ROK Army NCO Investigated for Raping Subordinate
Maybe this is just a translation error, but does anyone know how does the ROK Army have 18-year old Staff Sergeants?
A South Korean Army sergeant was arrested Thursday on charges of repeated sexual assaults of an 18-year-old solider, local media reported.
The 26-year-old sergeant first class, identified only as Kim, is accused of having raped his junior colleague, a staff sergeant who is also male, several times since March this year. [Korea Observer]
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When you graduate you can take a test and if you do well enough enter with the rank of Staff Sergeant. It doesn’t say this guy did that but it does refer to him as 하사 which is SSG.
In ROKA, one can volunteer for NCO career in lieu of 21-month conscription. They go directly to Basic and NCO Academy to become a “Hasa” (SSG). I think after 6 years of service, they get promoted to the next rank “Joongsa” (SFC). If both of these NCOs started out directly from High school, then their age matches their rank.
Hopefully this isn’t just a he said/he said love quarrel. Oops, nevermind, thats only in the post DADT US Army, lol.
Q: How is Sergeant Nam like his name?
A: They both look like a man from behind.
“but does anyone know how does the ROK Army have 18-year old Staff Sergeants?”
Just like China gets 14 year old girls to participate in the Olympics/Gymnastics. S. Koreans like young women(how many “Uncles” are in the S. Korean military?) and they don’t care how they get them in their military just as long as they’re there servicing their country(S. Korean men).