circa 2015 CSM & I used this card in Korea to help "baseline" every Soldier (US🇺🇸 & KATUSA🇰🇷) and let them know what our expectations were. If I could to do it all over again, I would cut to three: 1,3&5 #LeadershipDevelopment@TRADOC@2idAssnpic.twitter.com/tGE6daWlsB
2-503 Inf Battalion commander, company commanders and battalion CSM in the Korean DMZ on GP Collier during the spring of 1987. Rock Force, Sir! pic.twitter.com/jf7nV2ypvv
1/Choo Mi-ae's son, a KATUSA at 2ID, went AWOL in 2017–he didn't return at the end of leave–a serious act in the military that can land 1 in jail. His boss, a Master Sgt told him to return, but overruled by the parent unit, after Choo called to cover up.https://t.co/UnK5V4TEbk
It is good to see that General Paul Freeman’s name is being maintained on the new 2ID division headquarters building at Camp Humphreys:
The 2nd Infantry Division dedicates its new headquarters building at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018. COURTESY OF U.S. ARMY
The 2nd Infantry Division dedicated its new headquarters building on Camp Humphreys Tuesday, officially opening a new chapter after moving from its decades-old home north of Seoul.
You can read more at the link, but if you are interested in learning more about one of my Heroes of the Korean War, Paul Freeman I recommend checking out the below link:
Here is the latest from the Stars & Stripes on the closing of Camp Red Cloud:
The Indianhead Division officially moved its headquarters to Camp Humphreys, some 40 miles south of Seoul, last week, becoming the last major command to do so, after the Eighth Army and U.S. Forces Korea. The grand opening of its new headquarters building, which will also be called Freeman Hall, is scheduled for next month.
Camp Red Cloud is on the northwestern edge of Uijeongbu, which was home to the real-life unit that inspired the popular TV show “M.A.S.H.” The base was originally known as Camp Jackson but was renamed in 1957 in honor of Medal of Honor recipient Cpl. Mitchell Red Cloud Jr.
But the shuttering of facilities is only the start of a lengthy transition process, including the capping of utilities and fuel tanks, negotiations over environmental cleanup requirements and other issues related to the status of forces agreement between the two countries.
“It’s estimated that the earliest that CRC will be able to be returned to the [South Korean government] is sometime in January/February 2020 if all of that process goes through and there are no issues,” said Paul Hubbard, the garrison’s lead base-closure analyst.
Hubbard said it has taken between three and 15 years to hand over other bases that have been closed due to disagreements over obligations for environmental cleanup and other issues.
The land will be turned over to the Defense Ministry, but city officials say they’re hoping it will be developed as a security-themed park.  [Stars & Stripes]
You can read more at the link, but I seriously doubt that Camp Red Cloud will be handed over by 2020 because I really think the anti-US left in South Korea will claim all kinds of environmental pollution like they have done in the past to delay closing vacated US bases and try to get more money out of USFK.  However, their biggest goal this time will be to cause antagonism in the US-ROK alliance.
Here are a couple of prior articles I wrote about Camp Red Cloud that I recommend everyone read if you haven’t already:
Soldiers lower the U.S. flag during the closing ceremony for Freeman Hall, the headquarters of the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division, at Camp Red Cloud in Euijeongbu, north of Seoul, on Oct. 16, 2018, in this photo provided by the division three days later. The unit’s command has been relocated to Camp Humphreys, a sprawling complex about 70 kilometers south of Seoul. (Yonhap)
Much like the closing of Yongsan Garrison, Camp Red Cloud in Uijongbu is getting closer to closing as well:
Col. Brandon Newton, garrison commander of Camp Red Cloud and other bases north of Seoul, South Korea, stands in front of a color guard during the garrison’s inactivation ceremony, Thursday, June 21, 2018. KIM GAMEL/STARS AND STRIPES
Soldiers stood in formation as the garrison’s colors were cased Thursday in a ceremony officials said marked an important step toward closing this Korean War-era base and reducing the U.S. footprint north of Seoul.
The inactivation of Camp Red Cloud, which remains home to the 2nd Infantry Division, was a largely administrative move aimed at consolidating resources as the Army steps up much-delayed plans to move most forces to its new hub in the southern half of the country.
But Col. Brandon Newton, who served for the past two years as the final garrison commander of the area that includes Red Cloud and Camp Casey, stressed the process was well underway.
“The details of the way that we return bases are more complex than just the casing of the colors,” he said in an interview after the ceremony on the parade ground. “We’re certainly on the lead edge of what I would consider the vacating of Camp Red Cloud. Vacating and closing a camp is about a year’s process.”  [Stars & Stripes]
You can read much more at the link, but according to the article the 2nd Infantry Division headquarters is going to remain at Camp Red Cloud for quite some time due to (drum roll please)……… building delays at Camp Humphreys. Â Anyone shocked by that news?
By the way for those wondering how Camp Red Cloud was named I recommend reading the below link:
