News 6 Mashup: December 5, 2022
Here is this week’s News 6 mashup of stories for the week of December 6th 2022, straight from AWN News 6 Correspondent, Emma Tighe
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Korea
PWTM: Camp Humphreys, South Korea
Camp Humphreys, South Korea is the Army’s largest installation in the Pacific. It is located near the border between North and South Korea.
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3 Tips to Prep for an Overseas PCS
In the spring of 2009, my husband called me from Iraq and asked what I thought about an overseas PCS—to Korea. He explained that they had just opened command sponsorship to families, so our family would be able to go for two years, maybe longer. He had already served two tours in Korea, one before we were married and one when our girls were very small. There had been no command sponsorship then, but he loved it.
I immediately said yes.
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Do I Stay, or Do I Go?
My husband has been in the Army nearly 10 years. Sometimes I can’t believe he’s already this far into his career or that so much time has passed so quickly. Throughout the years, we’ve lived in various places across America: Hawaii, Virginia, Washington. Aside from Hawaii, he has managed to avoid an OCONUS assignment—until now. Do I stay, or do I go?
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10 Things I’ve Missed About America
Okay, so I wrote about my top 10 things I’ll miss about Korea. What a lovely reflection of our three-year tour. It’s only fair that I write about the 10 things I’ve missed about America, in no particular order. Why 10? Because I don’t have the time to write a top 100 list right now.
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The Hardship of a Hardship Tour
Well, it has been a month. A month of sleeping on my own, a month of taking care of the house and family on my own, a month since my service member left for a year-long hardship tour to Korea. I know many spouses have gone on this same journey, and I have wonderful friends who have given me great details of what to expect from a hardship tour.
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10 Things I’ll Miss About Korea
By the time this posts, I will be sunbathing in Hawaii. My family and I will have just PCS’d from Seoul, South Korea, after three very long years. I try very hard to see the bright side of things, so amid my complaining, I started to think of what I would miss about Korea.
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A Woman of My Word
I pride myself on being a woman of my word. If I say I am going to do something, I’ll do it.
(Unless it’s something I am telling myself I should do, and in that case, my word means nothing. Refer to: Diet, Start My.)
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A South Korean March
The entire month of March, to say the least, was a journey for me. As much as I hate to use that word (most likely thanks to its glaring overuse on ABC’s The Bachelor), it has been.
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