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barracks culture areas of Defense Reform 2.0 including the reinforcement of civilian employees

of the military forc e and other types of civilian workforce for the redesigning of defense.
The budget was formulated with an emphasis on improvement in servicemembers’ working
conditions, the strengthening of realistic training, the enhancement of counter–cyber threat

capabilities, an adequate follow-up logistics support and the advancement of military health
care to help the existing forces to fully utilize their capabilities.
Furthermore, the pilot project for covering the costs of servicemembers’ self-development

during their military service has been expanded, and the budget for acquiring the platoon-level
Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) to bolster realistic training in response
to the shortening of the service period has been increased. For reserve forces, scientif ic training

centers have been set up, and mobilization training allowances have been readjusted to a realistic
level.
As the number of female military personnel is increasing, the budget required to improve
female servicemembers’ working conditions has been raised. It covers the expansion of military

daycare centers, labor cost requirements for hiring nighttime child care teachers, and the
extension of gender sensitivity education.

To reduce servicemembers’ fatigue duties step-by-step, the budget for procuring snow-
removing equipment as well as hiring civilian personnel for cleaning and weeding has been
allocated. The hiring of licensed medical personnel, including pharmacists and nurses, increased
to eradicate the auxiliary medical activities carried out by unlicensed medics, while subsidies for

medical care in civilian hospitals have been expanded to ensure servicemembers’ right to choose
where they get treated.
To improve the quality of military meals and satisfy the palate of new generation of

servicemembers, the basic meal allowances have been raised by 2.0%, and more civilian cooks
have been hired. The budget for procuring materials to enhance servicemembers’ working
conditions, including hand sanitizers, f ine-dust masks, and air purif iers, has been covered to the

highest possible level.
The budget for tearing down idled military facilities and barbed wire border fences along
coasts and riversides as well as the requirements for seismic retrofit works on residential and

multiuse facilities in highly seismic regions were raised. The MND proactively included the
budget for applying advanced ICT across all f ields of defense and bolstering cyber c apabilities
such as the budget for building the civilian–military technology convergence network, and

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