Improvement of Military Welfare

Military welfare that Corresponds to the level of National development

Following the enactment of the Framework Act on Military Welfare in March 2008, the Military Personnel Welfare Basic Plan was formulated in April 2009. The MND Is striving to establish a higher quality of Military welfare system for service-members In order to improve morale.

A happy soldier builds a strong army

Basic welfare – Laid the groundwork for basic welfare as a developed country(2012)

Salary : Improved the compensation system to reflect the characteristics of military service.
Housing support : Improved decrepit official residences (45%) and BOQs (43%), and increased the home-ownership ratio (2.99% > 50%).
Medical support : Provides a high quality medical service (with at least 80% of staff composed of specialists).
Career support : Increased the employment rate (49% > 70%) of retired soldiers.
Enlisted welfare support : Improved beds of enlisted barracks from mattress type to bed type (1,084 blocks).

Family welfare – established a system for a healthy family community(2012)

Family community life support : Establishes regional family support centers.
Education : Supports university tuition fees for at least 50% of the children of military families and provides dormitory housing for all children of military families
Development programs for children and youth : Develops children and youth programs, and run after-school programs for children from military families.
Special family support program : Provides benefits for families with disabled or elderly members.

Cultural welfare – Provides cultural environments equivalent to those enjoyed by civilians(2012)

Fitness support : Build all-weather gymnasiums for military bases (20% of total).
Recreation and leisure support : Support the construction of integrated recreation facilities.
Cultural activity support : Support tuition fees (70%) for night classes and universities.
Pension support : Ensure decent standards of life for ex-servicemembers.

Welfare infrastructure – Builds a welfare infrastructure for practial use(2012)

Improvement of welfare facilities : Increased tax-free products and civilian welfare facilities (condos, theme parks, etc.).
Improvement of funding management : Expand funding through efficient management.