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From the fanfare-laden reopening of Notre-Dame to the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit held in the cavernous halls of the Grand Palais, to last-minute summits of European leaders hastily convened in the gilded chambers of the Elysee, French diplomacy appears to have been in overdrive in recent months. Emmanuel Macron, France’s hyper-energetic and peripatetic president, has been even more active than usual — tirelessly shuttling across a war-torn European continent and a widening Atlantic Ocean in a desperate effort to shore up trans-Atlantic unity at a time of historic upheaval.

Despite South Korea’s small size—slightly larger than Indiana—it hosts the largest U.S. military installation overseas: Camp Humphreys. In 1957, United States Forces Korea (USFK) was established to provide support and training alongside the Combined Forces Command (CFC) and United Nations Command (UNC). If you find yourself with orders to Korea, there is so much to do during your time there. Whether you are stationed in Seoul, Camp Humphreys, Daegu or Busan, here are our top things to get excited about! 
8 things for military families to enjoy in Korea:
1. Café Culture
Cafe Hallasan.

Sergeant First Class Alwyn Cashe is a posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor. He earned his award for courageous action during the Iraq War.
Sergeant First Class Cashe Background
SFC Alwyn Cashe was a highly decorated Army veteran. He served America with distinction in various military campaigns. Born in Sanford, Florida, in 1970, he joined the Army after completing high school and served in the Gulf War and the Kosovo Defense Campaign.
However, his final deployment to Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom would earn him the Medal of Honor.

The M60 main battle tank was designed to counter Soviet armor, but for three decades one in Washington faced another adversary: Avalanches.
That doesn’t mean tanks were used to attack an avalanche as they rolled down a mountainside. Rather, the Washington State Department of Transportation used M60s for many years to lob a shell at unstable snow sitting on steep slopes above towns and roads. The explosions triggered the snow to slide off the mountains with no risk to anyone below. The process is called avalanche control or mitigation.