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August 22, 2008 • Volume 6, Issue 44 http://imcom.korea.army.mil Published for those serving in the Republic of Korea

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Intermittent disruptions to

FM radio service in Seoul from7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday.

AFN radio tower routine maintenance

Aug. 28 to Sept. 13

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Reserve, Guard augmentees take part in Ulchi Freedom Guardian exerciseFreedom Guardians

AAFES fuel pricingadjusts based onnational average

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The Morning CalmPublished by Installation Management

Command - Korea

Commander/Publisher: Col. (P) John Uberti

Public Affairs Ofcer/Editor: Edward N. Johnson

Deputy PAO Slade Walters

Senior Editor:Susan Silpasornprasit

USAG-RED CLOUD

Commander: Col. Larry A. Jackson

Public Affairs Ofcer: Margaret Banish-Donaldson

CI Ofcer: James F. Cunningham

USAG-YONGSAN

Commander: Col. David W. Hall

Public Affairs Ofcer: David McNally

CI Ofcer: Kenneth Fidler

Staff Writer: Cpl. Im Jin-min

USAG-HUMPHREYS

Commander: Col. John E. Dumoulin Jr.

Public Affairs Ofcer: Bob McElroy

CI Ofcer: Stacy Ouellette

USAG-DAEGU

Commander: Col. Michael P. Saulnier

Public Affairs Ofcer: Ronald Inman

Staff Writer: Sgt. Na Kyung Chul

Staff Writer: Cpl. Jang Won il

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NEWS • PAGE 2http://imcom.korea.army.mil NEWS THE MORNING CALM

by IMCOM-K Public Affairs Te uel prices set by the Army and Air Force Exchange Services

in Korea will continue to uctuate based on average gas prices inthe States. Although AAFES uel prices in Japan and Okinawa willremain xed at least until October, prices in Korea remain exible,as always.

AAFES in Korea has a dierent uel supplier than those o itsother Pacic-based installations. Gas prices or South Korea havedropped because AAFES buys uel rom a dierent distributor, SK Energy Company. Deense Energy Support Center is the supplieror AAFES uel in mainland Japan and Okinawa.

“In Korea, AAFES buys uel rom SK Energy Company,”

explained MSgt. Donovan Potter, AAFES Pacic Public Aairs.“Te wholesale cost is not as much as in Japan and Okinawa,thereore, we are able to continue with the U.S. Department o Energy average price as we have done in the past.”

AAFES uses the national Department o Energy average romthe week prior to establish its gas prices in South Korea. Tisdiers rom the situation in Japan, where rates have bottomedout at $4.06, the lowest price AAFES can currently sell midgradeunleaded without losing money. “In Japan and Okinawa, they areat rock bottom wholesale price and AAFES is unable to continue

with their previous price policy,” Potter said.Potter said there is no change in how AAFES conducts their uel

distribution and price adjustments in Korea.

AAFES fue l pr ic ing on U.S. mi l i t ary insta l la t ions in

Korea c ont inues t o ad just based on nat ional average

Annual exercise rallies Soldiersf h l b i K

AAFES unleaded gas prices in Korea remain lower than in other parts of asia—U.S. Army Photo By Sue Silpasornprasit



AUGUST 22, 2008NEWS • PAGE 3

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The following entries were excerpted from the mili-tary police blotters. These entries may be incom-plete and do not imply guilt or innocence.

AREA I: Failure to Obey Order or Regulation (2IDPolicy Letter #8); Underage Drinking; DisorderlyConduct; Subject #1 was observed by MP outsideof the Discorium Club, Bosan-Dong, acting disor-derly by trying to break away from an unknownindividual to go back into the club to continue analtercation that took place earlier in the evening.MP detected a strong odor of an alcoholic bever-age emitting from Subject #1’s person. MP then

asked Subject #1 for his ID card, which revealedSubject #1 was under the legal age to consumealcohol. Subject #1 was apprehended and trans-ported to the USAG-Casey PMO where he wasadministered a PBT, with a result of .144% BAC.Subject #1 was processed and released to his unit.At 1600 Hrs, 10 AUG 08, Subject #1 reported to theUSAG-Casey PMO where he was advised of hislegal rights, which he waived rendering a writtensworn statement admitting to the offenses. Thisis a final report.

AREA II: Larceny of AAFES Property; Subject #1

was observed by Witness #1 removing one box of hemorrhoid suppositories, two DVDs, three XBOX360 video games, one bag of chips, one men’s de-odorant, one pack of briefs, one pack of white cot-ton bikini briefs and one bottle of men’s after shavefrom the display shelf and concealing the items onSubject 1’s person at the Main PX. Subject #1 thenexited the Main Exchange without rendering proper payment. Subject #1 was detained and escortedto the Loss Prevention Office. Upon arrival of MP,Subject #1 was transported to the USAG-YongsanPMO where Subject #1 was advised of their le-gal rights, which Subject# 1 waived rendering awritten sworn statement admitting to the offense.Subject #1 was further processed and released toSubject #1’s unit. The merchandise was returnedto AAFES. Estimated Cost of Merchandise is$255.13. This is a final report .

MP Blo t t er

NEWS

One of three large, golden Buddhas from the Jogye-sa temple in downtown Seoul. Jogye-sa temple is the main temple of the Jogye Order of

Korean Buddhism. The temple serves as the center for worship, education, culture and social services for the Jogye Order. The Jogye Order

operates an information center for foreigners located on the site that provides temple guides, brochures and other information free of charge.

—U S Army Photo By R Slade Walters



NEWS • PAGE 4http://imcom.korea.army.mil THE MORNING CALMNEWS

PAID ADVERTISING

by Donald Brown

DoDDS Korea District

School starts August 25 and students willbe out and about in mass once again. Wedesire to have a sae and enjoyable schoolyear but we need the assistance o everyonein our communities.

School buses will be running o basepicking up students waiting to attend therst day o school. Some students will walk to school and others will ride school buses.

Saety may not be the rst thing studentsocus on as the new school year begins.Parents are encouraged to discuss school bussaety, school bus rules, trafc and bus stopsaety with students.

Tips for Bus Riders

Bus riders should be at their designatedbus stop at least ve minutes prior to busdeparture time. Once bus pulls away romstop into trafc it will not stop again, this isor the saety o the student and to precludeaccidents. Following are a ew tips to assist

with student saety:

Students should not run into the streets

trying to stop the bus once it departs.

Students should not play or run

around the bus stop area or street.

Students should not push or shove as

bus arrives at the stop.

Students should use handrails when

entering and exiting the bus.

School transportation safety for parents, kids or students who reside in the established

commuting zone or each installation.However, school bus transportation is notauthorized or students who reside withindesignated walking areas.

Tips for Walking Students

Walking students should walk on side-walks when possible.

If sidewalks are not available students should walk facing trafc.

Students should use caution whencrossing railroad tracks or walking upand down stairways.

Students should obey trafc rules.

Students should use marked cross-walks or cross at intersections.

Students should look left and right before entering the crosswalk.

Students should not step into cross-walks until all trafc has come to acomplete stop.

Students should not run along side of

moving vehicles.

Tips for Bicycle Riders

Bicycle riding students should ensurethat their bicycle is in working order.

Students should wear an approved safety helmet.

Students should obey posted trafci d i l



AUGUST 22, 2008USAG-RC • PAGE 5

www.imcom.korea.army.mil AREA I

Col. (P) John Uberti (third from left), IMCOM-Korea commander, gets brieng from Don Need-

ham, USAG-RC DPW director, on the features of USAG-Casey’s new Pear Blossom Cottage,

while Col. Larry ‘Pepper’ Jackson (far left), USAG-RC garrison commander, Command Sgt.

Maj. Kevin Witt (fourth from left), Command Sgt. Maj. IMCOM-Korea, and Lt. Col. Donald Mei-

sler, USAG-Casey garrison commander look on during Uberti’s visit to USAG-RC Aug. 15.—

U.S. Army Photo By Margaret Banish-Donaldson

Uberti visits Warrior Country by USAG-RC Public Affairs

USAG RED CLOUD—Col. Larry ‘Pepper’ Jackson, USAG-RC commander,gave an orientation tour Aug. 15 o Red Cloud and Casey/Hovey to Col.(Promotable) John Uberti, InstallationManagement Command-Korea Regioncommander and his Command Sgt. Maj.

Kevin Witt.Uberti visited the Community Activity

Center where he viewed a stage show by thechildren o the USAG-RC Camp Adventuresummer holiday program, who perormedthe ‘12 Days o Summer.’

Jackson presented camp counselors RyanHouselog and Kori Lekar with certicates o achievement or their eorts in running thecamp over the previous two months.

Denise James, Family, Morale Welare,and Recreation director, then gave Uberti atour o the CAC, which included the pooltable acilities, the video game room, andthe Better Opportunities or Single Soldiersoces located in the CAC.

“Te BOSS program is an importantone and thank you or all your help,”Uberti said to Pc. Candice Webber, BOSSvice-president. “When I was a garrison

commander the Command Sgt. Maj. andI always stayed connected with the BOSSprogram and would meet with the BOSSrepresentatives and the president separately and plan events with them.”

Next, he visited the Pear BlossomCottage. Upon arrival, Uberti receivedbriengs rom Jackson and James on thedaily operations o the PBC, it’s role in

the USAG-RC community and it’s many improvements during the last scal year.

“Our Pear Blossom Cottages are special,” James said. “We are especially proud o this PBC here on USAG-RC. NataliaLevtchenko, PBC manager, has done a great job setting this place up.”

Following lunch at Mitchell’s Club withall the directors and special sta Uberti andseveral key members drove to USAG-Casey where he was given a windshield tour o theCasey and Hovey acilities and made stopsat the PBC, Dam, lst Battalion 38th Field Artillery barracks, S-0133, and SchnooverBowl. “On behal o Command Sgt. Maj. Witt and mysel I would like to thank youor all you do to support today’s young warriors as they deend the United Statesand its global interests, It has been an honorto be with you today,” Uberti said.

by Margaret Banish-Donaldson

USAG-RC Public Affairs

USAG-CASEY—o train and mentor

the Workplace.“In order to be successul, one’s words

should be simple and one should avoidorming enemy relationships ” Newton

Women’s Professional Development Seminar held at Casey



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N ew s & N o t es

THE MORNING CALM AREA I

Town Hall fnds answers, new ideas

Chandanni Buccino, 210th Fires Brigade Family Readiness Goup leader, asks questions regarding recycling during the Town Hall meeting held

in the USAG-Casey Digital Conference Center Aug. 14. — U.S. Army Photo By Jim Cunningham

by Jim Cunningham


USAG-CASEY—Soldiers, Civiliansand Family members met in USAG-Casey’sDigital Conerence Center Aug. 14 to reviewissues, solved and unsolved, and discuss newideas in quality o lie support during the

Some changes are popular because they add novel activities or Soldiers in USAG-RC.

“Some o you may have seen the ads on Armed Forces Network about our new go-kart track,” Meisler said. “We have the only go-kart track on the peninsula. I invite youto go to the track and enjoy the ride It is

meeting revealed some activities supportedby the Department o Public Works o which most are not aware.

“Tose o us living o-post do a loto recycling. I am wondering why we donot do recycling at USAG-Casey?” saidChandanni Buccino, wie o Maj. JosephBuccino 210 Fires Brigade commander

Absentee VotingVisitors to the FVAP website at www.fvap.

gov are now able to save their completed

Online Federal Post Card Apllication and

Online Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot

to their computer for future use, using an

Adobe Acrobat Reader version of 7.0 or

higher. The FVAP can be contacted from

the United States at 1-800-438-8663 and

from 67 countries using the specic in-

ternational toll-free numbers listed on the

FVAP website at www.FVAP.gov, Federal

Voting Assistance Program, Department of Defense, 1155 Defense Pentagon, email:

[email protected].

Victim Advoctae HotlineUSAG-RC Victim Advocate Hotline is 011-

9187-2001. Take a stand against domes-

tic violence. Victim Advocate Coordinator

USAG-Casey ACS, Building 2603. For

more information call 730-3494.

Parish Pilgramage to Holy SightsSept.27 the parish pilgrimage to the Holy

sights in Seoul will include the MartyrsShrine at Choltusan, the Church of Saint

Andrew Kim Tae Gon at Saenamto and the

Cathedral at Myong Dong. Bus will leave

Gate One at USAG-Casey 7:15 a.m. with

one stop at USAG-RC. For more informa-

tion call: 730-3494.

Daily Mass at USAG-RCJoin us for daily Mass 11:30 to 11:50 a.m.

Mon-Fri in USAG-RC Warrior Chapel. For

more information call 732-6404.

Operation Rising StarThe 2008 Operation Rising Star Competi-

tion will begin at the USAG-Casey Labor

Day Fall Festival, Gateway Park, Monday,

Sept 1 Deadline is Aug 29 For more in



AUGUST 22, 2008 AREA I USAG-RC • PAGE 7 www.imcom.korea.army.mil

USAG-RC staff

visit Korean War

Museum for

team building

USAG-RED CLOUD – Col Larry

Summer Hires receive recognition for work performance

USAG-RED CLOUD —Two of USAG-RC summer hires received recognition for their work performance Aug. 14 during a cookout in the USAG-RC main pavilion in their honor. Denise Phillips

and Nicholas Anastasia received certicates for their work at the USAG-RC Directorate of Logistics.“This program has come a long way,” said Col. Larry ‘Pepper’ Jackson, USAG-RC garrison

commander. “We started in 2002 with eight summer hires. This year we had 16 summer hires. For those of you that are going to be around next year, we have summer jobs here in USAG-RC.

Thank you so much for your efforts and good luck to you in the future.” Photo left: Command Sgt. Maj. Earlene Lavander (left), USAG-RC Command Sgt. Maj., Col. Larry ‘Pepper’ Jackson (second

from left), USAG-RC garrison commander, Louoverture Scott (center), USAG-RC DPW director, Geraldine Jones (right), USAG-RC CPAC director, present Denise Phillips (second from right)

with certicate for her service as DOL summer hire at USAG-RC. Photo right: Nicholas Anastasia (second from right) receives a certicate for his work in USAG-RC DOL from Louoverture Scott

(center), director USAG-RC DOL, Geraldine Jones (right) director USAG-RC CPAC, Col. Larry ‘Pepper’ Jackson (second from left), USAG-RC garrison commander, and Command Sgt. Maj.

Earlene Lavander (left) USAG-RC Command Sgt. Major. — U.S. Army Photos By Jim Cunningham



AUGUST 22, 2008USAG-Y • PAGE 9

http://yongsan.korea.army.mil AREA II

by David McNally

USAG-Yongsan Public Affairs

YONGSAN GARRISON – Garrisonocials met with nearly 500 employees

Aug. 11 at a special quarterly orum.Te Employee Inormation Forum is

an opportunity to recognize outstandingemployees or achievements earned in thepast quarter and an open question andanswer session between sta members and

the commander.“Tis is your chance to talk about what

is going on in the Garrison and to ocuson the way ahead,” U.S. Army Garrison-

Yongsan Commander Col. Dave Hall toldthe crowd. “I want to thank everyone in theroom or all that you do.”

