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    The commander of the Far East District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Col. Stephen H. Bales, received the Korean name Kim Sin-yu at a ceremony held at the Ministry of National Defense Convention Center on Nov. 19, 2015.

    Commander receives Korean name

    The Republic of Korea-U.S. Alliance Friendship Association presented a Korean name to Col. Stephen H. Bales, commander and district engineer of the Far East District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, at a ceremony at the Korea Ministry of National Defense on Nov. 19.
  • Volunteers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Far East District volunteered to help make kimchi on one brisk November day.

    Volunteers help make kimchi

    Volunteers from the Far East District joined members of the Seoul Jung-gu Saemaul Women’s Club to make kimchi for the area’s needy and elderly families Nov. 18.
  • Mr. Yo-Sep Song demonstrates a field testing kit to student Kelly Wun. The field testing kit is used for screening of petroleum contaminated soil. Ms. Wun is a senior at Seoul American High School, and shadowed Far East District staff members on Nov. 5, 2015 to learn more about what they do. Mr. Song is a chemist in the Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering Branch in the Far East District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Son-Chu Chon, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

    Student gets geotech guidance

    Kelly Wun, a high school senior, had a chance to learn directly from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Far East District employees at the district compound in Seoul on Nov. 5. Scott Bittner, a science teacher at Seoul American High School, selected Wun for this job-shadowing opportunity from eight student-candidates, in recognition of her leadership and academic interests.