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The Korea Demilitarized Zone is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula serving as a buffer zone between North and South Korea. The DMZ cuts the Korean Peninsula roughly in half crossing the 38th parallel on an angle with the west end of the DMZ lying south of the parallel and the east end lying north of it and is 155 miles (248 km) long and approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) wide. It is the most heavily militarized border in the world. During my 26 years in the US Air Force I was stationed in Korea 4 times at Kunsan (x2), Osan and Suwon AB's. My post USAF career is now as a DOD civilian still in Korea and while I have visited the DMZ many many times over all these years, I was never stationed there. This site is not only full of photo's and information about the DMZ and the Joint Security Area (JSA), but it is a dedication to all of you who served there and endured the pressures associated with the assignment, which I for one know were many. The JSA is guarded by United Nations Combined Command forces. Up until 2004 those forces included both US Army and Republic of Korea forces at Panmunjom. In 2004 the duties of protection was handed over to the Republic of Korea forces. |
