Garrison Daegu News Today

A culinary artist from the Army’s Daegu garrison left the 48th Joint Culinary Training exercise in Virginia recently draped in silver and gold.

A repurposed section of Yongsan Garrison, once the U.S. military’s primary headquarters in South Korea, opened to the public as a park on Thursday.

SEOUL--The number of new virus infections in South Korea jumped again Wednesday and the U.S. military reported its first case among its soldiers based in the Asian country, with his case and many others connected to a southeastern city with an illness cluster.

by   Col. Edward Ballanco wrapped up his final assignment as U.S. Army Garrison Daegu’s commander at Camp Walker, South Korea, Monday, July 12, 2021. (Edwin Petzke/U.S. Army) The garrison commander overseeing an area in the early epicenter for coronavirus cases in South Korea bid farewell to his soldiers during a change-of-command ceremony on Monday. Col. Edward Ballanco wrapped up his final assignment as U.S. Army Garrison Daegu’s commander at Camp Walker. He will be retiring after ...

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — It was an absolute pleasure to recently interview Andrea Esposito, who served 15 years in the Army and retired with the rank of staff sergeant. She was welcoming, outgoing and provided an excellent overview on her extraordinary military service as we met at Soldier On.   Her career is impressive as she had to overcome a great many obstacles in her life and used those experiences to excel as a leader in the Army.    Esposito grew up in North Haven, Conn., and enlist...