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grant to better compensate officers and NCOs intending to serve a short term. The
MND is also providing benefits such as grants for additional military service . The
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grant is given in the form of tuitions to university and vocational college students
hoping to serve for a medium term so that they have the opportunity to receive higher
education in connection with military service as a cadre. With these measures, the
ROK Armed Forces will gain stable access to outstanding mid- and short-term service
officers in preparation for a situation wherein it becomes difficult to acquire manpower.

Fostering Creative Military Specialists The MND offers two programs–
Specialized Degree Education and
Overseas Military Education–to foster creative military specialists capable of
actively responding to the changes in future battlefield environments, such as
changes brought by the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and leading innovations in the
defense field.
Specialized Degree Education is aimed at fostering military professors,
researchers, and experts in special technology fields. Outstanding domestic and
international educational institutions offer master’s and doctoral degree programs,
and around 300 trainees are selected as candidates every year for programs mainly
in advanced science and technology fields, including AI and robotics–the leading
technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and for smart defense.
Overseas Military Education is aimed at fostering regional experts and training
students to acquire advanced military knowledge, operate weapons systems, and
master combat techniques. Around 320 candidates are sent every year to study in

various types of educational institutions including defense graduate schools, command
and general staff colleges, and military occupation schools in some 40 countries. To
foster expert personnel in preparation for the wartime OPCON transition and regional
experts to support the military domain of the New Southern and New Northern
policies, Overseas Military Education destinations are diversifying to include countries
in Southeast Asia, Eurasia, Middle East, South America, and Africa.

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A grant given to university 2. Development of the School Education System
and technical college
students under the
condition that they serve
an additional period, in Objectives The MND and each military services are enhancing the school
addition to their mandatory
service period, when education system with a focus on improving development
appointed as officers or
NCOs. The amount of the training and education to foster elite servicemembers and refresher training to
grant is similar to college
and university tuitions. meet the demands in the battlefield. The lecture-based education method has been

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