SOUTH KOREA: South Korean students brave the winter cold to experience what it's like to be a disciplined and fit marine at boot camp
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SOUTH KOREA: South Korean students brave the winter cold to experience what it's like to be a disciplined and fit marine at boot camp
- Title: SOUTH KOREA: South Korean students brave the winter cold to experience what it's like to be a disciplined and fit marine at boot camp
- Date: 14th January 2008
- Summary: (L!1) POHANG, SOUTH KOREA (JANUARY 8, 2008) (REUTERS) POHANG BEACH WITH MILITARY VEHICLES LANDING VEHICLE GOING OUT TO SEA TRAINEES INSIDE LANDING VEHICLE (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) 16-YEAR-OLD TRAINEE LEE YEON-HEE SAYING: "My parents registered me for this course to discipline and change my spirit. In the beginning it was very hard to be trained and I could not sleep well, but I have found it worth doing." LANDING VEHICLE AND TRAINEES TRAINEES TRAINEES' FACES SMOKE SCREEN AND LANDING VEHICLES LANDING VEHICLE VEHICLE LANDING ON BEACH STUDENTS COMING OUT OF VEHICLE STUDENTS RUNNING STUDENTS DOING PHYSICAL EXERCISES ON BEACH STUDENTS LOCKING SHOULDERS AND SQUATTING ON BEACH GROUP EXERCISES SICK STUDENTS COVERING THEMSELVES WITH BLANKETS TRAINING OFFICERS (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) MAJOR CHOI YOUNG-GIL,TRAINING OFFICER, SAYING: "The purpose of the winter time boot camp is to help trainees to train themselves physically and spiritually. We can also teach them to have the right ambitions and promote the marines." UNFOLDING DEFLATED BOAT RUBBER BOAT STUDENTS PUMPING AIR INTO BOAT STUDENTS LIFTING INFLATED BOAT AND OARS BOATS AT SEA STUDENTS ROWING BOAT (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) 21-YEAR-OLD TRAINEE AHN HYE-SONG SAYING: "It's harder than I expected. I was surprised that I had to get wet in the sea in this winter cold. But it's also fun." STUDENTS PLAYING
- Embargoed: 29th January 2008 12:00
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- Topics: Defence / Military,Education
- Reuters ID: LVA5VUMM16PO2RV6OXGBGV351YBV
- Story Text: South Korean students attended boot camp on Tuesday (January 8) to learn what it takes to be a marine.
Wearing military uniforms and braving the winter cold, about 300 students participated in a key marine operation called an amphibious landing, where vehicles at sea land on enemy shores.
Students as young as 12 -years-old attended the camp at Pohang Beach, which is located on the Korean's peninsula's southeastern coast.
The camp was aimed at testing spiritual and physical strength.
"My parents registered me for this course to discipline and change my spirit. In the beginning it was very hard to be trained and I could not sleep well, but I have found it worth doing," said 16-year-old Lee Yeon-hee, who was aboard one of the landing vehicles that was headed to shore.
The landing operation was followed by physical training exercises on the beach.
"The purpose of the winter time boot camp is to help trainees to train themselves physically and spiritually. We can also teach them to have the right ambitions and promote the marines," said Major Choi Young-gil, one of the camp's training officers.
Trainees also learned to inflate and ride rubber boats, which are an essential part of a marine landing operation.
A female trainee said she was initially reluctant to get wet in the winter sea.
"It's harder than I expected. I was surprised that I had to get wet in the sea in this winter cold. But it's also fun," said 21-year-old Ahn Hye-song.
The South Korean Marine Corps has been running boot camps since 1997 and has trained more than 26,000 civilians. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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