Hall said working in a Garrison is oten athankless job with little positive eedback.

“When things go wrong, you are sure tohear about it,” he said. “But I want to let

you know that things are going right. Tesenior leadership has said great things aboutthis Garrison, and rom my heart, I thank you or making this a special place.”

As the orum began, Hall and CommandSgt. Maj. Ralph Rusch presented 51employees with letters o appreciation,certicates o achievement and seniority a w a rd s . S ome emp loy ee s e a rnedCommander’s Coins.

Hall told the group about the Garrison’sthird place victory and monetary prize in

the 2008 Army Communities o Excellencecompetition.

“We are going to get our $750,000 nextyear, but we want to solicit the workorceor ideas on how we can spend the money

wisely,” he said. “We’re going to reinvestthat money into the community.”

Hall praised the employees or theirvictory in the competition. He alsoencouraged the gathering to put saety rst.

“We must make work place saety rstand oremost in everything we do,” hesaid. “We have new olks and we’re alwaysre-learning lessons.”

Hall reminded the sta o recent tracaccidents near Yongsan Garrison Gate 1and Camp Kim.

“Help make Yongsan a sae place to work and live,” he said.

Hall answered employees questions onthe uture o Yongsan.

“We had two questions rom the foor,”said Casey Ross, USAG-Yongsan Plans, Analysis and Integration chie. “Onequestion was about job security with respectto transition to the ‘Standard GarrisonOrganization’ and eventual closure andrestationing to Camp Humphreys. heother question was about availability o training opportunities.”

Tere is no change to the ocial YongsanRelocation Plan, which has 2012 as the baseclosure year, Hall said. As more inormation

becomes available he said he will share it with Garrison employees.

“I encourage you to seek out trainingopportunities, nd new skill sets and makeyoursel as marketable as possible,” Hallsaid. “None o us knows what the Garrison

will look like in the uture. I expect thatin one year to 18 months we will have abetter idea.”

Finally, Hall called the employeesattention the recent death o a long-timeUSAG-Yongsan sta member.

“We are an aging workorce,” he said.“None o us is getting any younger. Iimplore you to take care o yourselves. Youhave to take care o your health.”

Te next Employee Inormation Forum will be in November.

Garrison leaders hold Employee Forum

School bus ofcials: Youngest kids

USAG-Yongsan Commander Col. Dave Hall addresses the audience at the Employee Information ForumAug. 11 —U.S. Army Photo By Sgt. Im Jin-min

2008 Yongsan Expo



by Kenneth Fidler


YONGSAN GARRISON – Bowl a gameor two at Yongsan’s bowling center Aug. 30and you could be part o a new world record.Ten hang around to try your hand ridinga mechanical bull during Country MusicBowling Night.

Or do both. Yongsan Lanes will join hundreds o

centers around the nation and overseas toparticipate in a program called Millions

Striking. Te goal is to set a new worldrecord o the most games bowled in one day,and one o several activities Yongsan Laneshas in store or the community starting next

week during National Bowling Week.“Bowling centers in the United States

and at U.S. acilities overseas are going tobe part o this Guinness event,” said Robert

Victorine, Yongsan Lanes manager. “We’regoing to record the numbers o gamesplayed that Saturday. Tis is the rst time

we’ve done this, and it’s going to be a loto un.”

It’s denitely a day to spend some timeat the bowling center, especially i you’rea country music an. Later that evening,Country Music Night will start at 7:30,eaturing a mechanical bull riding contest.

“I don’t think there’s any bowling centerin the world doing this,” Victorine said. “It’sgoing to be great.”

He said prizes will be awarded toparticipants with the best jeans, best cowboy outt and best bull rider, among other prizegive-aways.

“We’ll be out there rating the riders,”Victorine said. “You have to stay on oreight seconds, and we’ll also rate the rider’sorm.”

Everyone who bowls a game duringthe day will receive a certicate, Victorinesaid.

Here’s a list o other activities duringNational Bowling Week:nSunday, Aug. 24: 10-game marathon,

8-pin and 9-pin starts at noon. Entry ee is$40. Bowl 10 games, and the highest scoresearn a pay-out.nMonday, Aug. 25: One versus 10 blue-

pin bowling begins at 5 p.m. When the headpin is blue, bowl a strike and win a prize.nTursday, Aug. 28: Rental shoe hidden

treasure and yellow pin bowling day starts at6 p.m. Every rental shoe will contain a prize.Bowlers can win a ree game i they throw astrike when the head pin is yellow.nSaturday, Aug. 30: ‘Millions Striking’

day-long event runs 10 a.m. to midnight.Country Music Night and mechanical bullriding contest starts at 7:30 p.m.

N ew s & N o t es

USAG-Y • PAGE 10

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Dental Clinics Close Aug. 29

Dental Clinics 2 and 3 and the Carius

Dental Clinic will be closed Aug. 29 after

11 a.m. for the 618th Dental Company Or-

ganization Day. For dental emergencies,

use the Brian Allgood Army Community

Hospital Emergency Room. For informa-

tion, call 736-7715.

PWOC Fall Bible Study Kick-off

The Yongsan Protestant Women of the

Chapel invites community members to its

PWOC Fall Bible Study Kick-off 9-11:15

a.m. Wednesday at the South Post Cha-pel. Sign up for the fall bible study pro-

gram. Childcare will be provided. www.

yongsanpwoc.org

Disney Live Tickets at USO

Discounted tickets to the Disney Live fam-

ily musical show are on sale through the

USO. Shows run daily today through Aug.

31 at the Olympic Hall in Olympic Park.

Performances in English are today, Sat-

urday and Thursday. For information, call

724-7781.

Hometown Holiday Greetings

A video team will be at Yongsan Sept.

5-6 to record hometown holiday video

greetings from Servicemembers, Civilian

Employees, retirees and their families.

Filming will take place 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

at the Main Exchange. Servicemembers,

unless deployed or TDY, must accom-

pany their families and must wear their

uniforms. For information, call 723-3034.

Red Cross Needs Volunteers

American Red Cross Yongsan Station is

seeking motivated volunteers to serve as

caseworkers, administrative assistants

and advisory board members. A few hours

of your time can make an enormous im

Bowling center aims to helpbreak Guinness Book record‘Millions Striking,’ mechanical bull riding contest

top events during National Bowling Week

by Pfc. Choi Keun-wooUSAG-Yongsan Public Affairs

YONGSAN GARRISON — Commissary early-bird shoppingh ll b h k db k

Commissary sets permanent early-bird hours



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Story and photos by Pfc. Lee Min-hwi


YONGSAN GARRISON — MasterSgt. Gregory Deschapell, 8th U.S. Army,has been operating motorcycles or about

three years in Korea. Although he has neverhad an accident, he knows it’s important tobrush up on motorcycle saety skills.

“It’s always good to have a reresher,” hesaid. “Sometimes, when you go out thereand start riding, you get some bad habits.So, it’s always good to come back and learnabout the basics over again.”

He was one o seven people who attendedthe Army rac Saety raining ProgramBasic Riders Course at Yongsan Aug. 11-12.

Anyone who wants to operate a motorcyclemust attend this ree program.

ASP is available at all major Army installations worldwide to provide courseso instruction to make sure that all military personnel who operate motorcycles are

trained properly, according to lead instructorScott Steuerwald. His company, CapeoxProessional Services, is contracted by the

Army to manage the program.“he Army raic Saety raining

Program has been around or three years,”Steuerwald said. “We have trained over30,000 motorcycle riders within the Army.Tis program is all over the world wherethe Army goes.”

