Top general visits key Marine, Navy units to observe Korea-US drills

Top general visits key Marine, Navy units to observe Korea-US drills

Korea's top general visited key Marine Corps and Navy units Tuesday to oversee their participation in an ongoing major exercise with U.S. troops, his office said. Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Chairman Gen. Jin Yong-sung visited the Combined Marine Component Command and the Northwest Islands Defense Command and urged troops to verify wartime plans during the Freedom Shield exercise as Korea seeks to take back wartime operational control (OPCON) fr…