Anders waiting in front of the Swedish club for the two youngest members of our group while holding the balloons, I bought for them :)
Now we’re all settled in at Youngsan Base and also the last two delegates have been “flying solo” for the past two weeks, at the DMZ.
It will be up to us all to have two interesting and giving years, including knowing why Sweden is here and therefore we all gathered at the DMZ, in the Swedish Camp.
The men made a program for us, spread from having the informational tour at Camp Bonifas, Conference Row to background information regarding the overall organization and tasks. They told us about their individual work and responsibilities and we discussed our expectations.
That it’s a complicated and bizarre situation, I believe is quite obvious to us all. The reason for a large military force on the peninsula is understanding for there still is no Peace Treaty between North- and South Korea.
Flags representing; ROK-US Combined Forces Command; United States Forces Korea; United Nations Command.
UNC is represented with 16 sending States and the NNSC (Sweden, Switzerland and Poland) have the task to supervise the UNC.
For us that followed our husbands it’s important not only to understand what our spouses are doing up in the DMZ, but also to see to that we have a functional daily life.
I myself wasn’t prepared for the tuff climate this country has and that it’s hard to impossible to get a working permit. This of cause inclines that I have to make new plans in order to meet my expectations for the 30 month I’ll be living here.
Lieutenant Colonel Per Sandgren telling about his operational responsibilities
Second day we all had the possibility to talk about our expectations; the entire group had very positive attitude and looked forward to the coming two years.
"Our" youngest member Erik "entertaining" at breakfast.
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