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12ax7
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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 Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 7:28 am Post subject: |
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| pkang0202 wrote: |
| CentralCali wrote: |
| He will not go through US Army Basic Training. He will be assigned to whatever open KATUSA billet is available, which could run the gamut from adminstration to military police. |
Thats what I get for not following up on it.
My cousin was a KATUSA. I jsut assumed he went through US basic training because he was given a US rank. I remember he was 1 level higher in rank than the Korean soldiers his same age/group.
Also, his job was administrative for a US colonel (or was it a major?). I remember he said most Koreans who were good at English wanted to become KATUSA because it was a better than being a normal Korean solider. Things like better living quarters and things.
I should put a disclaimer on my posts for today. I had some crazy chicken soup for lunch where I had to take a black pill before eating. Normally I'm pretty good with info, but today is an off day. |
My wife's cousins were also KATUSA. These guys are actually American, born and raised. They could barely speak any Korean when they moved here as teenagers. Apparently, the only reason they ever got Korean citizenship (and had to do their service) is because of office politics at their father's job. Right now they are in grad school in the US and have no immediate plans of returning to live in Korea. |
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wanderer
Joined: 25 May 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:01 am Post subject: |
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| 곽태신, 나는 군대로 어학연수 간다!! 군생활 속에서 배우는 실전영어. 서울: 21세기군사연구소, 2007. |
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