Ulchi Freedom Shield Exercise to Be Scaled Back to Appease North Korea
This has been long suspected will happen and now it has:
South Korea and the United States will conduct a major joint exercise this month to strengthen their combined readiness posture, the allies said Thursday, but added that around half of some 40 planned field training exercises will be rescheduled to next month.
The announcement came amid speculation that the allies may push back some field training tied to the annual Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) exercise until after September as South Korea seeks to mend frayed ties with North Korea.
The UFS exercise is set to take place from Aug. 18-28 and involves drills incorporating “realistic” threats aimed at enhancing the allies’ capabilities across all domains, their militaries said.
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“Ulchi Freedom Shield Exercise to Be Scaled Back to Appease North Korea”
The new, North Korea-considerate exercise will be renamed Ulchi Freedom Panty Shield, which is smaller and thinner than regular freedom shields and is designed to provide a feeling of freshness and cleanliness at the expense of rediness.
I don’t miss the 12-hour shifts in CP Tango. Now that most of USFK has moved from Yongsan to Humphreys, I wonder if they still use CP Tango or if there’s another command post closer?
Commies and Islamists only negotiate when they’re losing, so they will see this as weakness. It will not improve relations andvthe Norks will press harder.
the Theater Air Naval Ground Operations center, still a place of joy and happiness for many service members.