ASP oers three dierent courses

Army course teachescycling fundamentals

CYCLE

SCHOOL

ARMY TRAFFIC SAFETY TRAINING

in Korea: the Basic Riders Course, the

Experienced Riders Course, and the NewMilitary Sport Bike Course. Te rst twocourses are required by Deense Departmentregulation or anyone who plans to operatea motorcycle, Steuerwald said.

Tose regulations dene a motorcycle as“any motor vehicle having a seat or saddleor the use o its operator and designed totravel on not more than three wheels incontact with the ground.” Tis includesmotor scooters and motorized or motor-assisted bicycles.

“Tere are written tests and skills testrequired to successully pass the courses,”Steuerwald said. “Upon completing those,then you can get a USFK motorcycleendorsement.”

U.S. Forces Korea Regulation 190-1, which governs license and registration inKorea, also requires anyone operating amotorcycle or moped and has obtained aUSFK license to attend reresher trainingevery three years, just like Deschapell did.

“You always have to know that there isroom to grow and learn,” Deschapell said.“Certainly, riding in Korea has taught me

that. You have to be able

to anticipate what thetrac will do. You haveto be able to analyzethe traic situationand adjust your ridingbehavior to that.”

he Basic RidersCourse, a two-day course, teaches theundamentals like physical and mentalskills needed to operate a motorcycle saely.Participants learn about risk managementand special riding situations in classrooms,along with basic controls such as straightline riding, stopping, turning and shitingin the eld.

Te Experienced Riders Course, a six-hour course, ocuses more on saety skillsneeded or survival in traic. It teachesskills like stopping quickly, corneringand swerving, rider responsibility andmotorcycle inspection.

Sta Sgt. inie Irvin, o the 8th U.S. Army Equal Employment Opportunity

Oce, was one o the participants in theBasic Riders Course.

“I eel that I have learned a lot o inormation and receive greattr inin ” h id “I ill b

For more details,

visit your local

safety office or

contact Steuerwald

at 010-8913-5148

or ssteuerwald@

capefoxit.com.



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PAID ADVERTISING

Back to school safety

It is that time o year again! School bells

will be ringing on Yongsan GarrisonMonday, which means the hustle and

bustle o school drop-o and pick-up or2,200 students begins.

Even i you don’t have school-aged

children, i you are a driver on YongsanGarrison, you have a responsibility to drivesaely in this community.

Drivers must be aware o school-zonespeed limits, the locationso crosswalks, bus stops andpedestrian rights o way.

Speed limits

Just to review, along 8th Army Drive and X Corps

Blvd., the speed-limit is40 kph, which is about25 mph. However, whereindicated by a fashing light,the school-zone speed limit

are encouraged to use the newly constructeddrop-o point on X Corps Boulevard orthe expanded drop-o lanes on 8th Army Drive. For parents o SAES students who

want to walk their children rom the car tothe school, use authorized parking spaces in

parking lots adjacent to SAES.

Pedestrians and parking lots

Many o our students will be walking toschool through our parkinglots. Do not speed throughparking lots. Pay closeattention to everythinghappening around you. Tepotential or an accident ishigh, but with awareness

and caution we can greatly reduce the risk.

Military Police willbe out in orce Monday morning with patrolmen

SCHOOL ZONE

DRIVING SAFETY TIPS

SPEED LIMIT

25 kph

PARKING LOTS

Slow down! Be careful

of children walking

through parking lots



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AUGUST 22, 2008 NEWS IMCOM-K • PAGE 13http://imcom.korea.army.mil

Army News Service

oday and in the coming months,the Army will be celebrating the25th anniversary o the creation o

the Army Family Action Plan, senior lead-ers said, citing an ongoing commitmentto amilies embodied in the Army Family Covenant.

Te Army Family Covenant says thatSoldiers' strength comes rom their amilies.It pledges to provide or and support those

amilies, increase the accessibility and quality o healthcare, improve Soldier and amily housing and standardize and und amily programs and services.

Ten- Army Chie o Sta Gen. John A. Wickham signed a ground-breaking "whitepaper" titled Te Army Family on Aug. 15,1983. It identied the need or the Army toincrease support to its amilies. Wickhamand his sta asserted that a healthy amily environment allows Soldiers to concentrate

more ully on their mission."Te readiness o our all-volunteer orcedepends on the health o the amilies,"said Secretary o the Army Pete Geren. "Ican assure you that your Army leadershipunderstands the important contributioneach and every one o you makes. We needto make sure we step up and provide thesupport amilies need so the Army Family stays healthy and ready."

Te Army was in transition in 1983 --the Army was moving rom an organization

composed mostly o dratees and short-termenlistees, to an all-volunteer, proessional

Ar m y Fam i ly Ac t ion Plan tu r ns 25 years o ldorce consisting o more than 50 percentmarried personnel. Wickham set a newvision and course or Army Families thatcarries on to this day.

AFAP was created with an initialplanning conerence in 1984, the Year o the Army Family. Its mission: to help Army leaders address the needs and concerns o amily members. Te program uses amily representatives rom around the world toidentiy issues that will improve the standardo living or Soldiers and their amilies.

Tis eedback to leaders provides or policy changes that become tangible end-productsor the Army Family.

AFAP beneiciaries include Soldiers,retirees, Department o Army civilianemployees and all their amily members.Delegates meet and vote on the top 5conerence issues every year. Tese issues arebrieed at the next general-ofcer steeringcommittee. Te process involves the voicingo what's working and what isn't; and

provides a recommended solution to x it.Senior Army leadership is alerted to areas o concern that need their attention.

Six hundred thirty-three issues havebeen identied in the past 24 years. AFAPhas driven 101 legislative changes, 147

Army policy and regulatory changes and 165improved programs and services.

"We recognize what it takes to be an Army Family, and that our Soldiers drawgreat strength rom their amilies," said

Army Chie o Sta Gen. George W.

Casey Jr. "Te welare o Army Families isincreasingly important to all o us," he said,

adding that the Army was committed tobuilding a partnership with amilies. Tatpartnership is embodied in the Army Family Covenant.

Child care in the Army, ofcials pointout, exemplies the success o the AFAPprocess:

• ere was no funding for child careconstruction in 1981

• Between 1983 and 2006, 132 childcare acilities had been built or renovated,at a total cost o $325 million.

• The Army funded 22 new ChildDevelopment Centers in FY07; 92 Child

Development Center projects areprogrammed during FY08-13.

• One new Youth Center was fundedin FY07; 24 Youth Center projects areprogrammed during FY08-12.

Examples o amily support programsand services impacted by the AFAP processinclude:

• Family Readiness Groups are currently unded, staed and a unit requirement as aresult o policy changes made through the

AFAP process.• e Family Advocacy Program, created

ater an AFAP issue identied the need toassist amilies in crisis, provided training andsupport to more than 164,000 Soldiers oramilies in FY06.

• Financial Readiness Program managersconducted 110,041 inancial readinesscourses and provided individual support

to 49,681.• More than 50,000 spouses have found

employment through the Army SpouseEmployment Program.

• Army garrisons now provide more than50 dierent support programs/activities (onaverage) ranging rom "Army Family eamBuilding" classes to Youth Services Activitiesdesigned to ease the burden on the spouses

o deployed Soldiers.Troughout the coming months andleading up to the Army Family Action Plannational meeting in Alexandria, Va., in

January 2009, installations and garrisonsaround the world will conduct local AFAPmeetings to identiy key issues to beaddressed by Army leadership.

Tanks to the oresight o Gen. Wickhamand his sta 25 years ago, ofcials said, theneeds o the Army Family remain ront andcenter in the hearts and minds o Army

leaders around the world today and intothe uture.

