1. Stanley A. Weiss, “After Iraq, a new U.S. military model,”International Herald Tribune, Dec. 27, 2006.
2. Ibid.
3. Some parts of the realignment have something to do with the Land Partnership Plan (LPP), which was basically aimed at enhancing public support for the alliance by responding to the land demands raised by host communities. The USFK had listed the purpose of the LPP as enhancing pubic safety and strengthening the alliance by reducing the U.S. use of ROK-granted land through consolidation and increased joint use of the ROK training areas. When finalizing the relocation negotiation ended in 2004, the two sides agreed to combine the two separate agreements, namely, the LPP and the Osan-Pyeongtaek consolidation plan of both Yongsan Garrison and the 2nd Infantry Division (2nd ID).
4. Donald Rumsfeld, “Transforming the Military,”Foreign Affairs, Vol. 81, No. 3 (May/June 2002), p. 24.