Singer Park Jae-jung returned to his fans after serving 1 year and 6 months in the military.
Park Jae-jung was discharged from active-duty army service at the sentry post of the 37th Division recruit training unit in Jeungpyeong County, North Chungcheong, on the morning of the 20th.
Park Jae-jung, who enlisted as active-duty army on May 21 last year, greeted fans and the press in person on the street near the sentry post of the barracks and shared his thoughts on his discharge.
He said, "Thank you for coming. I completed the discharge ceremony and came out well. The 1 year and 6 months felt longer than I thought. The soldiers are working hard. Being together let me stay young too. I want to say it was really great."
In particular, singers Roy Kim and DAY6's Dowoon visited Park Jae-jung's discharge site that day to congratulate him on his discharge and show their close friendship.
Park Jae-jung also posted a lengthy discharge message on his social media.
He said, "I enlisted in 24-6 unit 1 and served up to the military band, and there were truly many days. Recruit training battalion instructors, officers, training camp classmates, the military band I met after being assigned to the headquarters duty unit, Green Camp squad leaders, guard platoon, officer mess cooking, headquarters administration, staff, military chaplaincy, driving, medical unit, counterintelligence unit, the soldiers and officers I served with (especially the personnel officer and the duty officers and adjutants I met day by day) worked really hard. I sincerely thank you. In particular, as the head of the military chaplain association, thank you to everyone who came to the church and to those who passed by."
He continued, "To the military band commander, the march command noncommissioned officer (bandmaster), the conductor, and all the noncommissioned officers, thank you so much. There are many people who remain memorable through training within the unit as the division band. Thank you to the engineering battalion members who joined this year's mobilization reserve training. Thank you to the mobile battalion members who helped as instructors during the survival training, and to everyone I met during extreme cold-weather training, patriotic training, Hwarang and others — I can't recall everything now, but I am very grateful to everyone I encountered. Thank you truly to the chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense battalion, the information and communications battalion, and everyone else. I also thank everyone I met during deployment schedules at Army Headquarters, the Korea Military Academy, the Second Operational Command, and so on."
Finally he added, "I will bring you good music going forward. To my fellow soldiers still remaining, stay strong. Thank you once again. 37th Infantry Division."
Park Jae-jung also proved his exemplary military service by releasing photos documenting his awards as a model sergeant, the Army Warrior Award, and commendation certificates.
The following is Park Jae-jung's full post.
May 21, 2024 - Nov. 20, 2025
This is Park Jae-jung. I have been discharged.
I enlisted in unit 1 of the 24-6 cohort and served up to the military band, and there were truly many days. Recruit training battalion instructors, officers, training camp classmates, the military band I met after being assigned to the headquarters duty unit, Green Camp squad leaders, guard platoon, officer mess cooking, headquarters administration, staff, military chaplaincy, driving, medical unit, counterintelligence unit, the soldiers and officers I served with (especially the personnel officer and the duty officers and adjutants I met day by day) worked really hard. I sincerely thank you. In particular, as the head of the military chaplain association, thank you to everyone who came to the church and to those who passed by.
To the military band commander, the march command noncommissioned officer (bandmaster), the conductor, and all the noncommissioned officers, thank you so much. There are many people who remain memorable through training within the unit as the division band. Thank you to the engineering battalion members who joined this year's mobilization reserve training. Thank you to the mobile battalion members who helped as instructors during the survival training, and to everyone I met during extreme cold-weather training, patriotic training, Hwarang and others — I can't recall everything now, but I am very grateful to everyone I encountered. Thank you truly to the chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense battalion, the information and communications battalion, and everyone else. I also thank everyone I met during deployment schedules at Army Headquarters, the Korea Military Academy, the Second Operational Command, and so on.
I will bring you good music going forward. To my fellow soldiers still remaining, stay strong. Thank you once again. 37th Infantry Division.
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