Secretary of the Army Pete Geren takes a

moment to snap photos with young members

of the Army family during the Army FamilyCovenant signing ceremony at Fort Monroe,

Va., Nov. 29, 2007. — Photo By Staff Sgt.

Christina M. O'Connell



NEWS THE MORNING CALMIMCOM-K • PAGE 14http://imcom.korea.army.mil

Cast your ba l lo t for f reedom : Vote ! Th F d l V ti

Issue: OCONUS Retiree Dental Care;Retirees are unable to receive routine dentalservices at overseas military installations.Federally sponsored dental insurance is notavailable outside o U.S. and its territoriesand possessions. Retirees and Families mustabsorb 100% o the dental cost.

Recommendation: Expand RICARERetiree Dental Plan to overseas locations.

Ofce of Primary Responsibility: 18thMedical Command

Source: 2004 Eighth Army and Installationmanagement Command Korea Region

Army Family Action Plan Conerence

Required Actions: Retirees OCONUSare unable to receive routine dental servicesat most overseas military installations. Tecurrent contract or ederally sponsoreddental insurance is not available outsideo U.S. and its territories and possessions.Retirees and their amilies thereore mustabsorb 100% o any dental costs. Tereare approximately 1,500 retirees aectedin Korea and they contribute signicantly to the USFK workorce. End State is to

expand RICARE Retiree Dental Plan tooverseas locations. Tis issue was orwarded

to HQDA 2004 AFAP Conerence.

Progress:n Te issue entered the 2004 HQDA

AFAP conerence as Issue 568, DentalServices or Retirees Overseas.

nLG Valcourt signed a memo inOctober 2006 requesting expansion o theRICARE Retiree Dental Plan to Overseasretirees and their Families.

Facts:

n HQDA proponent ofce: Ofce o the Surgeon Generaln Te RDP contract was re-awarded

to Delta Dental on Sept. 21, 2007 or anadditional ve years. Under the terms o the new contract, retirees living outside the

Continental United States will be eligible orRDP. Te new contract will be eectiveOct 1, 2008.n he new RDP is enhanced by

covering dental implants, posterior resinrestorations (white llings), and increasingthe lie-time orthodontic beneit rom$1200 to $1500.

For more inormation about AFAPcontact Joseph Gall, email: joseph.a.gall@

korea.army.mil

AFAP works for you Army Family Action Plan expandsretiree dental care overseas 8th Army Public Affairs

he Eighth Army Band is holdingauditions or vocalist starting nowuntil all slots are lled. Any active-

duty Soldier stationed in the Republic o Korea is eligible to audition provided they meet the ollowing requirements: they en-

joy singing in various styles and venues, are

able to perorm the National Anthem ina military manner; they can sing one jazzstandard rom a selected list with live ac-

Eighth Army Band to hold

vocalist auditions companiment; they are able to sing a songo a Soldier’s choice in a contrasting style,and have the ability to perorm one songhighlighting his or her personality and mu-sical strengths.

I selected, the Soldiers will be assignedto the 8th Army Band or the duration o their tour in South Korea.

Please contact Sgt. Matt Shuck at

DSN 725-7135 or Matthew.Shuck@korea,army.mil. or pre-screening andaudition appointments.

The Client Legal Services Division for the Ofce of the Staff

Judge Advocate, Eighth U.S. Army (located in Bldg. #4106 on

U.S. Army Garrison - Yongsan) will be closed on Sept. 1 for the

Labor Day Holiday, and on Sept. 2 for a Training Holiday.

For more information, please call DSN 315-738-8111.

Client Legal Services Divisionholiday closure notice



AUGUST 22, 2008

IMCOM-K • PAGE 15http://imcom.korea.army.milCHAPLAIN

Catholic Mass Sunday 1130 Memorial Chapel

1700 Memorial ChapelSaturday 1700 Memorial Chapel

Mon/Thur/Fri 1205 Memorial Chapel

Tues/Wed 1205 121Hospital Chapel1st Sat. 0900 Memorial Chapel

Jewish Friday 1900 Memorial Chapel

Distinctive Faith Group ServicesEpiscopal

Sunday 1000 Memorial Chapel

UPCI Sunday 1300 Memorial Chapel

SDA

Saturday 0930 121 Hospital Chapel

Collective Protestant

Sunday 0800 Memorial Chapel(Weekly Communion)

0930 121 Hospital Chapel0930 Hannam(Korean)

1000 SAHS Auditorium

1000 Multi PurposeTraining Facility

1030 K-16 Chapel

1100 HannamChapel1200 SAHS (Gospel)

KATUSA Thursday 1830 Memorial Chapel

KCFA 3rd Tues. 1145 Memorial Chapel

Church of Jesus Latter-Day Saints & Church of Christinformation call 738-3011.

Protestant Services

Collective ProtestantSunday 1100 FreedomChapel

1100 Suwon Air Base Chapel

1100 Wonju Chapel

Chaplain (Capt.-P) Kendrick, 721-2820 (Wonju)

Gospel

Sunday 1300 FreedomChapelWednesday 1900 Freedom(Bible Study)

ContemporarySunday 1800 FreedomChapel

KATUSATuesday 1900 FreedomChapel

Catholic ServicesMass

Daily 1145 Freedom ChapelSunday 0930 FreedomChapel

1600 Camp Eagle Chapel

Protestant Services

Collective Sunday 1000 Stone Chapel

Sunday 1000 Stanley Chapel

Sunday 1030 West Casey ChapelSunday 1100 Warrior Chapel

Sunday 1100 Crusader Chapel

Sunday 1100 Hovey Chapel

Gospel Sunday 1100 Casey Memorial Chapel

GospelSunday 1100 Camp Stanley Chapel

COGICSunday 1230 CRC Warrior Chapel

KATUSA Sunday 1930 CRC Warrior Chapel

Sunday 1300 Jackson Auditorium

Tuesday 1900 Camp Stanley ChapelTuesday 1840 Casey Stone Chapel

Tuesday 1800 Camp Castle Chapel

Tuesday 1830 Casey Memorial ChapelTuesday 1830 Camp Hovey Chapel

Thursday 1830 West Casey Chapel

Catholic Mass Sunday 1300 Camp Stanley Chapel

Sunday 0900 CRC Warrior ChapelSunday 1215 West Casey Chapel

Sunday 0930 Camp Hovey Chapel

Later Day Saints

Sunday 1400 West Casey Chapel

Protestant Services

Collective ProtestantSunday 1030 Zoeckler Station Ch

1100 FreedomChapel

1100 Camp Long Chapel1100 Suwon Air Base Ch


1900 Camp Eagle ChapelGospel

Sunday 1300 FreedomChapelWednesday 1900 Freedom (Bible Study)

ContemporarySunday 1800 FreedomChapel

KATUSATuesday 1900 FreedomChapel

Sunday 2000 Camp Long Chapel

Catholic ServicesMass

Daily 1145 Freedom ChapelSunday 0930 FreedomChapel

1600 Camp Long Chapel


USAG-Yongsan Chaplains

Chaplain (Lt. Col.) David B. Crary:

[email protected], 7 38-3009

Chaplain (Maj.) Adolph G. DuBose:

[email protected], 738-4043

Chaplain (Maj.) Leo Mora Jr.:


USAG-Humphreys Chaplains

Chaplain (Maj.) Klon K. Kitchen, Jr.:


Chaplain (Maj.) James E. O’Neal:

[email protected] , 753-7276

Chaplain (Capt.) Anthony Flores:

[email protected],753-7042

USAG-Red Cloud/Casey

2ID Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Frank R. Spencer:


Red Cloud Chaplain (Maj.) Wayne Garcia: 732-6169

Red Cloud Chaplain (Capt.) Mario Rosario:

[email protected],

732-6169

USAG Humphreys Chaplains

Chaplain (Maj.) Klon K. Kitchen, Jr.:


Chaplain (Maj.) James E. O’Neal:

[email protected] , 753-7276

Chaplain (Capt.) Charlie Lee:


Area III Worship ScheduleArea I Worship Schedule Area IV Worship ScheduleArea II Worship Schedule

Korea-wide Army chaplain points of contact

The Command Chaplain’s Ofce is here to perform, provide, or coordinate total religioussupport to the United Nations Command, U.S. Forces Korea and Eighth U.S. Army

Servicemembers, their families and authorized civilians across the full spectrum of operationsfrom armistice to war.

