A golf course, a mall and Krispy Kremes: Inside the largest US military base overseas

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@ronshelton134
@ronshelton134 2 ай бұрын
It has been exactly 50 years since I was stationed at Camp Humphreys as a Military Policeman. I watched this segment and just laughed and laughed at how unrecognizable my former duty station had become. Forty one thousand people now call it home. Maybe 2500 were there in 1974. Didn’t have Kristy Creem’s back then but I did develop a huge addiction to fried balcony and cheese sandwiches from the street vendors outside the main gate.
@mandarinandthetenrings2201
@mandarinandthetenrings2201 2 ай бұрын
American military base are designed to be a city. Even in Afghanistan, the Afghans where stunned when found America put a military base in the middle of no where, complete with electricity, running water, sewage, and air conditioning. It show America engineering, and technology.
@pabloernesto8044
@pabloernesto8044 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for your service.
@jmfana9154
@jmfana9154 2 ай бұрын
I was stationed at Humphreys in 2018. They didnt show it here but parts of the old base are still there, and still in use. When you inprocess, you stay in the old side of the base. Some of the old bunkers are even still in place. It was meaningful to stand in the place of our prior brothers in arms. Salute to you.
@armynurseboy
@armynurseboy 2 ай бұрын
Last time I was stationed in Korea was 10yrs ago, and Humphreys is totally unrecognizable....
@DavidLLambertmobile
@DavidLLambertmobile 2 ай бұрын
Of The Troops, For The Troops 🇰🇷
@davidgomes6123
@davidgomes6123 2 ай бұрын
2 sets of twins. He's gonna be a busy guy, that's for sure.
@Danny-wv8ec
@Danny-wv8ec 2 ай бұрын
the difference between the 2 Koreas is just unbelievable
@phunky01
@phunky01 2 ай бұрын
This is why after serving for 10 years in the U.S. Army and having been out for a number of years I still love my time in the Army. I wouldn’t trade that time for anything. Still miss it to this day after being discharged so many years ago. It’s good to see Camp Humphrey evolve to what it is today.
@treeinch252
@treeinch252 2 ай бұрын
I've been in for 13 years and just reup 6 years...smh
@phunky01
@phunky01 2 ай бұрын
@@treeinch252 it’ll go by faster than you realize. Hang in there. It seems like it moves at a snail’s pace but once you’re out, older and doing other things you’ll realize how quickly it went by and miss the routines that you’ve grown accustomed to. Stay safe.
@찰스-e6j
@찰스-e6j 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for your service. I always appreciate your dedication in Korea.
@RealRomnov
@RealRomnov 2 ай бұрын
A Krispy Kremes? Sign me the fuck up Sarge 🫡
@jinmo2821
@jinmo2821 2 ай бұрын
Don't fucking swear
@RealRomnov
@RealRomnov 2 ай бұрын
@@jinmo2821 My bad Sir, sometimes my passion just gets the best of me 😅
@dennisseah9403
@dennisseah9403 2 ай бұрын
Which armed service are you joining? I hear Navy has best food.
@kutthroatbob8983
@kutthroatbob8983 Ай бұрын
@@dennisseah9403Navy chow is terrible😂
@TimothyOvia
@TimothyOvia 2 ай бұрын
I loved this segment. Let’s highlight the diplomatic ties internationally and reiterate the message that America protects its ally’s and that we are stronger together.
@lindawade4ok639
@lindawade4ok639 2 ай бұрын
That anyone voting for Trump isn't in support of South Korea
@Mrpotato-gs2ur
@Mrpotato-gs2ur 2 ай бұрын
US be like:I gonna protect my allies but I need to divide them and make each other enemy ,So there will be one of my Allies.
@15AVGGaming
@15AVGGaming 2 ай бұрын
America doesnt protect its ally , it protects its interesets within the borders of those allies
@morphkogan8627
@morphkogan8627 2 ай бұрын
@@15AVGGaming This is false. All nations that hold USA military bases, are willing, consenting of USA military presence. It is a mutually beneficial relationship. Try harder ruski bot
@nhjhbmkuy7173
@nhjhbmkuy7173 2 ай бұрын
@@Mrpotato-gs2urthe soviets took half the country and turned it into a hermit kingdom, be glad at least half of Korea is free
@LukaiDončić
@LukaiDončić 2 ай бұрын
When Norah O'Donnell(CBS) was 10, the family spent two years in Seoul, living in Yongsan Garrison as her father was assigned to work there. While an elementary student, she started her career in broadcasting by giving videotaped English lessons for the Korean Educational Development Institute.
