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| Allegedly from the WaPo. Now ask us if we give a shit whence we steal shit. |
By Kim Eun-jung
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Army will deploy a mechanized infantry battalion made up of advanced battle tanks to South Korea to bolster defense on the peninsula as part of a rotational force, a military source said Tuesday.
The battalion armed with M1A2 battle tanks and M2A3 armored infantry fighting vehicles will depart their base on Thursday to join the U.S. Army's 2nd Infantry Division stationed in South Korea, the source said, asking for anonymity.
About 800 American service members will serve in North Gyeonggi Province, just south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, for nine months as part of planned enhancements to American forces in the country, he said.
The latest deployment shows the U.S. commitment to the military rebalancing to the Asia-Pacific region amid rising tensions in the strategically important region.
It also comes at a time when South Korean and U.S. forces have been beefing up their vigilance against potential political instability in North Korea following the execution of young leader Kim Jong-un's once-powerful uncle, Jang Song-thaek.
Last September, a U.S. Army attack reconnaissance squadron returned to Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, after missions in Iraq with 30 OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters.
In April 2013, a U.S. chemical battalion was also redeployed to Camp Stanley in Euijeongbu, just north of Seoul, nine years after it withdrew from the peninsula in 2003.
About 28,500 American service members are stationed in South Korea to help deter aggression from North Korea.
ejkim@yna.co.kr
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2 comments:
So let me get this straight. South Korea has twice the population of North Korea, they have hundreds of modern tanks while North Korea has hundreds of immobile WW2-era pillboxes that used to be tanks, they have hundreds of modern fighters while North Korea has a few dozen 60's vintage fighters that will actually fly, yet South Korea needs *us* to protect them?
Bullsh*t on that. Our troops are there just to be targets in case North Korea decides to nuke Seoul, so that we can be outraged and toss our own nukes at North Korea. Well, I don't know why we need 23,000 targets in South Korea. It'd work just as well with 23 targets and wouldn't be so bloody expensive and wouldn't cause such frictions with the South Korean civilian population (because our troops act like assholes wherever they go). But hey, that'd hurt some military contractors' profits, I guess. Bah humbug!
- Badtux the Grumpy Penguin
Labor Editor:
Our boys & girls also used to be there to free ROK Army elements to repress labor. Then, after 20 yrs. of beating on strikers (Voilà: Economic miracle!!!) the ROK officers retire & move to L.A. (& my Koreatown-adjacent 'hood) to buy & run liquor stores & shoot black shoplifters & rioters. (O.K., that goes back 20+ yrs. & no one's been shot lately. But we aren't forgetting!)
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