Visit the U.S. Forces Korea Religious Support site at:

http://www.usfk.mil/org/FKCH/Index.html?/org/FKCH/Contents/mission.htmfor helpful links and information



IMCOM-K • PAGE 16http://imcom.korea.army.mil FEATURE THE MORNING CALM

Dongducheon Rock Festival celebrates 10 years

Vocalist Tom, left, and guitarist Jun, right, of the Japanese band 404notFound, entertain the crowd during their performance at the Dongducheon Rock Festival, Aug.16, Special Events Stage,

Mount Soyosan Tourist Resort Area. —U.S. Army Photo By Spc. Alun Thomas

by Spc. Alun Thomas


DONGDUCHEON he annual



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http://imcom.korea.army.mil NEWS THE MORNING CALM



USAG-H • PAGE 21http://imcom.korea.army.mil AREA III

Spc. Lorenzo Love, a Pharmacy Technician with 121st Combat Support Hospital, describessome of the medications the hospital takes when it deploys to a eld site. Love and about

100 Soldiers from 121st deployed to U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys as part of exercise UlchiFreedom Guardian 08. —U.S. Army Photo By Bob McElroy

121st Combat Support Hospital provides quality care downrangeby Bob McElroy

USAG-Humphreys Public Affairs

USAG-HUMPHREYS — Just o o Desiderio Army Aireld here about 100Soldiers rom the 121st Combat Sup-port Hospital have spent the last week perorming the same jobs and providingthe same medical care as the main hospitalin Yongsan.

In a sprawling complex made up o climate-controlled tents and expandable

metal shelters medical personnel can pro-vide everything rom emergency care to ra-diology, laboratory tests, pharmacy, surgery and intensive care.

Tere’s even a dining acility and chapel which provides services or all denomina-tions and a quiet place or Soldiers to re-lax.

“We have an 84-bed slice o a 240-bedpackage,” said Sgt. 1st Class Je Brownlee,an operating room specialist in Yongsan who is acting as ward master while de-ployed to Humphreys. “We have the samecapabilities here as at the 121st in Yongsan; we’re pretty high speed.”

Te tents and expandable containersgive the 121st the ability to pack up anddeploy with the same medical equipmentas they use at the main hospital, Brownleeadded.

Fragile or smaller, sensitive equipmentis packed in special cases and then securedin the expandable container. Larger devices

such as X-ray machines, operating roomtables or rerigerators are secured in the ex-pandable containers or shipping.

Te expandable containers remain atH h d d l

Te eld ER provides a ull array o

emergency medical services, including dai-ly sick call and seeing patients throughoutthe day, according to Capt. Katina Fosen,the emergency room physician.

“We can do everything here, the same asat 121,” Fosen added.

Beside Fosen the ER sta includes anER nurse, the noncommissioned ocer incharge, two medics and a KAUSA Soldieror administrative work.

Te pharmacy is staed with three Sol-

diers and can provide anything a physicianprescribes or needs to perorm medical pro-cedures, according to Spc. Lorenzo Love, apharmacy technician.

Love said that the pharmacy didn’t havetheir complete inventory due to the brev-ity o the exercise and the level o care they expected to provide.

During a real deployment the 121st would pack a complete inventory o phar-maceuticals.

Should a Soldier require lab tests, theeld hospital is staed and equipped toprovide everything rom blood testing, tourine testing or several conditions, drugtesting and even pregnancy tests, said labtechnician Pc. John Paupard. Te lab alsodeploys with its own blood bank.

In the radiology section technicians Sgt. Araceli Walker and Spc. Gareld Craiggtake digital X-rays and can perorm com-puterized tomography scans.

Tey also have the ability to transmit

images instantly by e-mail to the sta radi-ologist in Yongsan or interpretation.

“We can send the X-ray quickly, almostabout the same time as they can at 121,”C i id



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“Freedom”, a Patriotic PerformanceCornerstone Arts presents a free musical pro-duction to thank our Servicemembers. Twoperformances are scheduled for Friday, Aug.22 and Saturday, Aug. 23 at the Yi Chung Cul-

tural Center in Songtan at 7p.m.For more information call 784-9156.

Youth Services Soccer Registration

Registration will be held Aug. 1-29. Youthmust be a registered CYS member and have a

sports physical on le.

Parents Meetings:

Sept. 8-11 at CYS Gym, 5:30 p.m.Ages 4-8 Sept. 8Ages 9-10 Sept. 9

Ages 11-12 Sept. 10Ages 13-15 Sept. 11

Visit CYS or call 753-8507 for more info.

Osan Softball Tournament

The rst-ever Osan Hispanic Heritage Month

Softball Tournament is set to begin at 8 a.m.Sept. 6 at the Osan Air Base softball elds.

The double-elimination tournament is limitedto 12 teams. The entrance fee is $100 per team and is due no later than Sept. 5. Ama-teur Softball Association rules apply. For moreinformation, contact Chad James at chad.

[email protected]. All proceeds will go to theOsan Hispanic Heritage Month Fiesta.

Operation Rising Star

12 Sep 08 – 1800 hrs: ACCAPELLA auditions13 Sep 08 – 1900 hrs: Finals Winners willcompete against Army posts world-wide.Grand prize is trip to the states and recordingby professional studio. Must be Active Duty,

Reserve, National Guard or military familymembers 18 and older. Stop by the CAC tosign-up. For more information, call Dean or

Lorenzo at 753-8825.

N ew s & N ot e s

THE MORNING CALM AREA IIISummer Hire Program broadens horizons for students by Stacy A. OuelletteUSAG-H Public Affairs

USAG HUMPHREYS – he U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys Summer HireProgram held a ceremony on August 13in the post chapel to honor the 45 Family Members who participated in the programthis year.

Gina Young, who served as thecoordinator or this year’s Summer HireProgram said the number o employees

was a signicant increase rom the 23 who worked last year.

“he program provides ull-timeemployment opportunities or amily member youths o Department o Deensemilitary and civilian personnel stationedin Korea during school vacation periods toacquire job skills and experience in a work environment and to earn an income,” said Young.

Cynthia Jackson, assistant program

coordinator and a 26 year veteran o Federalservice, welcomed the opportunity to orientparticipants on work ethics, dress code andother work-related skills.

“he program gave students theopportunity to gain marketable skills,meaningul experience, and earn money while introducing eligible amily members toFederal employment, along with providingCommanders and managers with additionalresources during the summer relocationperiod,” said Jackson.

here were two sessions to provideemployment opportunities to as many applicants as possible. A college studentsession ran rom May 27 – Aug 15. Te

worked in the Directorate o Public Works’Environmental Division and ound it anexciting and great place or him to learnnew things.

“I thought it would be a good experienceand to have a steady job over the summer.I really wanted to come back and visit(Korea) again. It’s really neat to see dierentaspects o lie and how people value dierentthings,” said Kelly.