@armynurseboy
@armynurseboy 2 ай бұрын
Being stationed at Yongsan was awesome. It was like living in downtown NYC.
@jinmo2821
@jinmo2821 2 ай бұрын
South Korea is a rich country, richer than say Italy or Spain. That's how they could pick up 99% of the expense of building this enormous installation. I hear that it ran into $12 billion.
@acolyte0
@acolyte0 2 ай бұрын
richer than the country that has Lamborghini, and Ferrari?
@flashyash7
@flashyash7 2 ай бұрын
@@acolyte0 most of its costumers live outside Italy 🤣
@solarguy1702
@solarguy1702 2 ай бұрын
Korean tourist here in the Philippines insisted on paying my tab at a restobar. I told him it was ok. He insisted. Said Korea would never have been rich without America. Ok, kamsamida! I know, wrong spelling. Shoot me.😅
@CryptoX-kr3wu
@CryptoX-kr3wu 2 ай бұрын
I was stationed in South Korea back in the 1990s and have been to Camp Humphreys many times. Back then it was a dump with old Korean War era buildings. It’s amazing how much has changed.
@4catsnow
@4catsnow 2 ай бұрын
All it took was some taxpayer money...like a river of it...
@SeBaStiAN01Niceboy
@SeBaStiAN01Niceboy Ай бұрын
Yongson Army Base is still considered the best port in Korea
@LoveFactorySweatShop
@LoveFactorySweatShop 28 күн бұрын
I MISS Camp Red Cloud, Uijeongbu. Sadly, it doesn't exist anymore.
@quinlanwconley4010
@quinlanwconley4010 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for your service
@CakeMonster82
@CakeMonster82 2 ай бұрын
My oldest brother lived here for over a decade
@Carolina_Panthers145
@Carolina_Panthers145 2 ай бұрын
I love Krispy Kreme donuts!
@ReynoldsBoadi
@ReynoldsBoadi 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for your service!
@kirati
@kirati 2 ай бұрын
Made me nostalgic of working with US forces in the frontlines, and Bahrain in particular.
@ImOnGearSoWhat
@ImOnGearSoWhat 2 ай бұрын
That father has his hands full with all those kids, good luck soldier.
@4catsnow
@4catsnow 2 ай бұрын
These guys would have rifles in their hands if the north comes thru that DMZ.with China backing them up.....they ready??
@KazeriantheVIIII
@KazeriantheVIIII 2 ай бұрын
I was at Camp Stanley in South Korea. Never got down to Humphreys because Osan was the base to be at. I remember over the years hearing that most everything was being moved south to Humphreys and the South Korean army was being given most everything north. I was pretty much a wild man in Korea. A MAJ I knew use to say it was a different army over there. Loved every minute of it. I got so many funny stories about Korea. Some involve the Soju experience. 😂
@gustavosuarez3096
@gustavosuarez3096 2 ай бұрын
Cp. Humphreys has changed a lot since I was there last. Cp. Casey should be shown next😊
@Wutidrikrik
@Wutidrikrik 2 ай бұрын
I was there 40 years ago
@pabloernesto8044
@pabloernesto8044 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for your service.
@DavidLLambertmobile
@DavidLLambertmobile 2 ай бұрын
I was in Pusan now Busan, 🇰🇷 1990. My unit- 552 MP was sent to Hawaii 25th Inf. 🪖
@seneca4670
@seneca4670 2 ай бұрын
great journalism. keep up this sort of reporting.
@mariesmith6332
@mariesmith6332 2 ай бұрын
There's no Krispy Kreme store here on Camp Humphreys 😢😢😢. You gotta go to AK Plaza to get it.
@pabloernesto8044
@pabloernesto8044 2 ай бұрын
Do you live there? Sorry to hear that Krispy Kreme is not there. But Camp Humphreys looks like a happy place to live for expats.
@mariesmith6332
@mariesmith6332 2 ай бұрын
It's ok here but you gotta go off base to Kristy Kreme
@lifesabeach5405
@lifesabeach5405 2 ай бұрын
Bish, Krispy Kreme is 10 minutes from my house and I hardly go there
@JomerTB
@JomerTB 2 ай бұрын
I thought Ramstein AB in Germany was the biggest overseas military base by population but only if you include Kaiserslautern and the KMC.
