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US ROK Military Cooperation : Past and Future

US ROK Military Cooperation : Past and Future. Jae Chang Kim General retired from Korea Army. Historical overview of US - ROK military Cooperation. US Military Instructors in Korea BG(R) William McEntyre Dye in 1888. US Advisors for organizing and training ROK Armed Forces.

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US ROK Military Cooperation : Past and Future

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  1. US ROK Military Cooperation: Past and Future Jae Chang Kim General retired from Korea Army

  2. Historical overview of US - ROK military Cooperation • US Military Instructors in Korea • BG(R) William McEntyre Dye in 1888 • US Advisors for organizing and training ROK Armed Forces

  3. Military cooperation during the Korean War • A Prompt US military commitments saved the • ROK in 1950. • US and ROK fought shoulder to shoulder • US supported ROK in its desire to unify the peninsula • LTG. Frank W. Milburn, and US-ROK Teamwork ** Unilateral aid from the US ** Shared Objective & Effective Teamwork

  4. Military Partnership during the Cold War • US- ROK ‘Mutual Defense Treaty’ in 1953 • ROK forces grew up & a gradual withdrawal of the US Forces • - In 1953: 302,483 & in 1958, 52,000 US troops • - In 1971, one US division and 44,000 US troops • Measures to prevent miscalculation from the North • - Creation of US-ROK Combined Corps • - Demonstration of Rapid Deployment Capability • - Creation of US-ROK Combined Forces Command (CFC) ** US-ROK Partnership & Prudent Measures

  5. Engagement Policy & North Korean Threat • To make the North less Hostile by providing Economic Aids. • Psychological Warfare between the two Koreas: • - North recognized Economic Prosperity in the South • - South being divided in their threat perception • Neither dissuading the North from developing Nuke • nor in persuading it to become less hostile. • People in the South disorientated in their threat • perception • - in identifying friend from foe • - in recognizing ally from the enemy

  6. Triad of New Challenges • Threat Increased • - Tragic Terrorists Attack in the US • - Division in Threat Perception in ROK • - North Korean Nuclear Test • Measures to Manage the Threat • - US Global Posture Review • - Eighth US Army HQ Moving • - Disband of US-ROK CFC ** Threat Increases & the Will to Manage the threat Diverges.

  7. US ROK Military Cooperation in the Future • Cooperation in Strategy • Consensus among the Neighboring Countries • Division of Labor between the US & ROK ** For the security of Korea & for the Regional Stability ** Disband of US-ROK CFC is better to Review.

  8. Conclusion • Despite the Triad of Difficulties in front, • General Optimism Prevail about the Future of • the US-Korea Military Alliance • It is the Time to Strengthen US-ROK Military • Cooperation

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