Tis all, Kelly will be a senior at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. majoring inFinance. His ather fies Apache helicoptersor 4th Battalion 2nd Combat AviationBrigade.

under legal guardianship o the sponsor orspouse, who are 14 through 22 years o ageand are either college students enrolled orattending an accredited college or university on a ull-time basis or high school studentsenrolled ull-time at a high school, homeschool or trade school.

aking part is the program is benecialor gaining job skills and experience in aFederal work environment and earning anincome, said Young.

“I am really excited about working withthe program next year and hope that we willbe able to place more students in variouspositions,” said Jackson.

45 high school and college-age family members recently completed their tenure in the HumphreysGarrison Summer Hire program. Civilian Personnel Advisory Center director Tom Mulvihill (right) and his

staff recently held a ceremony and reception for all who worked in the program this year. — U.S. Army

Photo By Stacy A. Ouellette



AUGUS 15, 2008 AREA III USAG-H • PAGE 23http://imcom.korea.army.mil

USAG HUMPHREYS – Scott Proftt, Bravo Company, 3/2 GSAB,

Humphreys, has perfect form and a gigantic slash as he ops his

way to a gold medal in the Splish & Splash Water Park OlympicsSaturday. Splish & Splash hosted its own Olympic Games in answer to the

Summer Olympics in Beijing, featuring such unusual contest as Belly

Flopping, Duck Water Shot and Diving for Won. The Water Park will

remain open through the Labor Day Weekend Hours are 11 a m -6

USAG HUMPHREYS – Humphreys American School welcomed new teachers and staff on Tuesday at theHumphreys Community Activity Center and said good-bye to Dr. Joan Islas, their former principal. Islas, who was

HAS principal for two years, is bound for Germany where she will serve as the assistant superintendent of the BavariaSchool District, Department of Defense Dependent School System. Ms. Joyce Diggs is the new HAS principal and

joins14newteachers thisschoolyear Islas isshownherewithsecondgradeteacherSheliaBryant (right)andsome

Hai l and fa rewe l l Geronimo!



USAG-D • PAGE 25 www.imcom.korea.army.mil AREA IV AUGUS 22, 2008

Camp Carroll Chapel hosts Vacation Bible Schoolby Sgt. Jang Won-ilUSAG-Daegu Public Affairs

CAMP CARROLL – About 40children, along with parents, o the CampCarroll Chapel community gathered or athree-day vacation bible school programhosted by Camp Carroll Chapel Aug.5-7

Children ages 5 to 13 participated inthe program, entitled “Jesus Calms theStorm”. USAG-Daegu, Camp Carroll

Ins ta l la t ion Chapla in(Capt .) Park Sohhwan, who was recently assigned tothe position, had been enthusiastic aboutplanning the event, and managed to pullo a memorable vacation bible schoolprogram.

“he 2008 Camp Carroll VBS hasbeen designed to provide childrena chance to taste the power o theKingdom o God. As the title ‘JesusCalms the Storm’ implies, children

need to learn that Jesus, who is theKing o the Kingdom o God, haspower to handle all the issues our lie,”said Park.

“Tis year’s bible school was a greatsuccess,” said Camp Carroll Chapel Assistant, Sgt. Lee Sang-yoon. “More kidscame to the bible school compared to theone held last year. We’ve never expectedthis much o a crowd, so it’s all very motivating.”

he program consisted o an hour o “singing and dancing” worship praiseand storytelling. Each day, there weredierent bible verses the students had tomemorize and the remaining schedules were set up to guide the children tothink about each day’s Bible versethrough various activities. here werealso short skits prepared by volunteer

Kids concentrate as volunteer teacher Earline Moss takes the spotlight in a traditional costume.

During the three-day-long Vacation Bible School held in Camp Carroll’s USAG Daegu Chapel

Annex building, Moss taught the kids story-telling through daily storytelling sessions.

Zenie Lee (left) from Protestant Women of

the Church, who participated in the VBS as

praises and worship leader, prays with the

children during the event. —U.S. Army Pho-

tos By Sgt. Jang Won-il

– See VBS Page 26 –

View of Ulchi Freedom Guardian 08



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Women’s Equality DayTeam 19 presents Women’s Equality

Day Observance hosted by 501st

Sustainment Brigade, 10 a.m., Aug. 26 at

Camp Walker’s Evergreen Community

Club. For information, call WO1 Rolda K.

Alexander at DSN 765-8689 or Master

Sgt. Jerry Clements at 011-9351-8033.

Kelly Field Announcement

Kelly Field opens for limited use until

Aug. 17 due to on-going constructionand repairs. All of Kelly Field will be

closed from Aug. 18 – 26 to install the

new running surface. For information or

questions, call the Kelly Fitness Center

ofce at DSN 764-4225/4253.

YS Soccer Registration

Youth Service’s Soccer registration

is from Aug. 1 – 29. It is open to

registered CYS members, ages 5 – 15.

Youth ages (11 above) must sign up for

Skills Assessments. For information,

contact the Central Enrollment Ofce,

Bldg. 257 on Camp Walker or call DSN

764-4859/5298.

Track and Field Championships

The Eight Army Track and Field

Championships will be held Sep. 20

at Camp Casey’s Schoonover Bowl.

Competitions include 5000m, Long and

Triple Jump, 110m Men’s High Hurdles,

100m Women’s Low Hurdles, ShotPut, High Jump, 800m, 400m, 100m,

1500m, 200m, 4-by-100m Relay, 4-by-

400m Relay. Please register by Sep. 7

N ew s & N o t es

THE MORNING CALM AREA IV

Volunteer Spotlight: Valerie Downeyby Gail LeeProtestant Women of the Chapel

CAMP WALKER –Tere is a volunteer who spends countless hours per monthdonating her time to the community. Tevolunteer is Valerie Downey living on Camp Walker in Daegu.

What does this volunteer do?Valerie Downey volunteers at her

local church, Camp Walker’s Chapel. Forthe past year, she has helped to organizeChildren’s Church programs and helped with the Sunday School programs. Shetrains the teachers, prepares schedules,orders curriculum and keeps the chaplainsinormed. She is also a member o theProtestant Women o the Chapel Boardand assists in creating a quality programor the women o the community as well.

During this spring and summer she hasspent countless hours preparing the VacationBible School Program or the Camp Walker and Camp George children. She’straveled the entire peninsula seeking outthe materials needed to assist the teachers.Her logistics expertise and support cannotbe matched.

In addition, she volunteers many hours

each month to the Boy Scouts. She helpsto train them, organize special unctionsand serves as an advisor. Additionally, she isalso a volunteer or the Apple ree Git andTrit Shop. She is on the Board there as well. She also reaches across cultural bordersand volunteers in many Korean English

Camps as well.What impact does this volunteer have

on the community?She reaches so many lives, both adults

and children. So much o what she doesis “behind the scenes” yet it has great andlasting impact on programs and people.She supports so many people in the chapelcommunity, the Boy Scout community, thepost community in general and the Koreancommunity. Her heart is to make their jobs easier by providing guidance, supplies,or other people to get a job done. She isentirely dependable, never complaining,and ocused in accomplishing any missionshe takes on.

Why does this person volunteer?For her, volunteering comes naturally.

She sees a need and rises to the challenge.She knows she can help. For her it ispartially about setting the example. Shesays that now that her children are older, it’s

her turn to step up and volunteer in orderto help moms with younger children. Tis would allow these already busy young momsto ocus on the important job o being amom. Providing services and help or themcan bring great satisaction.

Valerie Downey

teachers that depicted a signiicant event

in the Bible to help the children relateto the Bible verses. he rest o the d aily schedules were mostly concentrated onun and enjoyable group activities.