@kenziiixxx3628
@kenziiixxx3628 24 күн бұрын
2:32 why’d he say that so fast😂😂
@TrippHartman
@TrippHartman 2 ай бұрын
Great segment. God bless our troops
@Arrow_bro
@Arrow_bro 2 ай бұрын
Its wild how in the army you have to serve so many years to become naturalized but in the navy they naturalize you in bootcamp 😂
@4catsnow
@4catsnow 2 ай бұрын
Basically a structured caste system, whereby attaching insignia or adornment to a uniform makes one person better than another on.
@brianc0019
@brianc0019 2 ай бұрын
Camp AJ was amazing
@razinrosdi5675
@razinrosdi5675 2 ай бұрын
How much does it cost to operate it..must be expensive..
@happytrails1963
@happytrails1963 2 ай бұрын
they possibly have the best kimchi available
@elviracatherinetalaoc2070
@elviracatherinetalaoc2070 2 ай бұрын
I was in Camp Casey. From 2002 to 2003.
@grimreapper2358
@grimreapper2358 2 ай бұрын
i am stationed here its amazing. not an ideal first duty station for a young SM.
@johndowner2196
@johndowner2196 2 ай бұрын
Amazing; two sets of twins ❤
@Motiv8_Motiv8
@Motiv8_Motiv8 2 ай бұрын
Wow.!! how do we like it
@Zonker66
@Zonker66 2 ай бұрын
I'm just seeing that South Park flashback to Vietnam where they had a fun park.
@Danny-wv8ec
@Danny-wv8ec 2 ай бұрын
hahahaha that episode is coming back to me and I'm laughing to myself
@aylinobali
@aylinobali 2 ай бұрын
Y'all should have used Team America soundtrack behind this advertisement
@FlexxMostRandom
@FlexxMostRandom 2 ай бұрын
Amazing
@mikethemechanic7395
@mikethemechanic7395 2 ай бұрын
Had orders 3 times for Korea. Always got out of them. Had connections in high places.
@4catsnow
@4catsnow Ай бұрын
Place was a dangerous, festering toilet when we got there in '68...Big troop build up after the US threw the USS Peublo,, and it's crew.. to the wolves..North OR South,, probably the most hysterically dangerous creatures that walk this earth..We were always arm's length away from our guns..We had a Browning .50 on a tripod,with a 100 round belt draped over it ,,, right in the main aisle of our barracks..
@nicolasmunoz3588
@nicolasmunoz3588 2 ай бұрын
I was stationed at humphreys and I never called it home
@timothygibbs7351
@timothygibbs7351 Ай бұрын
What’s happened to 2nd D Camp Casey? I was there from ‘92 to ‘93 with the 4th Chemical Company, 4th platoon as a PSG/PL aka “Street Gang Platoon”. We performed nonstop decon missions of tank, infantry, artillery, attack helicopters companies/ batteries during my tour of duty in South Korea. Hooah!
@ReeBore
@ReeBore 2 ай бұрын
The only tree in the world has longer roots to the back of the foundations, to strengthen the top apparently 😊
@theseminolesurfer5776
@theseminolesurfer5776 2 ай бұрын
May God Bless All Of Our Servicemembers Overseas At Camp Humphreys. GO USA!!!!
@dyVal
@dyVal 2 ай бұрын
Platoon family sounds cool. 😅
@GlennKelly
@GlennKelly 2 ай бұрын
Doing videos like this is good. But I'd have to say the title of the video doesn't match the content. I was curious to get a detailed view inside the military base. But it's actually more about a family's experience.
@samkeyman8140
@samkeyman8140 2 ай бұрын
I think there are some videos out there showing the amenities of Camp Humphreys. It's been a minute so I'm sorry to say I can't link you the youtube video. But it's out there! :)
@GlennKelly
@GlennKelly 2 ай бұрын
@@samkeyman8140 Thanks!
@Tanaka-i8z
@Tanaka-i8z 2 ай бұрын
Tanaka❤
@slum420cx2
@slum420cx2 Ай бұрын
0:17 🎉🎉🎉
@deycartdsouza9565
@deycartdsouza9565 2 ай бұрын
Hi madam
@bmgmusa07
@bmgmusa07 2 ай бұрын
Isn't it weird that some soldiers are not US citizens? Why not give them citizenship if they are active duty? I wonder what the laws are in respect to non citizen military members path to citizenship.
@RealRomnov
@RealRomnov 2 ай бұрын
A Krispy Kremes? Sign me the fuck up sarge 🫡
@mariesmith6332
@mariesmith6332 2 ай бұрын
Yeah, I do and there's not a store here. You gotta go to AK Plaza to the real store
@Maroon5macLover-x3i
@Maroon5macLover-x3i 2 ай бұрын
krispy.
