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Posted: 1/6/2006 8:27:46 PM EDT
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I was stationed at Camp Stanley which is right up the road from Casey from 95-96.
Make sure you go to Seoul every chance you get. Really there is not alot to do in Korea. The weekends will be spent in little bars off post drinking Soju or whatever. I think the town Casey is in is Called TongDecheon or TDC for short(sp?) Around Camp Stanley there are a few nice mountains if you like to climb. Nothing difficult, but plenty of places to rappel if you want too. I had a good time in Korea even though at the end of it I was ready to get my ass back to the US. |
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Posted: 1/6/2006 9:11:29 PM EDT
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Lots of shopping with knock-off copies galore. Take the oppertunity though and get a few hand made suits, best buy you can make there. Yep, drinking, local stuff, shopping...that's about it. It is only a year assignment anyway! No idea on chances of rotating from their to the Middle East. I would imagine it shouldn't be too difficult if that's what you want.
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Posted: 1/7/2006 2:05:38 AM EDT
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Turtle!
 I was at Casey about 16 years ago. I'm pretty sure most of what I remember has been changed / is outdated. I'm willing to bet the wretched stench is still quite prevalent, however. There is a movie theater on post. They had current releases on a fairly regular basis. I saw Memphis Belle when it first came out. |
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Posted: 1/7/2006 2:27:51 AM EDT
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lotta Koreans there, Korean food is popular, people tend to speak Korean, you'll hear a lot of Korean music. any other questions? |
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Posted: 1/7/2006 7:13:27 AM EDT
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Alot of the folks just getting back from Korea are painting a pretty depressing picture. Everything is now restricted, getting a pass is almost immpossible. Korea is not as fun as it used to be. Sorry...
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Posted: 1/7/2006 7:30:01 AM EDT
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Wow. When I was there, you didn't need a pass to go down range. I think we (in Casey) needed one to go to Itaewon & other distant places but the MPs never checked (I never even heard of anyone getting checked). If we were going from post to post we never even considered passes. We'd take the bus down to Yongson every Sunday to watch the USO country band & drink beer. It was never an issue with anyone. |
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Posted: 1/7/2006 8:45:16 AM EDT
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We needed a pass to go to Seoul and other distant places, but nobody ever got one. You need a pass to leave post now? WTF?
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Posted: 1/7/2006 6:18:12 PM EDT
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i got back from casey/hovey in 03. right after i left all the infantry went to iraq. its what you make of it. if you sit in you barracks room the whole time, no fun. they have a good restaurant/bar on post reggies. good food, used to brew their own beer-86d that. theres a path behind the 506th which takes you up the mountain, and theres a buddhist temple on the back side. definitely check that out. they started cracking down on prostitution, so keep it in your pants in public. as far as going off post: when i was there there were a lot of college kids protesting us being there. they would throw molotovs over the gates, break in, etc. they were pissed because two little girls were run over by one of those engineer bridge laying things. it died down after the iraq stuff started. there were no off post passes, 2 min recalls for riot duty, no fun. so it can be a pain in the ass. most of the koreans are very nice, and the little restaurants are good. when in the field slickey boy will steal nvgs, so tie them to yourself. good luck.
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Posted: 1/8/2006 4:39:19 PM EDT
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Once you get past the smell it isn't all that bad.
Happy Kimichi Turtle |
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Posted: 1/9/2006 8:02:58 AM EDT
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I was at Camp Hovey in 1989-1990, so my info is dated and I'll let the guys with more recent experience answer those questions.
Camp Casey backs up to Soyu-san, or Mount Soyu. There is a 17th century Buddhist temple on the other side, I highly recomend visiting it, it's beautiful. I have about a hundred pics of the place. If you like hiking and mountains you'll have fun, I've hiked all over near Casey 39'er outside of Hovey. If you can take a Korean language class, they used to have them on post. Even a few words of Hangul (Korean) spoken with a smile will get you a lot of mileage with the locals. Be repectful of them and they will treat you well, in my experience. Korea was one of the best experiences of my life. Of course, I did a DMZ tour as a grunt, and was lucky to have excellent officers and senoir NCO's in my company and Battalion. But take advantage of any chances you get to see the country-there used to be tours you could take that left from Camp. The folk village, ski trips, etc. I wish I had done more of that and less drinking and whoring (although I have no regrets in that area). And groove on the local food, it's quite interesting fare-there are more kimchis than just cabbage. Have fun, with the right attitude it's a good tour. |
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Posted: 1/9/2006 4:56:53 PM EDT
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Dave_A,
I spent two years there, Sept 92-Sept 94. Seoul is a HUGE City, lots of things to do and see, if you have any interest in History you can quickly learn why there is no lvoe lost on the Chinese or Japanese by Older Koreans. College age Koreans have no tolerance for Yankees, unless they were brought up by Grandparents who have shared the tales from the WAR years. There are many parks/historical sites in Seoul. Many of them were "gates" when Seoul was a walled city. Baseball and Soccer are popular sports. MWR tours up to the coast are available, I would say a tour to the DMZ/JSA at Camp Boniface I feel is a must for soldiers. Also many posts sponsor orphanages, so being involved with this might interest you. Korea is a great place to work on education, figure out what your schedule is and attend course working on your degree. Of course I wouls be remiss if I didn't add in the normal soldier thoughts of drinking and girls. Scorpion34 OUT! 
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