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DECEMBER 2, 2011
DECEMBER 2, 2011 Published for those serving in the Republic of Korea
Sights & Sounds
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Command Perspective
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P16USFK News P02USAG Red Cloud P05USAG Casey P05USAG Yongsan P09USAG Humphreys P21USAG Daegu P25
 
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Volume 10, Issue 9
Fox Sports salutes troops
 The Yongsan Warriors football team and Jay Glazer during the Fox Sports visit with the troops at the R & R Bar and Grill on YongsanGarrison Nov. 24. The crew held a live broadcast for the Soldiers on Yongsan in support of the troops during the Thanksgiving Foot-ball pregame.
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U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Cody Harding 
By Staff Sgt. Cody Harding
cody.harding@korea.army.mil
 YONGSAN GARRISON
— AfterThanksgiving Dinner was servedand the sun went down, YongsanGarrison got ready for some foot-ball with the Fox Sports BroadcastTeam, Ultimate Fighting Champi-onship Fighting competitor Ben-son Henderson and NASCAR on
Fox announcer Je Hammond at
the R & R Bar and Grill Nov. 24.Though the event was set to startat 11:30 p.m., the crowd was inside with their guests well before. Whenthe time came, Jay Glazer of the FoxSports team started the event witha taped introduction, showing the viewers back home the places they had been. The Fox Sports team vis-ited Camp Carrol, Camp Bonifasand Panmunjom before makingtheir stop in Yongsan.The cameras then turned toLt. Gen. John Johnson, 8th Army Commanding General, and Com-mand Sgt. Maj. Rodney Harris, the8th Army senior enlisted Soldier,for a brief speech and picks for thegame. Johnson put his chanceson the Detroit Lions, while Harrissided with the Green Bay Packers.Glazer then gave a football auto-graphed by Fox Sports team mem-bers to Johnson.The Fox Sports team regularly makes overseas trips during theholidays, having been to Afghani-stan, Iraq and Qatar in recent years. During the interview, Glazersaid that their trip to the Demilita-rized Zone reminded him of whatthe Soldiers in South Korea face ona daily basis.Harris replied, letting him know
that the Soldiers were ready to ght
tonight, if needed.Glazer then turned it over toHenderson and Hammond for theinjury reports. Both of the guestsbrought up volunteers from thecrowd to answer questions aboutthe players and their status in boththe upcoming game and the seasonahead. After the injury reports, and achance for Johnson to meet withthe Yongsan Warriors footballteam, the crowd in the R & R wastreated to the finished product, in-cluding the footage shot inside theestablishment.Hammond and Hendersonsigned autographs and talked withthe people in the crowd during thegame.
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NEWS • PAGE 2
THE MORNING CALM
NEWS
By Maj. Connie Glaze
304th Expeditionary Signal Bde.
CAMP STANLEY 
—
The 304th Ex-peditionary Signal Battalion, 1st Signal
Brigade, kicked o its winter safety 
campaign, targeting foreseeable risksin order to ensure more than 500 Sol-diers and Korean Augmentations ToUnited States Army were trained andeducated how to recognize and miti-gate winter safety hazards.The training involved both cold weather and winter safety driving
By Debra Caruso
DJC Communications
 WASHINGTON, D.C.
— Veteransare returning home to an abysmaleconomy and a tough job market.“After World War II, employersused to snap up veterans because of their tremendous skills sets gained inthe service - whether that be techni-
cal, leadership, or other job specic
aptitudes,” said Monica Matthieu,Ph.D., a research assistant professor atthe Brown School at Washington Uni- versity in St. Louis and an expert on veteran mental health.“But now, veterans are facing higherunemployment rates than civilians asemployers may be concerned about veterans’ struggle with the mental and
physical health aftereects of military 
service,” she said.Matthieu said that these employ-ment concerns have many veteranstaking time to retool their skills setsand critically examine the type of workthey want to do in their post military life.“For some veterans, this means go-ing back to school to be trained in a
new area, nding the civilian equiva
-lent to what they did in the military,and for others, it means volunteeringto build networking opportunities andto engage in meaningful activities intheir home communities,” she said.Research conducted by the BrownSchool’s Center for Social Develop-ment (http://csd.wustl.edu/AboutUs/
Unit kicks off winter safety campaign
training.The day began with a battalion runled by the commander, Lt. Col. MarkS. Parker.“As a tactical signal battalion, the304th ESB will spend a good portion of the winter outdoors, and will need tobe aware of the hazards of the Korean winter,” he said.NCOs from all four companies con-ducted classes on proper vehicle main-tenance, troubleshooting of vehicles,putting on snow chains, and the prop-er set up and use of stoves.
Sta Sgt. Kyle Luedke gave classes
about cold weather training that fo-
cused on situational awareness, eects
and signs of cold weather injuries, howto treat cold weather injuries, winterbuddy systems, proper wear and useof winter clothing and equipment, andKorean Hemorrhagic Fever and yellowdust.“The battalion’s goal this year,” Park-er said, “is to educate Soldiers ahead of the winter season to eliminate poten-tial injuries while still accomplishingour tactical mission.
