forest has provided residents of 
Seoul’s northern neighborhoods with
an urban oasis to relax in and com
-mune with the forest spirits. This for-
est, however, is more than a clump of 
trees—it doubles as a cultural space, with galleries, museums and perfor-mance halls hidden amidst its woods,
hills and streams. As the park’s ag
-
ship arts venue, Dream Forest Arts
Center brings together two catch-
phrases in urban design— “culture”and “eco-friendly” —to produce arst-class cultural space that simul
-taneously entertains, enlightens and
relaxes.
‘Magical’ Mungyeong
Drive south from Seoul in the direc
-
tion of Chungju and you’ll eventually 
come to the towering peaks of the So-baeksan Mountains. From there, climbthe Ihwaryeong Pass (or pass throughthe slightly less dramatic Ihwaryeong
Tunnel) and you arrive in the “magi
-
cal” land of Mungyeong, with majes
-
tic mountains and crystal clear riversowing through green valleys. For 500 years the gateway to Korea’s southeast
-ern region of Yeongnam, Mungyeong
hosted travelers for generations: trad
-
ers peddling their wares, ocials con
-
ducting provincial inspections, and
 young scholars heading to the royalcapital of Seoul to take the all-impor-
tant civil service exam.These days, however, Mungyeong ishosting travelers of an entirely dier
-ent sort. Visitors come to Mungyeong
to take in its pristine natural envi
-ronment and tasty-yet-healthy foods.Rather than being just a transit point,it has become a destination in itself 
-- the “homeland of well-being.” No
- where is this more apparent than in
the wide variety of wholesome agricul
-
tural goods and foodstus the city pro
-duces. Capturing the natural essenceof the land from which they came,Mungyeong’s foods enrich both body and soul.
Korea’s War Museum
Korea’s War Museum is across thestreet from Korea’s Department of De
-
fense, and next to U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan. It is a tting place. Its im
-
pressive granite facade and surround
-
ing park with vintage airplanes and
tanks catch the eyes of people passingby along the main road. The museumbuilding has 6 display rooms showing
an almost 5,000-year history of foreigninvasions, from before the Three King
-
doms Period through the Korean War.
The park surrounding the museum is
lled with aircraft, tanks, and otherghting machines from the Korean
 War to the present. One of the most
impressive xtures is the vintage B-52.
 Just inside the entrance sit an M-47
“Patton” tank from the U.S. Army anda K-1 “88” tank from the Korean Army,
silently guarding the museum. One of 
the most moving scenes is the statue
of two brothers (one from the North,one from the South) meeting on the
battleeld, a poignant reminder of themore than 10 million Korean familiesstill separated by the Korean War.
The Demilitarized Zone
The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ),the symbol of the ideological dispute
between North and South Korea andpoignant reminder of the Korean War(1950-53), winds 155 miles across theKorean Peninsula. The last remaining vestige of the Cold War, the closed bor
-der region between North and South
Korea highlights the fact that the Ko
-rean War did not end. An uneasy trucecontinues between the antagonists,
but no peace treaty has ever beensigned. Review the Korean War andthe various parts of the DMZ.
 This is a High Dynamic Range photo of the interior of one of the palace rooms at Changdeokgung palace in Seoul. The palaceis a UNESCO World Heritage site. Its Huwon Garden — a pleasure garden for the kings of Joseon — is considered one of thefinest examples of Korean Garden design. Guided tours are available; English tours are 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Admission(not including guided tours) is 3,000 won. — U.S. Army photo by R. Slade Walters
Changdeokgung Palace
The following entries were ex
-cerpted from the police blotters
the previous week. These entries
may be incomplete and do notimply guilt or innocence.
 Area ICurfew Violation.
Subject
 was found to be in violation of the USFK-wide curfew in Dong
-ducheon Entertainment Dis-trict, Dongducheon. Military 
police identied the subject
through his ID card. He was ap-prehended and transported to
provost marshal’s oce at U.S.
 Army Garrison Casey where he was administered a portable
breath test with a result of .29
percent blood-alcohol content.
Failure to Pay Just Debt.
 
Investigation by military policerevealed at approximately 6 p.m.
Oct. 22, two unknown malesdeparted the Bowling Alley atCamp Casey without renderingproper payment. A bowling-alley  worker stated the two unknownmales told him they would beback from the ATM with proper
payment but ed the scene. Esti
-
mated cost of loss is 54,000 Won.
 Area IICurfew Violation.
Subjects
1 and 2 were found to be in vio
-
lation of the USFK-wide Curfew
in Itaewon. Military police ob-
served they were consuming al
-
coholic beverages and identied
them through DBIDS after they claimed to be teachers at Seoul
University. The DBIDS checkalso revealed Subject 2 was un
-der the legal age for consumingalcohol. He was searched, ap-prehended and transported toBrian Allgood Army Community Hospital, where he was admin-istered an blood-alcohol test with results pending. Both were
transported to the provost mar
-
shal’s oce at U.S. Army Gar
-rison Yongsan where they were
advised of their legal rights.
 Area IV  Aggravated Assault WithGrievous Bodily Harm.
Inves
-
tigation revealed that Subjects
1 and 2 assaulted Victim 1 from
behind after he exited the Old
Skool Club with his girlfriend af-ter 2 a.m. Following the assault,
the victim was admitted to the
Dongsan Medical Center, Dae-gu, where he was diagnosed withPneumocephalus (the presence
of air within the cranial cavity)
and multiple closed fractures tohis skull and facial bones. Wit-
ness interviews revealed Subject1 and the Victim were involved inseveral verbal altercations dur
-ing the night just prior to the as-sault, wherein Subject 1 accused
the Victim of being a “Snitch”
and threatened to physically as-sault him. Subject 1 was trans-
ported to the U.S. Army Region
-al Correctional Facility at CampHumphreys where he was placed
in pre-trial connement. Eorts
to fully identify Subject 2 are on-
going. Investigation continues.
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