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Appendix 20
Status of Overseas Deployment of

ROK Armed Forces

Total of 1,095 Personnel Deployed to 12 Countries
As of November 30, 2018
Current No. Initial Rotation
Classification Region
of Personnel Deployment Cycle
Dongmyeong Unit in Lebanon 331 Tyre July 2007
Unit-
8 months
based
Hanbit Unit in South Sudan 280 Bor March 2013
UN Military Observer Group in
7 Srinagar November 1994
India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP)
UN Mission in the Republic of
7 Juba July 2011
South Sudan (UNMISS)
UN PKO Indivi
dual- UN–African Union Mission in Darfur 2 Darfur June 2009 1 year
based (UNAMID)
UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) 4 Nakura January 2007
United Nations Mission for the Referendum
4 Laayoune July 2009
in Western Sahara (MINURSO)
Subtotal 635
Unit- Gulf of Aden,
based Cheonghae Unit 302 Somalia March 2009 6 months
Combined Maritime Forces Staff 4 Manama January 2008
(CMF) in Bahrain officer
Peace
operations Combined Joint task Force- Coordination
Indivi 2 Djibouti December 2003
of horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) officer
dual- 1 year
multinational
based Coordination
forces U.S. Central Command 2 Florida November 2001
Group
Coordination
U.S. Africa Command 1 Stuttgart March 2016
officer
Subtotal 311
Unit-
Defense Akh Unit in UAE 149 Al Ain January 2011 8 months
based
Cooperation
Activities
Subtotal 149
Total 1,095

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