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News/Pages/title.aspx) shows that when given the opportunity to serveagain, that veterans thrive in volun-teering in their communities, buildnetworking opportunities for theirfuture, further their education andtransfer their military skills to civilianemployment.“Passage of the Hire Heroes Act isall about changing perceptions and isactively changing the job outlook for veterans,” Matthieu said.“The new law builds upon thestrengths of our veterans as they re-en-ter the civilian workforce by providingincreased education and training op-portunities as well as tax credits for theprivate sector, enhanced access to fed-eral employment, and other programsto aid the transition from the military to the civilian sector,” she continued.Matthieu said that there are a hostof new tools that are making the careertransition easier for veterans, includ-ing the Veterans Job Bank, VeteranGold Card, My Next Move for Veterans,Hiring our Heroes, Milicruit, and Mili-tary Spouse Employment Partnership.Other tools include:* Veterans Job Bank: This easy to usetool hosted by the National Resource
Directory helps veterans nd job
postings from companies looking tohire them based on the veterans’ ownsearch criteria. It already searches overmore than 500,000 job postings and
is growing with postings specically 
tagged for veterans by the employers wanting to hire them. Access the jobbank here: https://www.nationalre-sourcedirectory.gov/jobSearch/index* Veteran Gold Card: Post-9/11 vet-erans can download this card, whichentitles them to enhanced services,including six months of personalizedcase management, assessments andcounseling, at the roughly 3,000 One-Stop Career Centers located acrossthe country. Download the card here:http://www.dol.gov/vets/goldcard/re- visedgoldcard5.pdf * My Next Move for Veterans: Thisnew online resource from the Depart-ment of Labor allows veterans to entertheir military occupation code and dis-cover civilian occupations for which
they are well qualied. The site will also
include information about salaries, ap-prenticeships and other related educa-tion and training programs found athttp://www.mynextmove.org/vets* Hiring Our Heroes: The U.S.Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring100 hiring fairs for veterans and mili-tary spouses by March 2012. Additionalpartnerships and programs focus on wounded warriors, post-9/11 student veterans, women veterans, and mili-tary spouses at http://www.uscham-ber.com/veterans.* Milicruit: This virtual recruitmentcenter allows service members, veter-ans, and military spouses the opportu-nity to meet and interact with military friendly employers in real time, andfor from anywhere they are located with an Internet connection found athttp://www.veteranscareerfair.com.
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Act helps job-seeking vets
 Yongsan changing hours at some gates
The Morning Calm
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By Mark Abueg
USAG Yongsan Public Affairs
 YONGSAN GARRISON
— U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan recently unveiled an operating plan reduc-ing hours for a number of gates within the Yongsan installationbeginning Jan. 16, 2012.The eight Access Control Points(ACP) that will operate on reducedhours include Gate 3 (MARFOR-K), Gate 4 (CPAC), Gate 5 (GasStation), Gate 14 (Hospital), Gate16 (MP Station), Gate 18 (Coiner Walk Thru), Gate 19 (Coiner Visi-tors Center), and Gate 21 (Friend-ship House). The Hannam VillageBack Gate will be closed.“The decision to reduce thegate hours and close the Hannam Village Back Gate was driven by a3-month study,” said Col. WilliamP. Huber, garrison commander of U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan. “Thedata we gathered through the De-
fense Biometric Identication
System (DBIDS) showed that theamount of activity through each of 
the gates was signicantly less after
duty-hours and during the week-ends.”Huber pointed out that four of the gates have the Enhanced Se-curity Pedestrian Gates (ESPG) inplace.“The ESPGs provide 24-hour ac-cess to the installation without theneed of a guard to be physically sta-tioned at a particular gate,” he said.The assessment also indicatedthat the new ACP operating hoursenhances force protection mea-sures.“This plan we have in place al-
lows us to operate more ecient
-ly within Yongsan,” Huber said.“While this may cause an inconve-nience to some of our community 
members, who may have to nd al
-ternate access to the installation, I
do hope they see the overall benet
to our commuter-based and vehi-cle-restricted community.”The estimated total cost in sav-ings to the government will benearly $1.5 million per year, accord-ing to Huber.
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See Yongsan Gate HoursChart on Page 11
 
DECEMBER 2, 2011
CULTURE
NEWS • PAGE 3
 SIGHTS AND SOUNDS: Off–post events and activities
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 ILarceny of AAFES Prop-erty.
The subject was observedon closed circuit television re-moving a set of headphones inthe power zone section of thePost Exchange. The subject pro-ceeded to select two other itemsof merchandise for which herendered payment, but exitedthe building without renderingpayment for the headphones.The subject was detained andescorted by AAFES Loss Preven-
tion to the manager’s oce. The
subject was transported to the
Provost Marshal Oce, where
he was advised of his legal rights, which he invoked. Estimatedcost of loss is $12.95.
 Area IIFailure to obey order orregulation (curfew violation,resisting apprehension).
