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Military
in Korea
Welcome to our military page. Yes, that's right
we have all seen the military here and we're veterans too! It
is only fitting that we have a military page for military issues.
Whether you're sweating it out in a military kitchen, jumping
out of a plane, or busting crime at CID, this site is for you.
Enlisted, Warrant Officers, Chief Warrant Officers, and Officers,
everyone is welcome here. After all, we're all on the same side.
The
Armed Forces in Korea
AFN
Korea
The Korean
War Memorial
See a full photo gallery here.
Be sure
to check out our DMZ
page. It includes pictures and video.
We would like
to thank the sacrifice by the U.S. Military and the prevention
of the following atrocities :
-Repression
of free speech.
-Murders
of kids in front of the mothers and fathers.
-Murders
of parents in front of children.
-Imprisonment
for not being "patriotic" enough.
-Killing of babies for possible mixed parentage.
-Eating of cadavers because of lack of food.
-Forced
sex on women by soldiers and the "Dear Leader."
-Prohibited access to radio, TV, Internet, newspapers or other
media from "outside" influences.
-Torture and abuse in labor camps.
-Punishment of not only a suspect, but THREE generations for supposed
crimes against the state.
We would also
like to thank your predecessors for fighting bravely in a neighboring
Japan, who had repressed and forced its will on Korea for hundreds
of years. We would also like to thank your country for putting
a stop to this pillaging once and for all, in two devastating
but effective nuclear bombs.
Many Koreans
have forgotten about this history, and many want to ignore it.
Many hate the U.S., the country that liberated, funded and invested
in Korea, more than Japan, a country that repressed and took away
from Korea for hundreds of years. However, many more Koreans want
you to stay here, they need your help to protect against the dangerous
North and appreciate your presence. We do, too. So keep up the
good work, and know that you are needed and wanted here!
Brush Up
on Your Korean Friends' Military Rankings
Enlisted
When South Korea's national defense guard was founded, enlisted
ranks were divided in to private and private first class. These
terms have been used ever since. In 1962, enlisted ranks were
divided into four, and those who were in upper rank of the enlisted
were called corporal. The term sergeant was used to signify the
head of enlisted ranks.
Private |
Private First Class |
Corporal/ Specialist |
Sergeant |
Non-commisioned
Officers (NCOs)
In
1996, Non-commissioned officers' insignia was revised from the
past insignia on which their insignia was marked on top of that
of the enlisted soldiers causing it to look too big. So to arouse
their pride and to make it look like the insignia of the officers,
they added the Mugunghwa sign underneath their insignia.
Staff Sergeant |
Sergeant First Class |
Master Sergeant |
Sergeant Major |
Company
officer
The Company officer's rhombus symbolizes the beginning officers'
strong will of the protection of the nation and is expressed in
a form of strong and unbreakable diamond.
2nd Lieutenant |
1st Lieutenant |
Captain |
Field officer
Field officers' bamboo symbolizes the ever greenness of four seasons,
strong spirit, and fidelity.
Major |
Lieutenant Colonel |
Colonel |
General
Brigadier General |
Major General |
Lieutenant General |
General |
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