I had a special opportunity to visit a friend on one of the Korean army bases. I thought this was a unique and rare opportunity and I really thank my friends for asking me to come along with them. In my first semester I made many freshman friends. Quite a few of those friends entered the army in the second semester and I didn't have an opportunity to meet them anymore.
However, there was one group of guys that I had become closer friends with and they wanted to visit our friend Roscoe (성호) in the army together.
We went on Saturday December 3, 2011. The weather was chilly but it was a beautiful sunny day none-the-less. Understandably I do not have any pictures inside the base. When we first arrived at the gate the soldiers there check you in. One person from the group leaves their ID behind and we are given a visitors pass. Then we are to wait in the visitors area (a small building with tables and chairs) for our friend to arrive. Inside this building we are allowed to take pictures with our friend. We are also allowed to order take out food and eat with him.
I went along with 4 other friends MoonGu, BoHeok, HyunSu and DaJeong. We ate Korean "Chinese" food and pizza. I felt very blessed at this moment to have met so many wonderful friends at SCH and our friend Roscoe told us he was very happy we had visited him. I am glad we made his day.
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