@ReeBore
@ReeBore 2 ай бұрын
To chips and fish yesterday but you're still stuka in the fence to make it largest
@MartinWhite1957
@MartinWhite1957 2 ай бұрын
The Americans have always had the best home home comforts…. Why not. The British soldiers food is very basic.
@ReeBore
@ReeBore 2 ай бұрын
Are they going to get my boots bigger than the little toes in the June festival
@Bongsmokerton
@Bongsmokerton 2 ай бұрын
Area one soldiers live different
@jiyounglee6150
@jiyounglee6150 2 ай бұрын
she looks like that super model...thank you😊
@aragos32727
@aragos32727 2 ай бұрын
Krispy Kreme isn't on base.
@Aka.Aka.
@Aka.Aka. 2 ай бұрын
Vassal
@javionriley8739
@javionriley8739 2 ай бұрын
Shout out to my black American soldiers via fort Jackson
@tonyyarbray
@tonyyarbray 2 ай бұрын
krispy kreme?? ...what did they do wrong??
@imo-z2p
@imo-z2p 2 ай бұрын
Where is KFC?
@irritatedanglosaxon1705
@irritatedanglosaxon1705 2 ай бұрын
Countries need to be sovereigned, get their own FREEDOM
@4catsnow
@4catsnow 2 ай бұрын
Not this one,, they know what the north will do to them if we ever leave..half of them would be in the water heading for Japan...and Disneyworld here would be KIms summer retreat....74 years and counting.
@gordleith9474
@gordleith9474 2 ай бұрын
My husband is a pirate.After a recent physical the doctor told him”Your overall health is good,but it’s the strangest thing,you have a small growth in your scrotum shaped exactly like the steering wheel of a ship” My pirate husband replied”arrrrrrrrrrrr,I know doctor,it’s been drivin me nuts”
@aylinobali
@aylinobali 2 ай бұрын
lmaooooooo
@tys1646
@tys1646 2 ай бұрын
2 sets of twins 😍
@GG_collectibles
@GG_collectibles 2 ай бұрын
👍
@BERNARDO712
@BERNARDO712 2 ай бұрын
But Black people are regularly discriminated against back home in the US.
@al28854
@al28854 2 ай бұрын
discrimination is not just about color/race.
@Eatshhhushi
@Eatshhhushi 2 ай бұрын
Not just black people being discriminated against in the Us. You just heard it more than other minorities group. Hate crimes conducted by blacks against Asians went up during Covid!
@pabloernesto8044
@pabloernesto8044 2 ай бұрын
If you are not Black, why are you worried? Stop your fake compassion, "Blacks" can handle themselves.
@smileyr
@smileyr 2 ай бұрын
I don’t support racism but black people along with other races get discriminated anywhere in the world. Anyone can get discriminated anywhere hell white people get discriminated in places like Asia
@riopratamamartin7870
@riopratamamartin7870 2 ай бұрын
That's not a bsae, it's a freaking city
@superraggazio
@superraggazio 2 ай бұрын
Military bases are cities, as are carriers.
@cashaeleatemla
@cashaeleatemla 2 ай бұрын
Rock stars get to see more of the world than most of us, but when members of the quintessential 2000s’ rock band Hoobastank jetted into the US military base of Camp Humphreys in South Korea, they were struck by the familiarity. The difference here is that these scenes played out under the protection of Patriot missile defense launchers, just 60 miles from North Korea, and just a few minutes’ flight time for the arsenal of rocket launchers and artillery guns that point south and are commanded by Kim Jong Un, one of the world’s most isolated autocrats. Camp Humphreys’ importance has only grown as North Korea has expanded its military threat in recent years, building a nuclear missile program in defiance of United Nations resolutions banning it, and releasing a steady stream of bellicose rhetoric against South Korea and its American ally. North and South Korea agreed an armistice deal to end fighting in 1953, but no peace treaty was ever signed, so they’re still technically at war. Meanwhile, South Korea and the United States have a decades-old mutual defense treaty which means both must come to the aid of the other if they are ever attacked. As tensions have steadily increased along the demilitarized zone over the past several years, so too has Camp Humphreys grown. Garrison commander Col. Ryan Workman calls the base the “center of gravity of the military alliance” between South Korea and the United States. But as the largest US base in South Korea, its presence also sends a message of deterrence across Northeast Asia.
@promitbanerjee2623
@promitbanerjee2623 2 ай бұрын
Why did S.Korea allowed it to happen?
@azulaquaza4916
@azulaquaza4916 Ай бұрын
Are you 5?
