Former USFK Commander Believes Lack of Combined Drills is Impacting Readiness
I am not sure what else anyone would expect him to say, if you don’t train together for an extended amount of time of course it will impact readiness:
Scaling down combined military exercises between South Korea and the United States does have an impact on readiness, a former commander of U.S. Forces Korea said Tuesday.
Ret. Gen. Walter Sharp was referring to the major allied exercises that have been reduced in scope to facilitate denuclearization negotiations between the U.S. and North Korea.
“I think that scaling down, and doing exercises in other ways, does have an effect on readiness,” he said during a virtual seminar hosted by the Korea Economic Institute of America.
He said he would encourage the continuation of the Combined Forces Command exercise program as a deterrent and as a readiness issue.
Yonhap
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As a retired general he can speak freely, unfortunately General Abrams doesn’t have that luxury. The retired general is right, if you know in advance what your allies can and will do it helps you fight to win. I saw this on a much smaller scale as a firefighter, you have to know what your teammates will do in a given situation or you both may not go home.
Doc, they may already know what our “allies” can do or not and assume it’s not worth the expense to proove it?