DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable: Korea Command Focuses on Quality of Life

Filed under DoD News by on December 17, 2009 at 3:04 pm {one comment}
U.S. Army Gen. Walter L. "Skip" Sharp, Commander of United States Forces Korea

U.S. Army Gen. Walter L. "Skip" Sharp, Commander of United States Forces Korea

Improving the quality of life for servicemembers and their families stationed in the South Korea is a top priority, the commander of U.S. Forces Korea said this week.

In a “DODLive” Bloggers Roundtable Dec. 15, Army Gen. Walter “Skip” Sharp said one of his main priorities is to maintain and improve facilities, services, schools and medical capabilities to benefit all current and future servicemembers, Defense Department civilians and families who will call Korea home temporarily.

“We are working very hard to make sure that the facilities, the services, the schools, the medical capability that we have in the Republic of Korea is top-notch, which it is today,” Sharp said. “We are working towards being able to have all of our servicemembers come to Korea for two- and three-year tours and bring their families instead of one year at a time unaccompanied.”

Joining us on the call were Clyde Middleton, www.patriotroom.com; Chuck Simmins, www.northshorejournal.org; David Axe, www.warisboring.com; Karaka Pend, http://karakapend.wordpress.com/about/end; Josh Rogin, Dale Kissinger, www.militaryavenue.com; Bryant Jordan, www.military.com; Jeff Schogol, http://blogs.stripes.com/blogs/stripes-central; and Maggie, www.bostonmaggie.blogspot.com.

Listen to the audio here.

To view a transcript from this interview, click here.

Read the complete story on Defense.gov.

DoDLive Blogger’s Roundtable: U.S. Army Gen. Walter L. “Skip” Sharp, Commander of U.S. Forces Korea

Filed under Bloggers Roundtable by on December 11, 2009 at 2:21 pm {2 comments}
U.S. Army Gen. Walter L. "Skip" Sharp, Commander of United States Forces Korea

U.S. Army Gen. Walter L. "Skip" Sharp, Commander of United States Forces Korea

On Tuesday, Dec. 15, at 11:00 ET, we have scheduled a DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable with U.S. Army Gen. Walter L. “Skip” Sharp. Gen. Sharp will discuss his priorities for U.S. Forces Korea to include readiness to meet current and future military challenges posed by North Korea, how the transition of wartime operational control from the U.S. to the Republic of Korea JCS on April 17, 2012 is strengthening the ROK – U.S. Alliance, and USFK’s progress in making assignments to Korea become normal two and three-year accompanied tours for all servicemembers.

To listen live, click here.

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