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Booster Opportunities for Children

Boosters are offered to all USFK affiliated individuals ages 12 to 15. The interval has been shortened between the completion of primary vaccination of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose from 6 months to at least 5 months for individuals ages 12 and older. Children ages 5 to 11 with immunocompromised status can get a third dose of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

Inkyeong Yun, Brian D. Allgood Army Community Hospital public affairs

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Upgraded Apache Helicopters Arrive in Korea

An Apache AH-64E Version 6 Apache helicopter is rolled off an Air Force C-17 at Osan Air Base, South Korea December 2021 bound for the 4th Battalion (Attack), 2nd Aviation Regiment (4-2 AB) at Camp Humphreys. The aircraft is among the initial batch delivered to the 4-2 Attack Battalion, the first OCONUS unit to receive the Army’s latest version of the aircraft.

SSgt. Jared Scott, Apache Helicopters Project Management Office

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ROK COVID TRAVEL REQUIREMENT

Effective January 20, 2022 (KST), all foreign passengers arriving in the Republic of Korea must provide proof of a negative COVID-19 PCR test obtained within 48 hours of their departure. Airlines will not board passengers without this negative PCR test result. This document provides answers to possible questions regarding this new policies. It applies to Service Members, Dependents, and DA Civilians.

Eighth Army Public Affairs

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Best Dining Facility on the Peninsula

The Sustainer Grill Warrior Restaurant at Camp Henry is named the top Warrior Restaurant on the Peninsula in the 54th Annual Philip A. Connelly Award Competition Military Garrison Category. The Sustainer Grill has won 13 Philip A. Connelly Awards at the local or Eighth Army level and will now go on to represent Eighth Army at the Department of the Army level Connelly Competition.

Galen Putnam, 403rd AFSB Public AffairsDecember

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Joint Light Tactical Vehicles

Eighth Army took delivery of new Joint Light Tactical Vehicles at the Busan port Aug. 31. They will replace aging HMMWVs belonging to 2nd Infantry Division. The JLTV family of vehicles is an Army-led, joint-service program designed to replace a portion of each service’s light tactical wheeled-vehicle fleets while closing an existing capability gap, according to the U.S. Army.

Capt. Cortland Henderson, 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command

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Wet Gap Training

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 2nd and 3rd Infantry Division participate in “wet gap” training near the Imjin River. The ability to practice crossing small bodies of water enables U.S. forces to perform assigned missions during ground movements.

Spc. Philemon Tan, Eighth Army