I finished two year mandatory military obligation in the United States Forces Korea. The Korea Augmentation To the United States Army (KATUSA) program is established just after the Korean War. Personnel affair of KATUSAs, such as promotion and salary, is managed by ROK (Republic of Korea) Army Staffs. All other military duties are for the US Army.
I assigned to web development team at Joint Command of the US and ROK. During the two years of work, I learnt and used ColdFusion and MS-SQL to develop and maintain web system. The largest assignment for me was to support C4I (Command, Control, Communications, Computers & Intelligence) Logistics web page maintainence. In addition, I dealt with several web pages which help commanders make decisions in the operations. I was very fortuate to have such a job because most jobs for KATUSA are such as military police, infantry and drivers, which is not related to technically development work. I could improve myself during these two years in the perspective of computer technique, especially web programming.
Not only did I work as web developer, but also I tried to be a culture guide for the US soldiers. I took my military superviser to Korean traditional street, theme park and other military base in Korea.
I attached photo of flag that my superviser gave me when I terminated the Army life. The witty paragraph inside the flag written in HTML reflects my job in the military. He also recommended me for the Army Commendation Medal which is one of the most honorable awards in my military life.
< html >
< head > SGT Park, Hyun Woo
< body > in recognition of dedicated service
to USFK, J64 from 29 Jan 2004 to
19 Nov 2005. < br >
< h1 > Great worker and friend. Best
of luck in the future < /h1 >
< /body >
< /html >
