South Korea, US wrap up annual military drills, stage joint river-crossing

South Korea, US wrap up annual military drills, stage joint river-crossing

YEONCHEON, South Korea: South Korea and the United States wrapped up on Thursday (Mar 20) 11 days of annual joint military drills known as Freedom Shield, which included staging a river-crossing exercise close to the heavily militarised border with North Korea. The militaries of the two countries reaffirme

Thunder Brigade Soldiers embrace history during iconic tour of the DMZ

Just 27 miles away from the capital of South Korea, less than an hour’s drive, a new generation of American Soldiers stare at a tense moment of military history in Korea, carved into 1.1 miles of granite bedrock at Third Tunnel of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), March 20. Thirty-six U.S. Soldiers assigned to 210th Field Artillery Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, toured the Third Tunnel of the Korean DMZ during a Newcomers Orientation Tour or…

S.Korea and US stage river-crossing to end joint drills

South Korean and US forces have wrapped up 11 days of joint military exercises, including hundreds of troops crossing a river near the border with the North.