Korean society may already be tarnished with insincerity and hypocrisy, but the Marine Corps has a very special image. It has a reputation as a society without preferential treatment, a community that shares blood, sweat and tears together. And for its former members, the Marine Corps becomes a lifelong identify. A Marine is a tough and reliable man.
The Marines need to pursue a more serious and sincere promotion campaign than releasing pictures of Hyun Bin bestowing his last smile before entering training camp, of Hyun Bin wearing a red name tag and leaving for his first vacation after six weeks of training and of Hyun Bin joining his assigned division. Many men in Korea receive the same training Hyun Bin has gone through, so why make a fuss by releasing such photos? If he goes around colleges and universities and encourages young students to become a Marine like himself, he is working as an actor, not as a Marine.
Worried it would be criticized for not sending Hyun Bin to the front lines, the Marine Corps made an unreasonable move. The Marine Corps has three specialized types of training: for airborne operations, guerilla operations and surprise landing operation.
The Marine reconnaissance patrol unit, which is notorious for being the most challenging, requires two of the three trainings. Marine Corps headquarters demanded Hyun Bin to receive all three trainings. When it comes to Hyun Bin, the Marines are strangely off kilter.
Noise from the public and even the political arena also influenced the military. Hyun Bin, however, is just one of hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Armed Forces. There are countless young men - who are not as handsome, well-educated or wealthy and secure as Hyun Bin - serving in the military, crawling through arduous training, shooting and living in barracks.
Hyun Bin should be left alone to be among his fellow servicemen. When there is too much publicity and promotion, some truth can get lost. When Prince Harry, the younger son of Prince Charles, participated in the Afghan War, the government and the media agreed to make his service public only after the six-month duty was over. Pyongyang denies that attack, but last November it shelled a border island, leaving four dead and briefly sparking fears of war.
All rights reserved. Be brave and safe dear Hyun Bin. Actor Hyun Bin Yonhap News. A popular TV actor who enlisted in the Marine Corps last month for his mandatory military service has been assigned to serve on a frontline island on the Yellow Sea border with North Korea, Marine officials said Monday. Hyun Bin, 29, who starred in "Secret Garden," one of this season's most popular TV dramas in South Korea, is scheduled to finish six weeks of basic training this week and will serve in the 6th Marine Brigade on Baengnyeong Island, the Marine Headquarters said in a statement.
The Marine Corps had preliminarily planned to assign Hyun to public relations duty at the Marine Headquarters in the city of Hwaseong, south of Seoul, but made the final decision on his assignment to show that he will not receive special treatment.
An official at the Marine Headquarters said, "The decision reflected people's hopes that actor Hyun Bin serves as an ordinary combat soldier. All able-bodied South Korean men are required to serve at least two years in the military, which faces North Korea's 1. Feels so bad for him as he never once asked for a special treatment and he would be proud to serve his country in any way he could.
How could his placement be a special treatment when the decision comes from the marines and he didn't asked to be treated differently because of his celebrity status. He has stressed before in his previous interview he wants to be a real man and he would have joined the intelligent agency if he didn't become an actor. He wouldn't have joined the marines if he didn't think of all the possibilities.
He could have taken the easy way out and join the entertainment unit as many other artists before him. Hyun Bin: A marksman or marked man? Posted: 11 April hrs. According to information released by the army, the year-old actor-turned-soldier who is now undergoing training at a Marine Corps training camp, hit the target with 19 out of the 20 bullets he fired during daytime marksmanship training and managed a perfect score during night firing exercises.
Servicemen are awarded the special marksmanship title and a badge if they are able to hit the target 18 out of 20 times during day shoots and 9 out of 10 times during night marksmanship exercises. Hyun Bin has also completed his biological warfare as well as survival training and will soon embark on a paratrooper course. Hyun Bin to become public relations officer Unfortunately, all his skill with a gun and the rigorous training he endured will be wasted.
Unlike fellow entertainers like Won Bin and Kang Ta who served as reconnaissance units and military trainers, Hyun Bin will not be heading to the front lines but has recently been revealed to have been posted to a special public relations unit of the Korean army instead. Korean media observers say the news comes as no surprise, pointing out that Hyun Bin had been featured prominently in quite a few training photos released by the Marine Corps on their official blog, Fly Marine Boy.
They believe this indicated that Hyun Bin had been marked for public relations duties even during his training phase. Elvis Presley got his draft notice only two years after his debut, when his popularity was skyrocketing. The military, aware of the star's public appeal, offered to place him with the Special Services Branch so he would be able to appear on TV and do interviews, but Presley rejected the offer.
As a result, he went through the same boot camp training as other recruits and was stationed at a base in West Germany, which during the s was at the frontlines of the Cold War.
Fans cheered when they saw pictures of their idol getting his hair cropped short and walking into quarters carrying an army-issue duffel bag. Army report at the time said that other young Americans who looked up to Presley would emulate his military service. His decision to refuse special treatment was the best PR the U. Army could ask for. The Korean military has a special PR unit where members serve as hosts of radio programs or events that are designed to boost morale among soldiers, and most entertainers are seconded to light duties there for the duration of their mandatory military service.
But some, such as actors Won Bin, Chun Jung-myung and singers Kim Tae-woo and Kang Ta, have opted to serve on the frontlines as part of reconnaissance units or as military trainers. And heartthrob Hyun Bin has just completed boot camp. But at the end of this month he will apparently be based at a Marines public relations unit after all.
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