So, have you been abandoned by your GI husband? Well, if you live in Dongducheon — something I wouldn’t wish on anyone, coincidentally, even after getting a nice new train station — help is just a phone call away:
U.S. Army officials have started an “Abandoned Spouses Hotline” here in hopes of helping women left stranded — both intentionally and unintentionally — by their soldier-husbands.
About 30 women have gotten help courtesy of the year-old outreach program, which officials hope will become a model for U.S. military communities around the world.
Most have not been abandoned in the classic sense. Many were foreign-born military wives who needed help working through the maze of immigration paperwork necessary to join their husbands in the U.S. or at their next duty stations.
However, in about a half-dozen instances, the program has come to the aid of women whose husbands have left South Korea with no apparent intention of taking their wives or children with them.
“That is really, really bad,” said Elizabeth Samarripa, the Army Community Services outreach program coordinator for Area I, the northernmost region of South Korea. “It is against Army regulations. You cannot abandon your family.”
You can call the hot line at 0505-730-3635 — leave a message and your contact information in one of five languages (English, Korean, Spanish, Russian or Tagalog).
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a “stain station”?
Is that where housewives can go to get stains removed?
Not sure, but I’ve heard that Monica Lewinsky and Ken Starr have the franchise.
Your title made me think the USFK had decided to discontinue some kind of chatting service where I could hook up with GI wives looking for a little on the side.
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