South Korea tours will now be a year longer as Army cuts down on moves

[Snoopy59]

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-south-korea-tours-longer/

 

Would you guys have wanted to do 2 years at Osan/Kunsan? Salute to the "Juice Girls" who ruined marriages and caused a few Airmen to lose clearances by marrying them. 

Edited yesterday at 03:34 AM by Snoopy59

[Biff_T]

14 hours ago, Snoopy59 said:

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-south-korea-tours-longer/

 

Would you guys have wanted to do 2 years at Osan/Kunsan? Salute to the "Juice Girls" who ruined marriages and caused a few Airmen to lose clearances by marrying them. 

I miss juicey girls.   

[Smokin]

18 hours ago, Snoopy59 said:

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-south-korea-tours-longer/

 

Would you guys have wanted to do 2 years at Osan/Kunsan? Salute to the "Juice Girls" who ruined marriages and caused a few Airmen to lose clearances by marrying them. 

Many remote pilots at Kunsan extended to 18 months to get a better assignment on the backside.  Most accompanied tours at Osan started at two years. 

On the Army side, I knew multiple guys that extended their two year accompanied assignment to three years as the Army pace of life was much more family friendly in Korea than stateside.  Especially during the height of Iraq and Afghanistan.  Might have changed a bit, but given that many Army units are doing 9+ month rotations still, I'd be many guys are choosing to extend to have some family stability.  Obviously that is for guys there with their families, probably a bit different for single guys...

[Lawman]

Many remote pilots at Kunsan extended to 18 months to get a better assignment on the backside.  Most accompanied tours at Osan started at two years. 
On the Army side, I knew multiple guys that extended their two year accompanied assignment to three years as the Army pace of life was much more family friendly in Korea than stateside.  Especially during the height of Iraq and Afghanistan.  Might have changed a bit, but given that many Army units are doing 9+ month rotations still, I'd be many guys are choosing to extend to have some family stability.  Obviously that is for guys there with their families, probably a bit different for single guys...

If you’re an Army aviator on first assignment to 2nd CAB, you will be immediately offered to extend and progress right away, or self identify as a one year guy, in which case they do the minimum possible to move you along.

The Army has asked for years to make this happen and spent piles of cash to build up post to facilitate making it a command sponsored assignment. The fact it’s happening is a shock to nobody that remembers briefings from 15 years ago about where Korea was headed.


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[Inertia17]

12 hours ago, Smokin said:

Many remote pilots at Kunsan extended to 18 months to get a better assignment on the backside.  Most accompanied tours at Osan started at two years. 

Might have changed a bit...

Osan unaccompanied is now 2 years, accompanied is 3.