FINALLY made it to Korea

[Chaotic_Warlord]

The trash pits outside of the barracks are always 8 ft of empty cases of beer, whiskey, and Jagermeister come Monday morning, and you can't help but get drunk from the fumes whenever it comes time for any sort of company or battalion run.

[HashiriyaS14]

Bring back Hwang Mi Hee.

[Chaotic_Warlord]

Bring back Hwang Mi Hee.

Unfortunately over 7/8ths of the Korean female population does not look like that, most of them look like this...



Interesting read, definitely will summarize the average American's visit to Korea

http://proselyte.wordpress.com/

[Dattebayo]

Bring back Hwang Mi Hee.

When I look at her, I go "hwang" too.

[Beancooker]

Those would Ssyanyongs, they are the equivalent of Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge here in the states, They make a lot of SUV's and trucks.

I spent a year there, was stationed at Camp Howze, which is about a 30 minute bus ride from TDC and an hour bus ride from the DMZ. I can enlighten you on a lot of stuff for your stay there. here are a few points to keep in mind.

- You are coming up on Monsoon season, which means that it's about to get ungodly hot and humid and you have never seen or experienced rain like what you will experience during monsoon season in Korea.

- Stay away from Ojima, especially the one in TDC (she's nick named Sargeant Major for a reason), they will literally pull you into an alley and convince you to pay for a prostitute, the best way to get rid of them is to use a trick one of my squad leaders used, just tell her you want young girl that has no hair on her ....., she'll tell you you are sick and will leave you alone after that.

- You will see things you can't unsee (like little old ladies squatting in the ville to take a poo in the street), had a buddy actually watch a dude on a motorcycle bounce off a curb,fall down and get his head crushed by a bus... which brings me to my next point

- Koreans can't drive to save their life, and to be honest they put use motorbikes in ways they should be use (get used to seeing CBR's and Ninja's with refrigerators, tv's, giant assed trees loaded on the back.

-Because they can't drive they are fearless, they will play chicken with tanks and usually the the tanks veer out of the way.

- Get used to alerts, they come frequently and generally last several hours, especially if you are stationed in any of the northern camps.

- When in the field get used to getting your picture taken, make damn sure your troops practice light and perimeter discipline, the ROK troops will come into your perimeter and steal your isht then laugh at you when you realize it in the morning.

- Kagogi is dog, it's generally $45 a plate, you've been warned.

- Stay away from Soju and drinky girls, they will ruin your career in ways you never thought possible.

- Don't sleep with anyone for any reason, they have something called the Black Death, it's an STD and if you get it you can't come home.... EVER.

- If you want to ever know what your a** tastes like ride in the very front of any bus, trust me you'll understand right away.

- Get used to seeing armed ROK troops, they are everywhere and they have live ammo locked and loaded.

- While the older Koreans generally like us (we make them rich), the younger ones hate us and riot regularly, keep that in mind when traveling.

-KATUSA's are the most worthless troopers on the planet, they're parents are rich and buy them their slots, they are promoted stupid fast, and they will literally beat the living s*** out of all new KATUSA privates that come in, the French Fries are worthless and their SGM is a mean bastard, any thing you see them do, you pretty much can't do anything about it.

- Cows are sacred, so they use people poo to fertilize the fields and rice paddies, get used to the smell.

- Speaking of Rice Paddies, never ever ever go in one, you will get stuck and have to be be pulled/towed out.

- The red Kimchi is winter Kimchi, it tastes the same way it smells, like rotten death, it's served at every meal.

- If they have a soul food day at the mess hall stay far far away, Chitlins and Kimchi do not smell good when combined.

- The 2ID has the highest number of drunken disciplinary actions, and pretty much the only thing to do is get drunk.

I hated my tour there and knew that if I took mid tour leave I would go AWOL, so I went the whole time there without a break. It sucked. My barracks was a confirmed target for the N. Korea artillery because of it's distance from a huge explosives stock pile, and b/c on a clear day you could see Pyongyang through Bino's.

Let me know what the current bounty is on the flag hanging in Pyongyangs town center, it was like $5M when I was there in 96. Oh and lockdowns occur frequently, the Korean war never ended so the ROK and N. Koreans are constantly lobbing mortars and artillery at each other.

My wife (who is Korean born and raised for 25 years) read that and was cracking up. You have no clue as to what you are talking about, and half of what you said is bullsh*t.

