Defense Policy

Education and Training Policy

Creative military experts with the appropriate Technical skills and leadership
The MND is striving to cultivate creative military experts well versed in specialized military knowledge. Throughout the national Defense training and education system, the MND is increasing its efforts to train strong warriors and, in turn, strong military by simulating realistic combat situations to ensure our Armed Forces is an unstoppable force against any enemy.
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Fostering human resources well-suited to their positions and missions

Officer training and obligatory service period

Officer traning and obligatory service period
Classification Training period Obligatory service period
Military Academy Four years Ten years
Nursing Academy Four years Six years
Third Military Academy Two years Six years
ROTC Two years Army: Two years and four months
Navy: Two years
Air Force: Three years
Officers with Bachelor’s Degree 16 weeks Three years
OCS 10-14 weeks Three years
Women’s Corps 16 weeks Three years
RNTC One year and six months Three years

※ Officers for special MOS (JAG, surgeons, veterinarian, chaplains, interpreters, communications, army band, etc.) :
Seven to nine weeks of training, three-year service period.

National defense training and education system

National defense training and education system
Classification Military Education Human Resources Unit Training
Candidate
Training		 Refresher
Training		 Professional
Military
Education		 Capability
Development
Education		 Individual
Training		 Group
Training
Officer Military
Academies		 Officer’
Basic Course		 Special Degree
Education		 Degree
Acquisition		 Basic Training Basic Training
Officer's Advanced Course
ROTC OCS Joint Forces
Military
University		 Joint
Training
Millitary
Scholarship
Student		 Korea National
Defense University		 Foreign Military
Education Exchange 		Job-Specific
Skill Development
NCO NCO
Academies		 Beginner’s
Class		 Military
Occupational
Speciality(MOS)
Training		 Joint Training
Intermediate
Class		 Elevation
Training		 Elementary
Knowledge
Training
NCO Candidates Advanced Class Combined Training
Administrator Class

※ Military Education: Divided into candidate training that transforms civilians into officers and NCOs, and refreshment training that develops servicemen and women’s capacity to perform their military duties.

※ Human Resources Development: Divided into professional military education and capability development education.
Professional military education cultivates military experts capable of spearheading the efforts to establish a technologically intensive military structure, and capability improvement education focuses on increasing the values of officers in their respective areas of expertise, interest and potential.

※ Unit Training: Divided into individual training and group training aimed at fostering combat capabilities.; Development of IT-based scientific training systems to maximize the integrated capabilities of various components on the battlefield.