@Evenflow-us1py
@Evenflow-us1py Ай бұрын
South Korea is one of America’s closest allies thats why
@human9512
@human9512 2 ай бұрын
But Why are Japanese Protesting?
@ImOnGearSoWhat
@ImOnGearSoWhat 2 ай бұрын
This is in South Korea.
@suryanaray7942
@suryanaray7942 2 ай бұрын
According to article 14 and 21 of the constitution of India in karnataka state all criminal activities and offences are backed by the karnataka state police FBI investigation is necessary through the UNO is necessary
@celebrityrog
@celebrityrog 2 ай бұрын
You are overseas to protect our interest not have a Krispy Kreme and golf courses. You gave up all that freedom and fun when you decided to be enlisted.
@travis5481
@travis5481 2 ай бұрын
Well, obviously you are wrong because that's what they have.
@davemitchell6281
@davemitchell6281 2 ай бұрын
Just think if Russia or China set up shop this close to the U.S.
@Pilotpaulie
@Pilotpaulie 2 ай бұрын
Imagine if Canada and Mexico were communist and Russia placed missiles in the yukatan. That’s akin to nuclear weapons in Poland to russia.
@Mark-Haddow
@Mark-Haddow 2 ай бұрын
Russia has an established base in Cuba. Thinking isn't really one of your strengths.
@ReeBore
@ReeBore 2 ай бұрын
They rubb the same thing as all of the sausages on the plate 🍽
@ReeBore
@ReeBore 2 ай бұрын
You could alway have a flatulence dance with a fine flute
@davemitchell6281
@davemitchell6281 2 ай бұрын
@@Mark-Haddow maybe ten migs nothing like this. I have to look that one up I do remember some activity planes landing there is normal.
@ronscott7
@ronscott7 2 ай бұрын
Krispy Kremes are the most overrated donuts
@Riley_rolo
@Riley_rolo 2 ай бұрын
Weird thing to be on the news.
@cashaeleatemla
@cashaeleatemla 2 ай бұрын
Some say in the event of a renewed war on the Korean Peninsula, Camp Humphreys would be North Korea’s biggest target. Humphreys is the headquarters of US Forces Korea, the US Eighth Army and the Army’s 2nd Infantry Division. It also hosts the US-South Korea Combined Forces Command and the United Nations Command, which was created to fight the Korean War and lives on as an international guarantor of South Korean security. The installation has the US Army’s most-active airfield in the Pacific, humming with helicopter units and intelligence aircraft. A drive around its miles of roads reveals hundreds of military vehicles and logistical equipment, all ensuring US units are ready - as the base’s motto says - to “fight tonight.” That mission, and that conglomeration of commands on Humphreys’ 3,600 acres, make it an obvious target for North Korea, said Mark Hertling, a retired US Army general and CNN military analyst. Hertling, a former commander of the US Army Europe, said that ever-looming threat means everyone - from generals to high school juniors - must always be in a state of readiness. Military members must be ready to deploy at a moment’s notice, the troops to the fight, the families to safer areas to the south. Everyone keeps a “go bag” - vital documents, medicines, essential clothes - in their quarters, and they drill on evacuation protocols, he says. If they have a car on base, they are required to keep a minimum amount of fuel in it to ensure a hasty retreat. If any of those possible dangers and readiness drills are on Tyrese “Re” Cook’s mind on a June afternoon, she shows none of it. Re juggles making meals, getting the older twins to school and back, changing diapers on the younger twins and making her own KZbin videos to introduce life in South Korea to the world. They’ve only been at Humphreys a couple of months, but it already feels like home, Re said as she sat down to chat for a few minutes. On July 4, Hoobastank played their holiday gig at an outdoor stage just off the base’s main street, which looks more like an export of a Dallas suburb than any town in South Korea. A Texas Road House restaurant welcomes diners across the plaza from a bowling alley with dozens of lanes, video gaming stations that look like something from a sci-fi movie, and a line of massage chairs with a waiting list on a sultry holiday afternoon. Classic American food staples are available at the base commissary - think H-E-B, Kroger or Safeway - and residents are even treated to authentic Krispy Kreme doughnuts, made on site with the original recipe, which remains a closely guarded secret. Most of the ingredients for the doughnuts are imported from the States, said Choi Sung Ha, manager of the Army Air Force Exchange (AAFES) Bakery on Camp Humphreys, who is also an Army veteran and naturalized American. He said, for families stationed at the base, biting into those gooey doughnuts is like biting into a piece of home. The 300 dozen Krispy Kremes the bakery produces daily are just one of the products hot off its production lines. Its bakers also produce Wonder Bread - 1,400 loaves a day - brioche buns for Popeye’s chicken sandwiches and sesame seed buns for Burger King Whoppers. All told, the bakery goes through 5,400 pounds of dough a day, officials said. Believe it or not, familiar baked goods are a subliminal part of military readiness, according to Air Force Col. Jason Beck, Pacific region commander for AAFES. If a soldier in the field knows their family back on base is enjoying “a taste of home,” they’re more likely to be more focused on their mission, Beck said. And troops that know their families are happy are more likely to stay in the military and stay in South Korea, he said. The Cook’s military-supplied apartment has echoes of home, with three bedrooms, modern American appliances and a large, comfortable couch. Its electrical sockets take American plugs, which means small appliances brought from the US are easily used without adapters. Another