Glad to hear you liked your tour of duty in Korea. As you probably know, soldiers either love or hate their Korean tours — and being a “hardship tour” separated from family does not help.
I know a chaplain who managed to extend his Korean tours for 11 years, and some other people who went into the Reserves so they could stay in Korea, but they usually were married to Korean wives.
“I know a chaplain who managed to extend his Korean tours for 11 years, and some other people who went into the Reserves so they could stay in Korea”
An Intel officer I met was a Chaplain (Chaplains are accepted by lots of people, Korean and American because they are seen as ‘church’ leader type people, and therefor can be trusted). He had many years experience in Korea and when he was with us and the KATUSA’s would hear him speak they would remark how perfect his Korean was, not just the words but all the nuances of accent, tone and inflection.
I was engaged, but not married when I went to Korea.
It seemed at first I would view it as a hardship, but as my private message to you shows, I did not leave feeling like it had been a hardship.