USO presentation was informative and interesting.  I knew very little about the politics and the functions of our military.  The session gave me a better understanding about the relationship between Korea and the US military.  The negative viewpoints about the relationship between two countries existed because of the skewness portrayal from both the US and Korean's media, as well as the lack of understanding about the alliances between the two countries.  The lack of understanding added with the negative coverage from the media influenced how people, especially the younger generations, perceive the US military bases in South Korea.  Many civilians like me do not know that the US soldiers are engaging in community service activities such as building hospitals and tutoring children, and that most of them are not conducting devious and immoral acts like rapping Korean women.  The US soldiers here in Korea follows their strict military rules and oblige to the Korean laws.  Most of them do not engage in immoral acts and they are the ones who need emotional support.  By being far away from home, the US soldiers need entertainment activities provided by the USO to feel less homesick and more optimistic about their well-beings.  They need something to remind them of home and need a place to relax.  The services provided the soldiers entertainment and comforts, as well as strengthen the relationship between Korea and the US.

Similar to them, I need to randomly be in a similar environment that can remind me of home and where I can relax.  I need to watch and do what I normally do in the States to feel less homesick.