Funny that from the DMZ, you say you can see Pyongyang. Pyongyang is about 100 miles from the DMZ. Line of sight on the ocean (flat surface) is about 13 miles. Not to mention that there is a mountain range between the DMZ and Pyongyang. Didn't know your binos could bend light. You have been caught in lie #1

The "Black Death" aka "Black Syphilis" is a myth. A quick Google search and you will see it's bullsh*t. Caught in lie #2

Cows are not sacred. Half the damn dishes made are made with beef. Most Koreans are Christian, or Buddhist. Hindu is the religion that feels the cow is a sacred animal. Caught in lie #3.

I mean, WTF? Are you just stupid and believe everything you hear, or are you racist. I mean hell, if you hate the Koreans, at least you have a decent excuse for the BS you're spreading.

There are a few other things I could have picked apart, but some of what you write is opinion, and I am irritated enough as it is. Reading more of your post just takes away from my IQ.

[Jesda]

HELL YEAH MOTHER F*CKER

[Chaotic_Warlord]

Beancooker, sorry if anything I wrote was offensive, just going off of my own experience while I was stationed there. The Black Death may very well be a myth, but from the minute you are feet on the ground there it's pounded into your head by everyone from NCO's all the way up to Battalion and Division officers.

As far as the cows comment goes, they may not be sacred there but I have personally witnessed them come clean our porta-johns and then spread it around the rice paddies.

I was there in 96, maybe things have changed there but from my experience it was not a pleasure spot like Japan, HK, or Thailand are. While I never got to see the typical tourist spots because I was stationed at Camp Howze, and was there at a very bad time, the day my plane landed was a week after the NK commando sub ran aground and they had some of the worst monsoon rains and mud slides in like 10 years, and week I left they about to call a stop loss because of the arty exchange between the NK's and ROK troops. The winter was ungodly cold, the summer was ungodly hot, and the average view of the American G.I.'s was one of contempt and that we should all just leave.

Like I said I apologize if anything I said was wrong, just going from my own personal experiences, and for the record I don't hate Koreans, they have a long, rich history, an interesting culture and most of the food isn't that bad, plus Soju will knock you on your a** faster than anything out there. Were you stationed there? if so where were you? We had alerts 2 or 3 times a month while I was there, and for a while it was every day, and those were full all out we're going to war alerts.

[Beancooker]

It's all good. We all have our own opinions. The way you said some things were just a little bit odd.

[HashiriyaS14]

Yeah, not claiming to have any unique insight into Korea, but I'm pretty sure Bulgogi and Kalbi is all beef.

I really want to go to Seoul, probably more than just about anywhere else in the world right now, actually.

[JLAUDIO85]

Im 24 yrs and i moved to canada 09' from Korea. I was still yonge when I moved here and I remember i think it was 96' korea's economy fell so bad we had to get loans from IMF. I remember ppl kept saving and media was encouraging the citizens n stuff. My rents as just like many others, ppl started to donate gold n stuff to govn;t and by few years we got out of the debt...what im saying is since 96' and on, its crazy to see how much korea improved. i just googled and korea GDP in 96' was 588 billions vs. 1.07 trillions in 07'also if you havent visited tourist spots its as live as japan or any other cities.

i nvr paid attention to this thread but all the beancooker's points are correct. kagogi? maybe u meant Gae (dog)- gogi (meat). its ilegal to sell dog meat in Korea, some restaurateurs still do so even though they risk losing their restaurant licenses. Only a small percentage of the population eats it and they dont eat dog meat from dogs raised specifically on dog farms, not the domestic pet variety. i meant its still cruel as fck but its the culture and percentage is def.ly decreasing.. im korean and i looooove dogs and my rents have a god (a f***ing wiener dog...)

[numbnuts240]

i would try dog. so long as i didn't see it before-hand.

[PoorManQ45]

i would try dog. so long as i didn't see it before-hand.

So you like it from behind!

[JLAUDIO85]

i nver tried it but prolly taste like chicken...lolapparently it cool your body temp down in the hot summer days... pretty sure thats a myth

[Bmore-coupe]

im korean and i looooove dogs and my rents have a god (a f***ing wiener dog...)

Your parents worship a wiener dog?

[numbnuts240]

i noticed that when it was posted but i totally forgot to call him out on it.

[Bmore-coupe]

i noticed that when it was posted but i totally forgot to call him out on it.

THats what I am here for. To sit in my high tower and hand out judgment and ridicule for any mistake made.

[Razi]

THats what I am here for. To sit in my high tower and hand out judgment and ridicule for any mistake made.

And I'm here to hand out "judgment" and ridicule you for any mistakes you make.

Well...I've made a mistake and thought you spelled Judgment wrong...Fail.