Picture of the Day: How Much Does South Korea Pay to Host US Troops?

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setnaffa
setnaffa
7 years ago

How much is freedom worth?

ChickenHead
ChickenHead
7 years ago

I wonder what kind of fever dream inspired that graphic.

I think if that guy would just send me pictures once a week, I could kick my LSD addiction.

Liz
Liz
7 years ago

I”m curious how much that money benefits the ROK economy in those areas.
Here in the US, the base I’m at now which isn’t very big brings 650 million in annually for the local community. That’s why there’s a LOT of support for the base here.
That’s just one relatively small base.

Liz
Liz
Reply to  Liz
7 years ago

Just checked the number and if Wiki is accurate we have a little less than 3000 total service members stationed here. About a tenth the number stationed in the ROK.
650 million in profit for the local economy here.
Think I mentioned before after they closed the Navy base in Key West during the Carter years they couldn’t give the property away for a dollar a lot. They reopened and the same properties they couldn’t give away are now worth about 5 million each. That’s an extreme example, and of course there are other factors but point is it had a HUGE impact and losing the base ruined that economy very quickly.

JoeC
JoeC
Reply to  Liz
7 years ago

Part of the swings in military base economies in that area were due to Hurricane Andrew, which turned Homestead Air Force Base into an air reserve base. If you believe the predictions, there will be much greater hits to Florida’s coastal economies in the near and distant future.

There are still a number of CONUS military bases that should be closed because they are redundant or provide no great national value other than propping up local economies in districts of powerful congressmen. That’s why BRAC never moves forward.

I had been stationed at a couple of bases that have since closed. I visited them some time later and the local areas do look depressed from what they were, but I believe that’s their natural state. The nature of military bases is they tend to be built in areas that are remote, undeveloped and uninteresting in the first place. So, when a military base closes it is more than likely that the surrounding area will revert closer to what it would have been.

ChickenHead
ChickenHead
7 years ago

The graphic clearly says Koreans are sour.

It also seems to say Americans have no foresight and are all buťt with no coćk.

This offensive graphic should have included a trigger warning.

setnaffa
setnaffa
Reply to  GIKorea
7 years ago

Are there plans to close Osan AB?

setnaffa
setnaffa
Reply to  GIKorea
7 years ago

It would, however, crush my fun when I wander through the off-base shopping areas and mis-remember being in the service… 😉

Marvin Williams
Marvin Williams
Reply to  GIKorea
7 years ago

So Osan is Closing to?

Smokes
Smokes
Reply to  setnaffa
7 years ago

It would seem: $119.99 forever…
https://freedom.to/pricing

Smokes
Smokes
Reply to  setnaffa
7 years ago

Hey I heard Osan’s closing. Wonder when GI’s going to post a thread about it? 😈

Smokes
Smokes
Reply to  GIKorea
7 years ago

Bah you guys don’t get it? South Korea’s the lemon being sourly grinded into some juicy ammo by the US military industrial complex as depicted by the pistol. That or something about ladyboys… 😕

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