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in March 2019, and continuously confirmed in advance the preparation status for
the IOC certification assessment through the KIDD and the Permanent Military
Committee (PMC) . In addition, the ROK Armed Forces had an opportunity
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to integrate the efforts of the entire military at the wartime OPCON Transition
Assessment Conference hosted by the Minister of National Defense. As a result, the
ROK Armed Forces successfully carried out the IOC certification assessment, which
was conducted during the ROK–US CCPT in August 2019. The ROK Minister of
National Defense and the US Secretary of Defense agreed at the 51st SCM to pursue
the FOC certification assessment (stage 2) the following year, but the two nations
focused on meeting the conditions to conduct the FOC certification assessment by
simultaneously conducting a rehearsal that applied the F-CFC structure during the
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A four-star level standing 20-2 CCPT, considering various conditions such as COVID-19.
military committee
between the ROK JCS While maintaining a robust combined defense posture, the ROK Armed Forces
Chairman and the Senior
US Military Officer will continue to enhance F-CFC’s mission execution capabilities to ensure a stable
Assigned To Korea
(SUSMOAK) wartime OPCON transition.

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