The US-ROK Combined Exercise will begin in earnest today (11th), focusing on the transition of wartime control rights.

According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the 11th, the US-Korea Combined Forces Command Training will be held from the date until the 20th.

Korea and the US held the Crisis Management Staff Training (CMST), which is the pre-executive nature of the entire second half of this year.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff said, "We will focus on verifying (ROK's) basic operating capability (IOC) preparedness for the change of operational rights and improving our solid military readiness."

The ROK Joint Forces, ROK-US-Air Force Command, ROK-US Combined Forces Command, USFK Command, and US Forces India-Pacific Command are expected to participate.

This exercise, which is divided into 1 and 2 sections based on the Korean Peninsula's wartime situation, is a war game in which the troops and equipment are not actually started but computer simulations.

This year, for the first time, the Korean military captain will be the commander and the US military captain will be the deputy commander.

As a result, Choi Byung-hyuk, the deputy commander of the US-ROK Combined Forces Command, is assumed to be the commander and to carry out the overall mission of the Allied Crisis Management and to command the entire military, including USFK.

The commander of the USFK, Robert Abrahams, serves as deputy commander.

Hanmi is said to run an IOC verification team in this exercise.

Some observers have said that the "fight" part may be omitted or reduced in the drill, but military officials say it contains "defense-back" similar to those used in previous US-ROK exercises. "

The military authorities expect the ROK military to begin the IOC verification this year, complete operational capability verification in 2020, and full mission performance verification in 2021, and transfer operation rights by 2022.

However, given the threat of North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missiles, it is still difficult to foresee the timing of the war.

Inside and outside the military, the name of this training is “unusually abbreviated” for the “Korea-US Combined Forces Command” training.

In fact, command post exercise (CPX) is a military term for wargames.

In the meantime, Korea's main alliance exercises have been given unique names such as Key Resolve (KR), Eagle Eagle (FE) and Ulchi-Freedom Guardian (UFG).

The ROK has phased out and reduced these three exercises in stages to militarily support diplomatic efforts as part of the 2018 North-South summit and North American summit follow-up. Was given the title "19-1 Alliance."

As a result, the name of the practice was known as the 19-2 Alliance, but it was reported that the term 'Alliance' was not used in consideration of the North Korean opposition and the impact on future denuclearization negotiations.

The US and South Korea also reviewed names such as "Operation Verification Verification" instead of "Alliance," but some pointed out that the US side omitted the name due to the difficulty.

On the other hand, the ROK military is planning to strengthen the vigilance posture by reporting that there is a high possibility of additional armed demonstrations by North Korea as the ROK-US Combined Exercise begins.