The Ministry of Defense is cluttered.
We are in a situation where we have to accept the relocation of the presidential office to the Ministry of National Defense after the final cry of the spokesman, “Security is like air.”
While the Ministry of National Defense is divided into four and five divisions, North Korea is showing signs of carrying out intercontinental ballistic missile test launches and nuclear tests one after another.
I'm worried that if a new government takes office amid the chaos of a large-scale move and North Korean provocations, a defense chief who will say, "The security of the Moon Jae-in government is disgusting" will appear.
The Ministry of Defense is in crisis.
As soon as the next Minister of Defense takes office, he will take on the heavy responsibility of overcoming these three difficulties early and stably managing the readiness posture and morale of the Ministry of National Defense and the military.
You must be wiser, stronger and more agile than any minister ever.
A splitting defense and a wavering military heart
When the Office of the President comes to the Ministry of National Defense, the current Ministry of National Defense is divided into pieces.
Key military-related departments, including the deputy minister's office, will be relocated to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the rest of the departments will be moved to the annex (old government building), facilities headquarters, the old Bangsa Office, the military court, and the national defense convention.
The aftermath before the Ministry of National Defense spreads like dominoes as a chain movement of units of each level.
About 10 units within the Ministry of National Defense, such as the Cyber Command, Psychological Flyer, Communication Team, Investigation Headquarters, and National Defense Computing Center, also pack moving items.
If you're lucky, you'll push out other troops and find a new place to live, but you'll have to risk renting a room.
Soldiers are people who have moved away.
When looking at high-ranking officers when they are discharged, it is normal for them to move dozens of times during their service period.
But dozens of times the move is in line with a foretold and prepared personnel order.
There was no such thing as a red-headed, unplanned, forced mass movement during the night, not like this time.
In particular, the soldiers are worried about whether there will be a break in the command system between the military command and the military government due to the unplanned chain movement of the Ministry of National Defense and units directly under direct control.
That is why the military mind facing the conservative government is unprecedentedly cold.
A military-level naval officer said, “There is a lot of frustration among the soldiers of the Ministry of National Defense and the units directly under the control of the Ministry of National Defense who did not say anything for fear that they would look like they would take care of their own dishes.” It has to be a person who has,” he said.
A general of the army said, "It's a challenge that no minister has ever done before," he predicted.
Meanwhile, North Korea is touching missiles and nuclear weapons.
It would be good for North Korea to remain still, but North Korea's ICBMs and nuclear weapons are starting to stretch after 4 years and 4 months.
On the 27th of last month and on the 5th of last month, the new ICBM Hwasong-17 was fired twice under the guise of a reconnaissance satellite test.
On the 24th, the Hwasong-17, the Yang Hwasong-15, was launched.
The restoration of Tunnel 3 of the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Tunnel, which was blown up by itself in May 2018, has also begun.
The South Korean and US intelligence authorities have caught the situation of stopping while restoring the collapsed entrance and drilling a new passage into the tunnel.
The Ministry of National Defense believes that the restoration of Tunnel 3 will be completed within two months or so.
This means that nuclear tests will be possible from May.
North Korea is expected to launch an ICBM or provocation to break the 9/19 inter-Korean military agreement on the occasion of Kim Il-sung's birthday next month.
Then, after May, it could conduct a nuclear test.
The West Sea launch site in Dongchang-ri, where satellite-loaded long-range rockets fly south, is also being prepared for expansion.
The provocation of Dongchang-ri is also coming into view.
North Korea's extra-large provocations are expected at least twice between the chain movement of the Ministry of National Defense and units under direct control.
The key is how to respond effectively in a situation where communication and security systems are not fully developed and when the Blue House National Crisis Management Center is incapacitated.
A high-ranking Ministry of National Defense official said, "As a temporary measure, it is possible to depend on the Joint Chiefs of Staff to work." But, "But, stable situation management is possible only when the command system that connects the Blue House - the Ministry of National Defense - the Joint Chiefs of Staff - each command is quickly restored." .
Since there is currently no clear plan, the task of normalizing the command system given to the next minister is huge.
If you want to become a minister, you will have to study and come up with countermeasures right now.
This is also a difficult challenge that no defense minister has ever faced before.
What to do if the King of Defense appears
The next head of the bodyguard is considered to be the chief of the key posts in the new government's presidential office.
The appointment of Kim Yong-hyun, former head of the Joint Chiefs of Operations (reserve lieutenant general), who is leading the relocation of the presidential office to Yongsan, is accepted as a fact.
A former lieutenant general who pushed for the president's office, the Ministry of National Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the relocation…
Kim Yong-hyeon, former general manager, is bold and aggressive enough to openly say, “The security of the Moon Jae-in government is disgusting.”
Since the Ministry of National Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff are within walking distance, there are many concerns that former general manager Kim Yong-hyun will intervene in military affairs, his original major.
Kim Yong-hyeon, former general manager, confidently told reporters that “there will be no intervention in the Ministry of National Defense and the military”, but he said that space dominates consciousness.
A reserve brigadier general said, "Main commanders of the military usually pay attention to the Ministry of National Defense and watch the Blue House, but if the President's Office and the Ministry of National Defense are within the same fence, they will openly look only at the President's Office. , the commander's discretion is jeopardized."
The next defense minister must be a person with the courage and wisdom to block the unjust breath of the president's office.
The story of the MB government's Blue House's head of security taking control of the military is circulating again in the military these days, and the next defense minister is required to have the courage to protect the framework of democratic civilian control using this as a counter-teacher.