CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — Senior U.S. and Republic of Korea military leaders moved across training sites and command centers throughout the Korean Peninsula during Freedom Shield 26, observing how allied forces train and operate together as the exercise came to a close.
Their visits underscored a central focus of the annual combined exercise: ensuring that plans translate into coordinated action by forces executing the mission.
“What FS 26 showed me is a combined, joint force prepared to fight and win,” said Command Sgt. Maj. Robin Bolmer, senior enlisted leader for United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command and U.S. Forces Korea. “Our ROK, U.S. and UNC NCO corps trained and led Airmen, Guardians, Marines, Sailors and...
What I would like to say first is my thanks to the Minister of National Defense, Ahn Gyu-back, because through his efforts and those of our chairman, Chairman Jin, we are able to conduct this great combined training here today.
The training of our alliance is what makes us different. It is the asymmetric advantage we enjoy across the Indo-Pacific. The fact that we can train and build readiness across our formations, and that we can do this...
SEOUL, South Korea β As Freedom Shield 26 gets underway across the Korean Peninsula, UNC, CFC and USFK forces are reaffirming what military professionals across the world know: readiness is perishable. Every professional military trains, not as an act of aggression, but as a condition of competence. The ROK-U.S. Alliance is no different.
