2nd Infantry Division’s New Curfew Policy Requires Troops to Be On Post By Midnight

There is a new curfew policy that was recently implemented by the 2nd Infantry Division:

A 2nd Infantry Division policy memo published Tuesday says soldiers are required to be on base, at a residence or inside a hotel room by the new deadline, instead of the U.S. Forces Korea standard of 1 a.m. followed until Monday.

The curfew, which officials called a “readiness recall,” still ends at 5 a.m.

2ID did not identify any specific incident that sparked the change to the policy, but said readiness of the unit’s 12,000 troops was its main concern. South Korean police outside of Camp Casey and Camp Humphreys said Wednesday they had not noticed a significant increase of incidents involving U.S. personnel.

“The recall readiness time was moved one hour earlier in order to ensure that the division is consistently and completely in compliance with the U.S. Forces Korea readiness recall policy,” 2ID spokeswoman Lt. Col. Junel Jeffrey told Stars and Stripes Wednesday.  [Stars & Stripes via a reader tip]

You can read more at the link, but the change by one hour to a midnight curfew is not the biggest issue I see with this memo.  The policy memo also states that commander must account for 100% of personnel to the 2ID command staff on non-duty days by 12:30 AM.

It seems to me requiring servicemembers to sign in to the CQ desk each night would be the easiest way of doing this.  However, a 12:30 AM report time hardly gives units any time to consolidate a report after curfew which means people would likely need to sign in earlier than the curfew time.

I would be interested to hear from 2ID servicemembers in the comments section on how they saw units meeting this requirement over the long holiday weekend.