U.S. Army Private Travis King

[tturedraider]

Originally Posted by Llarry

I was Navy at the NSGA co-located with the 751st MI Bn at Camp Humphreys. I was authorized an accompanied two-year tour and lived in family housing on Osan AB. My daughter was a junior high schooler and commuted to Seoul for school.

Have you seen what happened to Camp Humphreys? It is amazing. I think a lot of functions have moved down to Camp Humphreys from Yongsan, and they've done a huge amount of construction. See attached photo.

I got there in June or July of 1988 and left in July of 1990, so yeah, we were there at the same time. I was a Navy LT (railroad tracks) and was the NSGA Ops Officer and then the Executive Officer of the NSGA. We had something like a hundred sailors -- we were definitely outnumbered by the Army!

Wow!! That’s amazing!! We were in the same building at the same time!! I was an enlisted intelligence analyst with the 3d MI Bn (AE)/Guardrail. The trailers attached to the field station. Yeah, we had Navy guys in 3d MI. I remember they got substandard housing pay for living in Army quarters. haha. I used to go to Osan to the Mexican food restaurant to get my fix!!

I’m gonna read your PM now.

[Llarry]

Originally Posted by tturedraider

Wow!! That’s amazing!! We were in the same building at the same time!! I was an enlisted intelligence analyst with the 3d MI Bn (AE)/Guardrail. The trailers attached to the field station. Yeah, we had Navy guys in 3d MI.

Yep, those were my guys: Korean linguists. I ducked my head in the trailers once or twice -- pretty cool setup. We also had a few folks working with the Air Force on Osan: Chinese linguists, which was my background. For about the first year I was there, I worked in the SCIF; once I became the XO I moved down the street to the Navy barracks building where the ground floor was my office, the CO's office, admin offices, a little lounge, etc. I then became a paperwork warrior and about the only time I went to the SCIF was a weekly briefing where the CO and I would get the latest gouge on Operations that week.

I suppose the 3rd MI Bn and Guardrail are still there -- I think everything else is long gone. If so, the 3rd has plenty of room for barracks etc. I would assume they still use the trailers since at least in theory they could pick up and relocate as needed.

[saphirschwarz.f48]

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...na-2023-08-15/

uh… what?

This fella is a bit challenged in more than one way to think he’s living better in North Korea than in the US

[M-technik-3]

Well I just hope he enjoys it there, but think this will become another Bowe Bergdahl like case.

[Jackie Chiles]

Originally Posted by saphirschwarz.f48

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...na-2023-08-15/

uh… what?
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This fella is a bit challenged in more than one way to think he’s living better in North Korea than in the US

Old news. This mentally ill soldier will never be repatriated.

Very sad. A life ruined.

[Maynard]

Got me thinking of this, not exactly the same but close enough. Hope he will fully enjoy the hospitality of such an elightened and egalitarian society.

[saphirschwarz.f48]

Originally Posted by Jackie Chiles

Old news. This mentally ill soldier will never be repatriated.

Very sad. A life ruined.

Sad indeed… he will soon realize he screwed up big time and there’s no way for him to turn back

[3.0L]

Originally Posted by RickFLM4

We have an oversupply of dummies here. They can keep him. I sure hope the U.S. government doesn’t work out some prisoner exchange or other concession to get him back from his self-inflicted situation.

If a trade happens, the other side will be getting the better deal.

[tcphoto]

He appeared to be trying to escape a military trial on charges and was laughing as he crossed the DMZ, not the actions of a rational person. Do you think that his life will be better in North Korea?

[saphirschwarz.f48]

https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-us-soldier-travis-king-00c171778e378d95fe1115fe31612ec2

Seems like we got an update on this fella, let’s hope he won’t run there again this time

[Llarry]

Originally Posted by saphirschwarz.f48

https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-us-soldier-travis-king-00c171778e378d95fe1115fe31612ec2

Seems like we got an update on this fella, let’s hope he won’t run there again this time

Big news! Apparently he's back in U.S. custody. I hope the Army charges him with unauthorized absence (or desertion) for his NK vacation. And now they can proceed with whatever they were going to do before his defection, plus any new charges.

[DubaiRich]

Damn, even NK didn't want him!!

[///d]

Originally Posted by Llarry

Big news! Apparently he's back in U.S. custody. I hope the Army charges him with unauthorized absence (or desertion) for his NK vacation. And now they can proceed with whatever they were going to do before his defection, plus any new charges.

He will get a slap on the wrist, end up sitting in limbo at his unit getting questioned and then paid doing nothing for the next 15-24 months while the military processes a general discharge, and sent on his way. This is too public now for them to actually punish him without any backlash from the general public or bleeding heart politicians.

