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Tuesday, July 19, 2005

What is broke about the driving policy in Korea

OK, this is one topic that really gets my blood boiling, but I'll try to remain calm as I lay it out. Here at Yongsan Army Garrison in Seoul, most E5's and above are required to live off post on the economy due to a lack of barracks space on post to house them in. Well, after one too many drunk driving incidents, the General decided to take away driving priveledges from all Sergeants and Staff Sergeants, even though they are required to live off post. Now, these soldiers who live off post are supposed to either walk in to work every day rain or shine, or take a taxi at their own expense. Some live very far off post, and some are hurt physically and don't have much choice but to take a taxi.
OK folks, now here is the part that pisses me off the most.....One of the reasons besides drinking and driving when taking away driving priveledges away from these soldiers was immaturity, yet UNDERAGE DEPENDENTS here in Yongsan have cars and drivers licenses. Now if this isn't a slap in the face to every NCO who is walking into work every day then I don't know what else is. Well, now it should be evident that the driving policy is clearly self serving to our Senior Officers and NCO's, as who else is crusty enough to have kids old enough to drive in country?? That's right folks, the top brass and stripes themselves, while pulling driving priveledges from those soldiers they should be looking out for kept the driving priveledges in place for their own flesh and blood. It makes me sick to see these same people talk about force protection, yet with this driving policy they have effectively created a major force protection issue. Every day I see the same people taking the same route to work...No guessing here if terrorists decided to start picking us off one by one. Also, can you imagine if we actually went to war here in Korea?? All of our first line supervisors would take forever getting into work because they live off post with no car and are humping three large bags!!
Well, I presented these same concerns and thoughts to the USFK CSM, and tune in tomorrow to see just how well that went over. See ya then!

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