military spouse, Dymen McCoy, started a home-based business, LeahCole’s Delights, after arriving in South Korea two years ago from North Carolina. During the July Fourth festival, she sold baked treats from a stand on the base’s main promenade. Business was brisk. By midafternoon, cupcakes were still available, but the brownies were gone, save for a few crumbs she offered as a sample. The military history of Camp Humphreys dates back more than 100 years, when the Japanese colonial occupiers of Korea built Pyeongtaek Airfield on the site. During the Korean War, US forces repaired and expanded it for American use, naming it K-6. In 1962, K-6 was renamed Camp Humphreys in honor of Army Chief Warrant Officer Benjamin Humphreys, a helicopter pilot who was killed in an accident. The base took on various functions for more than four decades until 2007, when land was broken for an expanded Humphreys to be known as US Army Garrison Humphreys. Under a 2004 deal with the South Korean government, the US moved troops from bases in and north of the South Korean capital, including the US Forces Korea headquarters at Yongsan in central Seoul, to Humphreys. It saw the footprint of Humphreys triple, from 1,210 acres to more than 3,600 acres. In the 2000s, that expansion saw protests as some South Koreans decried forced evictions of local landowners and the effects on land prices and noise levels the expanded Humphreys would bring. But the South Korean government stressed the need for the base, especially having Yongsan return to Korean control. In a 2006 statement, then-Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook called it “a matter of boosting national pride.” After more than 10 years of work, the transformation became official on June 29, 2018, when the new, relocated headquarters of UN Command and US Forces Korea opened at Humphreys. The expansion had cost $10.8 billion, 90% of which was paid by the South Korean government, Gen. Vincent Brooks, then-commander of USFK, said in a dedication speech that day. Then-South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo told the crowd the UN and US forces at Humphreys would play “a crucial role of contributing to the world’s peace by achieving a balance as the stabilizer of Northeast Asia and peace on the Korean Peninsula.” Since 2018, the base has continued to expand with construction cranes towering over new housing blocks as the US military adds capacity. At the end of May, two eight-story housing blocks opened for enlisted personnel without families, with room for more than 300 residents in each tower. The $67 million cost was funded by South Korea, an Army release said. Plans for the next decade include more aviation hangars, a new airport runway and aircraft parking areas, a consolidated headquarters and new maintenance, laundry and dining facilities, Hancock said. Camp Humphreys is preparing for a workday population of 45,000 in the next three to five years - almost double the 26,000 people who report for duty each day at the Pentagon in Washington DC. Eight of the 68 beds at the Brian. D. Allgood Army Community Hospital - Humphreys’ base medical center - are reserved for labor and delivery. And on average, a baby is born on Camp Humphreys almost every day of the year, hospital officials say. Not far from the hospital, on a rainy July morning, enlisted soldiers head down a hallway of the clubhouse restaurant at the camp’s 18-hole golf course to a ballroom. Inside, a TV screen links to a State Department official in Guam, the closest actual American territory to Camp Humphreys. Ten chairs, in two rows of five, are lined up in the center of the room. In them, 10 men and women united by improbable journeys to Camp Humphreys raise their right hands and recite the American citizenship oath of allegiance at the direction of the official in Guam. It is an eye-watering moment - US Army service members born in Cuba, India, South Korea, the Philippines, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Vietnam, Nigeria, and Mexico, all becoming citizens of the democracy they swore to defend. The moment was both a familiar ritual and a microcosm of Humphreys’ international identity - the base naturalized 188 service members in 2023, according to Hancock, the deputy to the garrison commander. The key role immigration plays in the US military, and Camp Humphreys, is on vivid display on a June afternoon during a change of command ceremony for the Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 2nd Infantry Division. Capt. Emily Sevilla, a Filipino woman, is turning over leadership of the 80- to 100-member unit to Capt. Earlson Suico, also a native of the Philippines. Cook was a truck driver back in Cincinnati before he joined the Army, earned a college degree, learned IT and began the journey that brought him and his family to Humphreys. Earlier in the day, the sergeant was part of a different ceremony. He and others were getting their yellow belts in Taekwondo, the Korean martial art, with five key tenets: Courtesy, integrity, perseverance, self-control and indomitable spirit. Cook says all those qualities apply to a soldier. Taekwondo “just teaches discipline, mental toughness and showing off your agility and things like that,” he said after the yellow belt ceremony. He’ll be a black belt, the top level in the art, after passing several more stages. Cook is in a combined division, as close as allies get, their units enmeshed with one another. And that relationship, the Korean experience, the Humphreys’ experience, gives him something outsiders might find surprising from a man who brought his family halfway around the world to this piece of America just 60 miles from North Korea.
