South Korean army training ‘very, very bad': former senior ROK commander

U.S. Soldiers assigned to Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment and Republic Of Korea Soldiers (ROK) with 8th Division, 137th Battali...

May 20, 2022
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U.S. Soldiers assigned to Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment and Republic Of Korea Soldiers (ROK) with 8th Division, 137th Battalion conducts an urban breaching with South Korean troops at Rodriguez Live Fire Range, South Korea, March 9, 2016. The training is the second leg of Pacific Pathways. (U.S Army photo by Staff. Sgt Kwadwo Frimpong/released) LANPAC: In a stark critique of the 420,000-strong South Korean army, the former deputy commander of South Korea's First Army described the 'conditions for training are very, very bad,' driven by high turnover of troops every year and the lack of live fire training.

Colin Clark