VBS from Page 25

as ace painting, making gures out o

balloons and clay, and drawing pictureso Bible-related events. Tey also enjoyedloads o outdoor un under the sun witha variety o summer activities like water

and volunteers . hree members o

Protestant Women o the Church romCamp Walker came and led the worship with high spirit.

“Amazingly, God blessed our VBS



AREA IV USAG-D • PAGE 27 www.imcom.korea.army.mil AUGUS 22, 2008

Toast m ast ers Daegu im proves leadersh ip sk i l l sby Paul S. O’Leary

USAG-Daegu RM Ofce

CAMP WALKER – Eat healthy snacksbetween meals, drink moderately, don’tsmoke, exercise regularly…Like it ornot, it’s healthy advice. Te same canbe said or proessional development.For example, ew people enjoy writingspeeches and less like delivering one inpublic. But the skill is good or you.Especially i you aspire to move up theproessional ladder; learning the art o public speaking is essential.

Fortunately, there is a club at Camp Walker to help you do just that. Oneo 11,500 clubs in 92 countries, theCamp Walker-based Gaya Internationaloastmasters Club is helping men and women learn the arts o speaking, listeningand thinking – vital skills that promotesel-actualization, enhance leadership, osterhuman understanding, and contributeto the betterment o mankind. At Gaya

oastmaster meetings, husbands and wives,school teachers and parents, Soldiers andcivilians participate and learn together tobe better public speakers and leaders. Eacho Gaya’s meeting is an exciting, interactivecommunity event, bringing Americans andKoreans together under one roo to enjoy public speaking and leadership developmentactivities.

Tat’s the good news. But there is acatch. Active membership requires eort,

a lot o eort. Hey, like staying healthy,proessional development takes work. Writing and delivering a good speechis a learned art requiring ocused hours

developing a topic and rening the nalproduct. And that’s hal o it; once written,ample time and eort is needed to practicethe ow, emphasis and timing o the speech. And the rewards are awesome…a better writer, orator and listener…all skills o the

best leaders.oastmasters is right or you i youare committed to improving yourcommunication and leadership skills.

Even i you are already a procient publicspeaker, you can help other membersimprove their skills by serving as a mentorand volunteering to evaluate memberspeeches. Tere are plenty o opportunitiesto help others help themselves. Te truth

is, most who think they are good speakersaren’t as good as they think. But they’llnever know that until they seek and welcome honest, constructive and positive

eedback. And that is what you get rom

oastmasters; peers telling you what they liked about your speech and what couldbe improved. Constructive input romvarious persons helps…a lot. And that’s what takes place at every oastmastersmeeting.

Does oastmasters work? According toSaemeena Pak it does, “When I delivered my rst speech I remember being very nervous.Now, ater delivering three speeches, I amnoticeably much less nervous. In act I

am excited about my next opportunity to speak. Initially developing a topic wasalso difcult, especially into English. Ittook me two or three days just to think o a good topic or my second speech. Yet, Inotice that with the practice o choosingand developing a topic into a speech, itgets much easier.” Another member andcurrent club president, Darryl Chandler,had this to say about his oastmastersexperience, “oastmaster has rened my ability to communicate orally and increased

my listening ear; two important skills thathelp me on the job and everyday living.oastmasters is a great club and we areortunate to have a chapter right here inDaegu.”

So, the next time you ind yoursel sitting in ront o the “boob tube” at 1800on the rst or third uesday o the month,remember many o your ellow community members are enjoying and personally developing themselves at the Camp Walker

Lodge. One hour, twice a month, thebest place in town or entertainment andlearning is oastmasters. It denitely beatshealthy snacks.

Members of Gaya International Toastmasters Club pose after their regular meeting. During

their meetings, members improve their communication and leaderhsip skills. – U.S. Army Photo

Courtesy Gaya Toastmasters International Club



USAG-D • PAGE 28 www.imcom.korea.army.mil THE MORNING CALM AREA IV

18th MEDCOM promotes safe fun in the sunby Ok Hee-suh18th Medical Command

USAG DAEGU – Skin cancer is the mostcommon orm o cancer in the United States.Te two most common types o skin cancer—basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas—arehighly curable. However, melanoma, thethird most common skin cancer, is moredangerous, especially among young people.In the U.S., 50, 039 people were diagnosed with melanomas o the skin and 7,952 people

died rom it in 2004. Approximately, 65%-90% o melanomas are caused by exposure toultraviolet light or sunlight.

UV RaysUltraviolet rays are a part o sunlight

that is an invisible orm o radiation. UV rays can penetrate and change the structureo skin cells.

here are three types o UV rays:ultraviolet A, ultraviolet B, and ultravioletC . UVA is the most abundant source o solar radiation at the earth’s surace andpenetrates beyond the top layer o humanskin. Scientists believe that UVA radiationcan cause damage to connective tissue andincrease a person’s risk or developing skincancer.

UVB rays are less abundant at the earth’ssurace than UVA because a signiicantportion o UVB rays is absorbed by theozone layer. UVB rays penetrate less deeply into the skin than do UVA rays, but also

can be damaging.UVC radiation is extremely hazardous

to skin, but it is completely absorbed by the

stratospheric ozone layer and does not reachthe surace o the earth.

Risk FactorsPeople with certain risk actors are more

likely than others to develop skin cancer.Risk actors vary or dierent types o skincancer, but some general risk actors are:

• Lighter natural skin color.• Family history of skin cancer.• Personal history of skin cancer.• Exposure to the sun through work

and play.

• A history of sunburns early in life.• Skin that burns, freckles, reddens easily,

or becomes painul in the sun.

• Blue or green eyes.• Blond or red hair.• Certain types of moles.• Indoor tanning before the age of 35 has

been associated with a signicant increase inthe risk o melanoma. Yet on an average day,more than one million Americans use indoortanning salons. Research shows 70 percento indoor tanners are emale, primarily 16 to29 years old, an age group that’s particularly at risk or developing skin cancer.

Risk Reduction

Te best way or a person to preventskin cancer is to protect himsel or hersel rom the sun. When used consistently, sun-

protective practices can reduce a person’s risk o developing skin cancer.

he Centers or Disease Controlrecommends ive easy options or sunprotection:

•Seek shade, especially during midday hours (10 a.m. – 4 p.m.), when UV rays arestrongest and do the most damage.

•Cover up with clothing to protectexposed skin.

•Get a hat with a wide brim to shade theace, head, ears, and neck.

•Grab shades that wrap around and block as close to 100% o both UVA and UVBrays as possible.

•Rub on sunscreen with sun protectiveactor 15 or higher, and both UVA and UVBprotection.

It’s always wise to choose more than one way to cover up when you’re in the sun. Usesunscreen, and put on a -shirt... Seek shade,and grab your sunglasses... Wear a hat, butrub on sunscreen too.

Combining these sun protective actionshelps protect your skin rom the sun’sdamaging UV rays.

UV rays reach you on cloudy and hazy days, as well as bright and sunny days. UV rays will also reect o any surace like water,cement, sand, and snow. Additionally, UV rays rom articial sources o light, liketanning beds, cause skin cancer and shouldbe avoided.

For more inormation, visit the Centersor Disease Control and Prevention at

www.cdc.gov/cancer/skin, or the American Academy o Dermatology at www.aad.org.

USAG-Daegu Supply clerk, Cpl. Ki Ho-keun (left) and USAG-Daegu PAO, Ronald Inman squint

in the bright afternoon sun. Lighter skin color can be a risk factor to developing skin cancer.

– U.S. Army Photo By Sgt. Na Kyung-chul

The Morning Calm Korea Weekly - August 22,2008

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