@HKim0072
@HKim0072 2 ай бұрын
Geez, KZbin AI censors my comments and somehow they let you post a novel.
@eliharp3576
@eliharp3576 2 ай бұрын
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐❤
@BackroomExplained2
@BackroomExplained2 Ай бұрын
No I dont it Let's leave south korea just south korea 😑 😤 😔
@suryanaray7942
@suryanaray7942 2 ай бұрын
According to article 14 and 21 of the constitution of India in karnataka state Bangalore city civil court Complex Police Loti charge and Brutal murder of Advocates in 2012 the state government was refused to give the cabinet sanction for CBI investigation in 2018 violated the supreme court judgement hence the state government was liable for under contempt of court FBI investigation is necessary through the UNO in the interest of the Justice in karnataka state in india
@pattiwhite9575
@pattiwhite9575 2 ай бұрын
Now this is what I want to here more about from CNN. So sick of the damn politics. If they talk about hump one more time I will lose it.
@henryairconcepts2999
@henryairconcepts2999 2 ай бұрын
This military base is a trip wire for NATO to response to any North Korea's attack
@HKim0072
@HKim0072 2 ай бұрын
We are alone on this deal now with the South Koreans. ROK is one of the biggest defense contractors in the world now. Top flight equipment. Biggest concern would be the new era of cheap drones. Like all countries, a cheap defense system needs to be created. Can't be spending 1M per shot to shoot down a 25K drone.
@aquatone5073
@aquatone5073 2 ай бұрын
Lol he actually thinks he's a IT Specialist
@jackbauer562
@jackbauer562 2 ай бұрын
Yucky donut
@tiapongen4390
@tiapongen4390 2 ай бұрын
NATO expansion basically
@JohnDoe-rs7gh
@JohnDoe-rs7gh 2 ай бұрын
Americnas basically built South Korea and created the third largest economy in East Asia.
@Macky1101
@Macky1101 2 ай бұрын
USA practically owns South Korea and Japan.
@samkeyman8140
@samkeyman8140 2 ай бұрын
You mean provided military backing and support. Yes. And Koreans fully express their love of the alliance and appreciation for the US. Question is, what has Mr John Doe commenter done? Probably nothing for the US or for any other country. So pat yourself on the back for the efforts of all those before you.
@JohnDoe-rs7gh
@JohnDoe-rs7gh 2 ай бұрын
@samkeyman8140 Served 28 years as a military officer with 6 combat tours in 3 continents, including my last 2 as a Battalion Commander. I have only been to Korea twice, though. Both in extended TDY. I know a thing or two because I seen a thing or two. What have you done?
@samkeyman8140
@samkeyman8140 2 ай бұрын
@@JohnDoe-rs7gh So much worldly experience and yet you leave a comment taking a jab at South Korea for not creating their own future. "America basically built South Korea." So what are you saying? That America should claim what they built? You want credit for South Korea's growth? South Korea already volunteered their efforts and always look to support the US in anyway possible. So why the comment? Why such a broomstick up the ass with your 28 years of military service? Seems it gave you a very narrow and biased point of view on life.
@michaellim4165
@michaellim4165 2 ай бұрын
Saved yes but not built. South Koreans have done most of the hard work.
@pw1086
@pw1086 2 ай бұрын
The government is smart. Build the biggest army base with great amenities so the soldiers and their families won’t fear the fact that North Korea is literally a walking distance…..to close for comfort of the enemy lines. I truly appreciate the usa military because they help so many countries to fund them aid like Ukraine. And like the Philippines with the South China Sea territory dispute from China. Truly the greatest military. If you serve your country, you truly love your country.
