China News Service, August 26. According to Korean media reports, the South Korean military stated on the 26th that the first phase (defense) and second phase (counterattack) of the South Korea-US joint command post exercise in the second half of 2021 will proceed as planned and will Ended in the afternoon of the same day.
The full operational capability (FOC) verification required for the transfer of wartime combat command authority has been postponed to 2022.
Data map: US troops stationed in South Korea conducted military exercises in Baochuan City, not far from the border separation zone between South Korea and North Korea.
According to reports, taking into account the situation of the epidemic, the number of participants in the performance is limited to necessary personnel, and the scale is significantly reduced compared with the training in the first half of the year.
It is reported that the number of participants was only 30% of the first half of the year.
The Han army had planned to verify the full operational capability (FOC) of the future joint command during this exercise, but it failed to take place. The exercise only included part of the rehearsal of operations led by the four-star general of the Korean army under the command of the future joint command.
South Korea and the United States have agreed that the future joint command, with the Korean army as the commander and the US army as the deputy commander, will verify the full operational capabilities required for the transfer of wartime operational command through joint exercises.
As the verification work failed to take place, the plan of the Korean army and the government to finalize the time for the transfer of wartime combat command power within this year fell into frustration, and the verification exercise was postponed to 2022.
According to the report, this exercise was a routine command post exercise of a defensive nature, mainly conducted by computer simulation.