Accompanied Korea tour changes detailed

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Three-year accompanied tours
Policy change will come in phases


Accompanied Korea tour changes detailed
By Jim Tice - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Jan 5, 2009 16:42:10 EST

The Army will phase in a new assignment policy for many of the 19,000 soldiers assigned to South Korea.

Under a plan announced Dec. 11 by Gen. Walter “Skip” Sharp, commander of U.S. Forces Korea, the Army and other services will offer three-year accompanied tours in Korea as new facilities in Pyeontaek, Osan, Daegu, Chinhae and Seoul become available over the next 36 months.

Accompanied tours for 2nd Infantry Division forces at Uijonbu and Dongducheon will be 24 months, which extends accompanied tour opportunities to all locations in Area 1 north of Seoul.

Unaccompanied tours to Area 1 installations will remain at 12 months, except those for command and key billets, which will remain at 24 months.

The initial phase of the policy change will be implemented this summer for key USFK personnel needed to support the establishment of theater command and control changes in 2012.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/01/army_korea_010509w/%2e