DoD approves more accompanied tours in Korea
Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 9:32 pm
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DoD approves more accompanied tours in Korea
By William H. McMichael - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Dec 11, 2008 7:11:54 EST
Reasoning that North Korea now poses no more of a likely threat to the South than did the former Soviet Union to Western Europe during the Cold War, the Pentagon has decided to dramatically increase the number of duty tours in South Korea that include family members, and to lengthen most such tours from two to three years.
In addition, married troops will also be able to bring their spouses and children along for 2-year command-sponsored tours in two cities that lie between Seoul and the Demilitarized Zone that divides the two nations, and do not currently allow family accompaniment.
Standard unaccompanied tour lengths of 12 months would be unchanged for single troops.
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