@ЮрійДемяненко-о2б
@ЮрійДемяненко-о2б 2 ай бұрын
Влада США з цивілізованими елітами в співпраці з терористами і агентами фсб заробляють 💰на війні та конфліктах, війна це бізнес для еліт
@eleonorulibarry5340
@eleonorulibarry5340 2 ай бұрын
WHERE Y'ALL AT I ONLY SEEN A COUPLE HELICOPTERS AND THE CIA TEAM I NEED EVERYONE ON ARMY CHINA LET'S GO GUY CHINA AND TEAMS IN 707 HELP OUT ARMY
@corvanphoenix
@corvanphoenix 2 ай бұрын
Great to know they can get sugar in their bread without being in 🇺🇸 🤣
@NajkiiThomas-e5c
@NajkiiThomas-e5c Ай бұрын
Interesting news! IRS taxes for 2023 and 2024? Getting more updated information as I heal up more from Reversal Surgery Colostomy/Colonoscopy! Najkii Vershawn Thomas United States Navy RET 2018-Present Author/Educator
@RandyWatson-q2t
@RandyWatson-q2t 2 ай бұрын
Waste
@RepublicUnitedkingdom-z9
@RepublicUnitedkingdom-z9 2 ай бұрын
Joe Quibuloy ass the side of the drug spotnik economic 2010 To war on Pdea
@RepublicUnitedkingdom-z9
@RepublicUnitedkingdom-z9 2 ай бұрын
Us military assiblation Was lower the education for join as the Philippines to President Duterte strategy drugs compign adsmetration war on supporter drugs system young... And How can i pay the Economic system To join the assimblition Central of de Manila Cristian Menister Eduardo V. Manalo was protected the sindikate because she dont have to pay the 10 BILLION FOR COMPIGN ADMINISTRATION DUTERTE
@suryanaray7942
@suryanaray7942 2 ай бұрын
Smt Kamala Harris madum democratic party Best of Luck next President of the USA the world expected the Peace and development in the world under yours Leadership
@JS-rn1tj
@JS-rn1tj 2 ай бұрын
That is wishful unicorn thinking.
@mazitovaliliya1408
@mazitovaliliya1408 2 ай бұрын
Let American military bases be in the US only!!!
@HKim0072
@HKim0072 2 ай бұрын
lol, an isolationist.
@rorytribbet6424
@rorytribbet6424 2 ай бұрын
You must not value your freedom or your life… or just not understand anything about geopolitics or war fighting.
@pabloernesto8044
@pabloernesto8044 2 ай бұрын
Leave Ukraine first
@glum75
@glum75 2 ай бұрын
Can’t believe trump called these soldiers losers and suckers. They look like true Americans defending our interests abroad.
@Lawrence_Talbot
@Lawrence_Talbot 2 ай бұрын
One donut at a time. That’s the American way 😂
@kevinpreston5590
@kevinpreston5590 2 ай бұрын
He didn't
@pabloernesto8044
@pabloernesto8044 2 ай бұрын
@@kevinpreston5590 Trump DID, "corporal" bone spurs stinky swindler.
@Rezenator10
@Rezenator10 2 ай бұрын
I thought it was proven he didn’t say that? Gtfo you communist
@donniewilson5370
@donniewilson5370 2 ай бұрын
It's simple Security and Prosperity OR Open boarders and socialism cast your vote
@bartjargengarblbargeler1980
@bartjargengarblbargeler1980 2 ай бұрын
"Madam Vice President, just one question: what is your favorite ice cream flavor?" "Well, CNN, it's hee hee hee hahahahahahaha ha haaaaaaaa!" "Oh, I don't know that flavor. What does it taste like?" ""hee hee hee hahahahahahaha ha haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
@chrisdraughn5941
@chrisdraughn5941 2 ай бұрын
That’s the best you’ve got against my candidate, care to take a look at what I can say about the POS Trump?
@ValentinSerrano-nj4dc
@ValentinSerrano-nj4dc 2 ай бұрын
4 kids 2 pairs of twins 😂🫡 Jesus men no more kimchi bro😂
@kerryguarino
@kerryguarino 2 ай бұрын
America has become a joke
@LiamThomas-g7z
@LiamThomas-g7z 2 ай бұрын
Not really. Dont be a sissy
@pabloernesto8044
@pabloernesto8044 2 ай бұрын
America is the greatest country on earth. If you don't like it, vote for Trump
@Mia-sp5wh
@Mia-sp5wh 2 ай бұрын
@@pabloernesto8044why trump
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