The subject was observed in He-lios Bar, Itaewon-dong, Yong-san-gu, Seoul during the hoursof curfew. After becoming awareof Military Police entering theestablishment, the subject went
to the restroom and ed the
scene using a service road. Thesubject was pursued on foot andapprehended. He was transport-ed to the PMO, where he wasadvised of his legal rights, whichhe waived rendering a writtensworn statement admitting to
the oenses.
 Area III
Driving Under the Inuence.
The subject while operating aPOV, struck the side view mir-ror of a passing taxi adjacent toRainbow Town Apartments, Py-eongtaek. Korea National Policeadministered blood alcohol test, with a result of 0.107 percent .The subject was transported tothe Pyeongtaek KNP Station where he was processed and re-leased into MP custody.The sub- ject was transported to the PMOfor further processing but dueto his level of intoxication wasreleased to his sponsor with in-structions to report to the PMOat a later time. Later, the subjectrendered a written sworn state-
ment denying the oense.
 Area IV Larceny of AAFES Prop-erty.
The subject was observedremoving socks from the shelf and carrying them to a dressingroom at an AAFES facility. She was observed placing one pairof socks on her feet then placingthe socks she had worn into thestore over the top of them. Thesubject exited without renderingpayment. She was apprehendedand transported to the PMO where she was advised of her le-gal rights, which she invoked.
Changing of the Guard
 A re-enactor dressed in traditional Korean military garb stands his post during a changing of the guard ceremony at Hwaseong Fortress in the city of Suwon. Visitors to the site can hike along the fortress wall, tour the palace, make traditional Koreanhandcrafts and observe weekend re-enactments. Event schedules are available online at http://ehs.suwon.ne.kr. Visit theMorning Calm’s online image archive on Flickr at flickr.com/imcomkorea to download this or other photos of Hwaseong For-tress.
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U.S. Army photo by Edward N. Johnson
Namsangol Hanok Village
The Pil-Dong area is where theNamsangol Hanok Village is foundat the northern foot of Namsan. Dur-ing the Joseon period (1392-1910), thearea was popular summer resort des-tination because of its water streamsand Cheonu-Gak Pavilion. It wasoriginally called Cheonghak-dongbecause it was a sighting spot forblue cranes. Cheonghak-dong was
one of the ve most beautiful places
in Seoul along with Samcheong-dong, Inwang-dong, Ssangye-dong,Baekwoon-dong, due to its beautiful view. A traditional garden was cre-
ated, complete with owing river, pa
- vilion, and trees in order to providetraditional sentiment to the people.
There are ve traditional Korean
houses on 7,934 square-meters of land, including the house of Park Young Hyo, who was one of the own-ers of the eight largest mansions inSeoul and houses of commoners as well. Arranged furniture that is well-matched with the sizes of these Ko-rean houses and the social status of their owners represent the lives of 
Korean ancestors. Visitors will nd
traditional pieces and crafts of artists who are designated by the govern-ment as Intangible cultural assets inexhibition hall.To get there by subway take Line3 to Chungmuro Station and it’s only 
ve minutes walk from Exit 3 or 4.
Hours of Operation April ~ October, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.November ~ March, 9 a.m to 10p.m. 
Closed every Tuesday (If Tues-day happens to be a bank holiday,it is closed the next day.) 
 Address - 84-1, Pildong 2-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul
 Jongmyo (Royal Shrine)
 Jongmyo
 
is
 
a Dwelling Place of theSpirits of Joseon Era Kings.
The rst king of the Joseon Dy 
-nasty, King Taejo (Yi Seong-gye)built Jongmyo in 1394 when Seoul was known as Hanyang. At this royalancestral shrine, the spirit tabletsof Korea’s past kings and queensare enshrined, and memorial ritesare performed. Although two of thebuildings were destroyed by Japaneseinvaders in 1592, the tablets were hid-den and kept safe and returned to Jongmyo in 1608. Jongmyo was built with much in-
uence from the Chinese. The struc
-tures at Jongmyo are simple, longhouses built using timbers. They’reimpressive yet have a solemn quality to them in order to match the atmo-sphere when ancestral rites were per-formed on the grounds.Many shrines similar to Jongmyoexisted throughout Korea in theThree Kingdoms Period, but only ones from the Joseon era remain to-day. Furthermore, while there aremany shrines that exist throughoutthe world, Jongmyo is unique in thatit is still in existence after 600 years,considering how many structures were destroyed during Japanese oc-cupation and during the Korean War. Jongmyo Jerye was designated asImportant Intangible Cultural Prop-erty No. 56 by Korea on May. 3, 1975,and World Cultural Heritage No. 738by Unesco on Dec. 9, 1995. At thisshrine, the ancestral tablets of Jo-seon-era kings have been enshrinedin Jeongjeon (49 tablets in 19 rooms)and Yeongnyeongjeon (34 tablets in16 rooms). 
Hours of OperationOpen Wednesday to Monday *March~October 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.(7 p.m. on weekends)* November~February 9 a.m. to5:30 p.m.No admission 1 hour prior to clos-ing 
 Admission Adult W1,000/Child W500 
Closed every Tuesday  
 Address - 1 Seoul Jongno-guHunjeong-dong
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