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deployed. The structure of the standing unit for overseas deployment is shown in [Chart 5-12],

and the number of deployed personnel is in [Chart 5-13].

[ Chart 5-12 ] Structure of the Standing Unit for Overseas Deployment

Joint Chiefs of Staff

Standing unit for overseas
deployment

Dedicated deployment unit Designated reserve unit Specially designated unit
(IPSSF)

đSpecially designated unit : Engineering, medical, military police, guard (Marine Corps), transportation units of Navy and Air Force, UAV and helicopter units, etc.

[ Chart 5-13 ] Number of Personnel Deployed from the Standing Unit
2010 - December 2018
Dongmyeong Unit Ashena Unit Akh Unit Hanbit Unit Total

7,008 (21 rotations) 1,745 (8 rotations) 1,791 (14 rotations) 2,874 (10 rotations) 13,391

| Reinforcing Functions of the PKO Center | The PKO Center was established as a
dedicated educational institution for PKO preparation at the Joint Staff College in August 1995.
In 2015, the MND adjusted the PKO Center’s af f iliation to come under the Korea National

Defense University based on the “Enforcement Decree of Act on the Establishment of the
Korea National Defense University,” in order to reinforce its education and research functions.
This is also when the PKO Center was given its current of f icial name.

The PKO Center is in charge of providing pre-deployment education to key of f icers of
deployed units and individually deployed personnel. It has been advancing the PKO education
system through exchanges and cooperation with the UN’s Department of Peacekeeping

Operations (DPKO), the UN Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the PKO centers
of other countries, police PKO centers, and other relevant domestic organizations. When the
deployed units or individually deployed personnel complete their missions, the PKO Center

publishes and distributes the units’ booklet on the lessons learned from the deployment and the
individual agents’ post-action reports to relevant off ices. In November 2013, the PKO Center
received an education certif icate for its UN Staff Course from the UN DPKO and is currently

222 Chapter 5 Development of the ROK–U.S. Alliance, and Expansion of Defense Exchanges and Cooperation