Korea

[birdman]

Hey I just got orders to Kunsan Korea .Anyone have anything to say about Korea? My father was in the war in 1953 and I think it is a neat thing that I am going there and it will get me out of North Dakota which has to be the coldest place on earth.

[Montana Jim]

Osan 91 - 92... I loved it. Good luck and God speed with the Wolfpack!

[olegoat]

kunson 65-66 it gets cold there too. out the back gate and on a hill there, a caved in bunker, i hd no m/d at tht time

[ghostdog]

IWAS THEIR IN 68,COLD,HOT,MALARAY,MONSOONS,CLAP,AND PLENTY OF PARTY GIRLS TO GO AROUND.

[MSgtUSAF]

Be prepared to wear your mopp gear at least once a month, Due to Kunsan being a remote, they have a lot of exercises. They have a shuttle service to A-Town, the local club area, was about 12 clubs in late 90's. The NCO club is decent, The dining facility was one of the best I had eaten in food wise, Nice golf course. Theirs a daily shuttle to Osan for shopping. If your an E-6 or above, ship a POV if you can, nothing nice just reliable, it was nice to be able to get around and not rely on the bus system, plus Korea is a very pretty country and there's a lot to see, I did 5 tours there between 85 and 98, if you have specific question, PM me and I try and answer.

Msgt

[Montana Jim]

IWAS THEIR IN 68,COLD,HOT,MALARAY,MONSOONS,CLAP,AND PLENTY OF PARTY GIRLS TO GO AROUND.

I think they took care of the malaria... the rest is still the same. LMAO

[birdman]

Funny stuff! Jim ,they canned the E6 can get a POV a few years ago. Some TSgt tied one on and hit somebody is what I heard. It's a real bummer because I just put on TSgt. Do you think it would be worth getting a water machine and hunting the beaches there? It looks like crack badger did well in Korea on one of his trips.

[MSgtUSAF]

If I am not mistaken, the beaches on Kunsan are off limits. The ROK patrols them and they are supposed to be mined. Unless the have changed the rule, there's a 12 mile exclusion zone from the main gate where US personnel are off limits, (there's a reason for this I won't go into here) which is why A-town is 12 miles from the base. Without a POV it will be hard getting to detecting areas, but if you can hook up with someone or a local, there's mountains and old battle sites just begging to be worked. Be live it or not, I have heard that the "Bar girls" are now mainly Filipino and Russian imports. Kunsan has always been a "Work hard, Party hard" base and a 1 year tour fly's by. Good luck and enjoy yourself while your there.


MSgt

[birdman]

Thanks MSgt,I have a hunting partner lined up but he lives around Osan. Ifigure I could take the bus over once or twice a month for some hours of hunting.I am looking foward to seeing Korea for sure. I will have a good time just having four seasons again. Here at Minot you have about 8 months of winter and 4 months of spring ,summer and then fall.

[Ammietuar]

Well I almost wish I hadnt just left Kunsan, I was looking for a hunting partner for a while. I was there from Feb 08 to Feb 09 and TDY a few times before that. I absolutely never had any real problems detecting there, and going out almost every weekend I only saw 2 other people detecting that I didnt bring with me. The beaches were a blast there, I was averageing about 14,000 won in change a day with 2-3 rings/jewelry on the beaches. I would suggest any hiking trails you can find. Thats where I found my oldest coin from. The coins are really hard to identify, but I narrowed it down to 1650-1730. The only thing I did not like about detecting there, was that the Koreans were extremely/overly interested in what you were doing. If you go detecting on a beach, be prepared for them to constantly crowd you in wanting to see every find, ask you a million questions in Korean(even after you explain to them in Hangul and English that you dont understand), and even want to try your detector out. I would suggest the early mornings as best on the beaches, less people and alot less drunk people trying to show you how to MD with your own tools(yes it happened to me on more than one occasion). As far as the offlimits thing goes, its a 3 mile circle around the base. Its only offlimits if you are "stopping" such as in a store or someones house, it is still open to joggers, biking and walking. To get to any where I mostly biked or rode a bus, both were pretty cheap. When it came to MDing in Korea, I had a blast, hope you do too. If you got any other questions PM me! GL!

[birdman]

Sounds great ,I will shoot you a PM.

[birdman]

I just found this old post, it has been a year and I am heading home on the 4th of Nov.

It has been a busy year. :P

[crazyjarhead]

Hot, cold an nothing out in the DMZ. USMC 1976,77, 78 out in some make-shift camp 10 miles from the DMZ with a 155 Battery. Plenty of Oscar, Sojou, and women of all types. Seoul was nice but you have to keep in mind the South and North are still at war. Everywhere you go you can see the military presence. People are nice and the ROK Marine's are pretty tough .