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CPL Tonghwon Kim a KATUSA (Korean Augmentation to US Army) assigned to the 142nd MP Company reads over a checklist while traveling the Hannam Village. US Army military police and KATUSA work together to overcome any language problems that may arise

Korean Augmentees to the US Army (KATUSA), listen to their instructor for direction during a first aid evaluation at the KATUSA Training Center, Camp Jackson, Republic of Korea, on Oct. 30, 1998. Originally begun in 1950, the KATUSA program was designed to augment US fighting forces just after the breakout of the Korean War. After the armistice KATUSA soldiers remained with 8th Army units to enhance mission capability. Korean enlistees attend a 20 day training program at the center where they refine their English language skills, and learn about American culture as well as US Army structure and methods

A Republic of Korea (ROK) Military Police (MP) stands guard duty at the Korean Demilitarize Zone (DMZ), as US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel visited the DMZ during Exercise TALON VISIOIN 02. The exercise is designed to improve military relations and operability with the US Armed Forces and the Philippine Armed Forces

Republic of Korea (ROK) Army Soldiers, 57th Cavalry Battalion (BN), 26th Division, sit in the open turrets of the a K1 Main Battle Tank (MBT) as they maneuver it in order to load it onto a railcar at Camp Casey, Gyeonggi-do Province, ROK, in preparation for a Reception, Staging, Onward movement and Integration (RSO&I) field training exercise

Mr. Hampton L. Hunt (center) shows Korean Air Force Colonel Choon Soon Kang (right) and US Air Force Lieutenant General Donald L. Peterson his collection of photos from the Korean War after being presented the Republic of Korea War Service Medal during a ceremony at the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home (USSAH), Washington, DC. Hunt, who served in the Air Force during the Korean War, is one of 34 veterans residing at the USSAH being honored in one of the many events being held nationally and internationally over the next three years as a n expression of the nation's gratitude to Korean War Veterans

Korean Air Force Colonel Choon Soon Kang (left) presents Mr. Sam M. Brabson, Jr., the Republic of Korea War Service Medal during a ceremony at the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home (USSAH), Washington, DC. Brabson, who served in the Air Force during the Korean War, is one of 34 veterans residing at the USSAH being honored in one of the many events being held nationally and internationally over the next three years as an expression of the nation's gratitude to Korean War Veterans

Lance Corporal Hwang, a Marine with the Republic of Korea translates for Colonel Kevin Jordan, USMC, (left), Battalion Commander, Headquarters and Service Battalion, Marine Forces Pacific, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii. A Republic of Korea Marine from the 2ndDiv answers the Colonel's questions about the Observation Post that overlooks North Korea during a tour of the demilitarized zone during Exercise ULCHI FOCUS LENS 2000. "ULCHI FOCUS LENS, held since 1976, is a computer-simulated, command-post exercise held to evaluate and improve operations in the defense of South Korea. There is no field training."

Republic of Korea (ROK) military service members participate in a scenario to upload and transport war stock equipment that would be needed in real world contingencies with their US Army (USA) counterparts for the RECEPTION STAGING ONWARD MOVEMENT and INTEGRATION (RSO&I) Exercise at Camp Carroll, Korea

Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) soldiers relax in front of their tent at the Twin Bridges training area on Oct. 31, 1998. Twin Bridges, located 25 minutes west of Tongduch'on, Republic of Korea, is the site for a simulated battle on Nov. 2, 1998 between a ROKA armored brigade and the 3rd Brigade, 2d Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Washington, during the combined exercise Foal Eagle '98

CPL Park, a KATUSA (Korean Augmentation to U.S. Army) assigned to the 142nd MP Company, fills out a visitors pass before allowing a guest to enter Hannam Village, the military housing complex for Yongsan. U.S. Army Military Police and KATUSA work together at Hannam Village in order to overcome any language problems that may arise

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Subject Operation/Series: KOREA CD

Base: Yongsan Army Post

Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jeffrey Allen

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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SPC William Watts Jr., assigned to the 142nd MP Company signs off his vehicle before taking it on patrol. Vehicles need to be checked and signed off before they can be used for the shift

Cpl. Kim, Yeon-bong, Korean Augmentation to the U.S.

Miranda Remedios, an instructor at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, helps AIRMAN First Class (A1C) James Ray with his studies. The center provides language training for military personnel from every branch of the service and prepares them for operational linguistic assignments throughout the world

SENIOR AIRMAN Falcon of the 90th AMS assists in loading TECH. SGT. Patty Dupree, a volunteer from the 90th MXS during the search and recoveries exercise, into an emergency medical unit after she arrived by helicopter. The Inspector General Team tested the ability of the base to respond to battle conditions, power outages, mobility deployments, aircraft and automobile accidents, hostage situations, bomb threats, armed robberies, terrorism, and communication problems

Students at the Defense Language Institute Foreign

An instructor at the Defense Language Institute reviews an assignment with the class

A US Army M1-A1 Abrams tank, from C Troop of the 4th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment returns from the live fire training range at the Korea Training Center, Republic of Korea on Oct. 25, 1998. The center is manned throughout the year and various armored units rotate through training scenarios to meet yearly live gunnery training requirements

US Navy Engineman 2nd Class Anthony Bartelli (right) holds an underwater speaker called a "bone phone" to US Navy Hull Technician 1ST Class Patrick Wheeler's head so he can experience the sounds and characteristic of a "pinger locator" prior to his dive. Wheeler (center) and Bartelli are both attached to the submarine tender USS EMORY S. LAND (AS 39) (not shown), and are diving with the Navys salvage and rescue ship USS GRASP (ARS 51) as part of an augmentation crew to support 24-hour diving operations. Boatswains Mate CHIEF Donald Dennis, from Charleston, South Carolina, stationed aboard the USS Grasp, holds the Datasonics "pinger locator" in a tub of water to simulate sound. The Remote ...

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