SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA- Republic of Korea and U.S. troops held a joint air assault drill March 11, 2025 at Twin Bridge Training Complex near Paju, South Korea.
About 400 troops from ROK 1st Infantry Division and the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment took part in the combined exercise led by South Korean forces in Paju.
The training involved ROK and U.S. forces air assaulting into the Twin Bridge Training Complex and establishing a control base to secure the landing zone. After which the combined forces synchronized their communications and conducted movement towards their combined objectives.
U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 2nd Infantry ROK/U.S. Combined Division, fly a CH-47 Chinook extinguishing a wildfire using a helicopter bucket during a wild firefighting operation near Sacheon, South Korea on March 28, 2025. The water was used to extinguish the wildfires in the area. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Wilfred Salters Jr.)