[Llarry]

Originally Posted by ///d

He will get a slap on the wrist, end up sitting in limbo at his unit getting questioned and then paid doing nothing for the next 15-24 months while the military processes a general discharge, and sent on his way. This is too public now for them to actually punish him without any backlash from the general public or bleeding heart politicians.

I hope you are wrong, but I fear you may be right.

[nerdogray]

My bet is an honorable discharge. If not, he'll get an upgrade later.

[M-technik-3]

Read he was was looking foward to going home to his family after speaking with them from China iaw Reuters. My other comment I am self censoring.

[ezaircon4jc]

He needs to get what Bowe Bergdahl should have received, 10+ years making little rocks out of bigger rocks. Last I checked, desertion was punishable by death!

[saphirschwarz.f48]

Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

He needs to get what Bowe Bergdahl should have received, 10+ years making little rocks out of bigger rocks. Last I checked, desertion was punishable by death!

That probably won’t be happening though… media backlash if that’s the outcome will be too much

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by saphirschwarz.f48

That probably won’t be happening though… media backlash if that’s the outcome will be too much

That right there is the problem. The "better red than dead" crowd has taken control. I'm 100% for required 2 years military service between high school and college.

[Llarry]

Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

That right there is the problem. The "better red than dead" crowd has taken control. I'm 100% for required 2 years military service between high school and college.

Absolutely, but a very high percentage of HS grads won't qualify because of medical issues: ADHD, obesity, etc. I also might support alternative service for those not medically qualified.

There's a snowball's chance in hell something like this would happen.

[Watching The World Burn]

Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

That right there is the problem. The "better red than dead" crowd has taken control. I'm 100% for required 2 years military service between high school and college.

Originally Posted by Llarry

Absolutely, but a very high percentage of HS grads won't qualify because of medical issues: ADHD, obesity, etc. I also might support alternative service for those not medically qualified.

There's a snowball's chance in hell something like this would happen.

Reminds me of this part of the lyrics from "Dummies" by Tom Macdonald.

"The kids are getting weaker 'cause they're sheltered by society
Pumpkin spice, Ativan for seasonal anxiety
Wokeness has become a way to bully non-violently
And cancel everyone without improvin' on the life we live"

His song "Snowflakes" and "The System" are also good.

From Snowflakes:

"Screw it, I ain't trippin', I don't mean to be mean
But if our children are the future then our future is bleak
They take an Adderall to focus, hit McDonald's to eat
They're addicted to phones and they take Xanax to sleep
They blurred the lines dividing communism and democracy
In 2021, we paint the patriots as Nazis
The men playing women's sports get trophies for winning
Like great, let's celebrate a man for beating some women"

[tturedraider]

Originally Posted by Watching The World Burn

Reminds me of this part of the lyrics from "Dummies" by Tom Macdonald.

"The kids are getting weaker 'cause they're sheltered by society
Pumpkin spice, Ativan for seasonal anxiety
Wokeness has become a way to bully non-violently
And cancel everyone without improvin' on the life we live"

His song "Snowflakes" and "The System" are also good.

From Snowflakes:

"Screw it, I ain't trippin', I don't mean to be mean
But if our children are the future then our future is bleak
They take an Adderall to focus, hit McDonald's to eat
They're addicted to phones and they take Xanax to sleep
They blurred the lines dividing communism and democracy
In 2021, we paint the patriots as Nazis
The men playing women's sports get trophies for winning
Like great, let's celebrate a man for beating some women"

So true!! This deserves its own thread!

I just saw a report, actually on the mainstream news, about how they are teaching children to read these days. Apparently it is picture based. No more phonics or teaching how to sound out new words. I know a little about the stupid way they teach math these days, but hadn’t heard about this. Without pictures the students were unable to read. So they weren’t actually reading at all, just recognizing pictures to figure out what was happening. The story was about an inner city elementary school somewhere and the new principal. She discovered fewer than 15% of these elementary school children were able to read at grade level and she decided they had to change how they were teaching. Fewer than 15% able to read at an elementary level! That’s not a hard level. Can you imagine where they would be by the time they got to high school?! So they went back to phonics and teaching how to sound out words. After the return to actual academics the children’s ability to read at grade level soared to over 85% and as a result the entire school district changed back to actual teaching.

There are so many disturbing things here, but I just can’t comprehend how the teachers went along with abdicating their role as actual teachers and educators. This wasn’t something new. This method of “teaching” had been in place for many years.

I have a lot of friends who are teachers and I’ve been wanting to ask my English teacher friends for quite a while what the hell is going on in English classes these days. I guess I just got a little glimpse.