Ed, good chance I'll see you there. I'm due and come off of an assignment freeze in July.
Was there in 02-03 and had a great time. Lived off base in a hotel the whole year. They did my laundry, kept the room clean and everything. If I go back I'm definitely living off base again. This time though I'm getting an apartment.
Aragon alley is the party place. Out the gate, across the main road and the first alley to the left. You can sit there around 5 PM and watch the jucie parade. Girls going to work. You can sit out front with a cold beer in hand as long as you don't go over the yellow line.
Don't turn your nose to the local table fare. It's good food for sure. LA buffet is cheap and good if it's still there. Almost to the end of the shopping area on the right. Songton nights is another cool bar. Frozen mugs of beer and after the beer is gone you take the bottom off the cup. Pull out the ice and throw it at the wall. If you set off the buzzer you get a free beer. Kinda cool.
Do me a favor if I don't join you. Stop into the Apple Sports bar and say hi to Ann and her husband. He's a retired American military man and she is Korean. Best bar in the whole area as far as I'm concerned. Great people, awesome homemade cheeseburgers, XX Dos Equis and no jucie girls to bother you. You'll find it soon enough. It has an awesome reputation.
If your a golfer then Osan has the better course. Kunsan's sucks. There is an awesome course just before Seoul that military can play for pretty cheap. Also, visit Seoul when possible. They have buses going to Seoul on the weekends for shopping from Osan. Unfortunately you can't have a vehicle there. TSgt's and MSgt's could drive when I was there. I plan on shipping the Bronco if I go over there so I can run some of them drivers off the road.
If you need any other info then email me at work. I'm on the global.
