Freedom Shield Exercise to Begin Next Month with No Agreement Yet on Korean Participation in Military Field Training Exercises
My guess is that the Lee administration will probably not have the ROK military do combined field training with the U.S. this year in an effort to appease North Korea. I guess we will see what happens:
The militaries of South Korea and the United States said Wednesday they will stage their annual joint springtime exercise next month to strengthen their combined defense posture, but they have yet to agree on details of related field training in a rare move.
The Freedom Shield (FS) exercise is scheduled to take place from March 9-19, involving the field training exercise dubbed “Warrior Shield,” according to the South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK).
The allies’ militaries said the upcoming drills will help further strengthen the alliance’s readiness and capabilities through combined, joint, all-domain operations.
“This exercise will also serve as an opportunity to support ongoing preparations for a condition-based wartime operational transition, consistent with alliance agreement,” they said in a joint statement.
South Korea is seeking to achieve the “conditions-based” handover of wartime operational control (OPCON) from the U.S. within President Lee Jae Myung’s five-year term that ends in 2030.
A JCS official explained some 18,000 troops are expected to take part in this year’s FS exercise, a level on par with around 19,000 personnel last year.
But in a rare move, the allies announced the FS exercise plan without reaching an agreement over the scope of field training exercises that will be simultaneously carried out, only saying that they are still in consultation over Warrior Shield.
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It seems that @GIKorea and @setnaffa are miffed that they won’t have any more photos of joint ROK-US military exercises to add to their collection for their wanking pleasure.
“It seems that @GIKorea and @setnaffa are miffed…”
Why would they be miffed at the informally renamed Delayed OPCON Transfer 2026?
“This exercise will also serve as an opportunity to support ongoing preparations for a condition-based wartime operational transition.”
Lee Jae-myung really wants it to happen by 3030 before the end of his term but that is hard to accomplish if you don’t even show up to collect your participation trophy.
OPCON is “conditions-based.”
1. ROK military capability
2. alliance readiness verification
3. regional security stability
Freedom Shield directly tests #1 and #2.
Can’t win if you don’t play.
“photos of joint ROK-US military exercises to add to their collection for their wanking pleasure.”
I can’t speak for anyone else but I simply can’t wank to big hairy western apes with a war face. I like those slim little K-pop twinks with frosted hair showing their vulnerability.
So all my pictures are of Korean solders napping.
Tell us, ChickenHead—
Your MAGA leader Trump and his allies want to step away from longstanding alliances and instead focus on enriching themselves at home.
So why are you opposed to the OPCON transfer?
Handing over OPCON to South Korea would actually align with what Trump and the MAGA movement claim to want—less foreign entanglement and greater national focus.
Or is there another incentive at play—perhaps a hefty bonus China might be willing to pay to @setnaffa for keeping USFK in Korea and make Korea dependent on the USFK for its defense?
setnaffa is funded by Vova of Leningrad.