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education to a large number of trainees. Those who are eligible for education take
online orientation programs before attending the on-site education course, while f eld
units can take the various lectures provided by each educational institution without
temporal and spatial constraints. As of 2020, a total of 52 Military-Massive Open
Online Course (M-MOOC) programs are offered in 19 institutions, including the
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Joint Forces Military University (JFMU), KAFNA, Defense Agency for Spiritual
and Mental Force Enhancement, and Army Infantry School. The MND plans to
expand Internet-based online education to guarantee necessary military education to Chapter 3
servicemembers without restraints.

Improving the Training System The overall training system for the civilian
for Civilian Military Employees military employees is also being improved
as per the expansion of the number and
roles of civilian military employees in accordance with Defense Reform 2.0. The
MND plans to improve the training system for newly employed civilians, which
has been implemented separately by each service, to a more systematic form of
integrated training for the entire military starting in 2023. With regards to refresher
training for grade 6 and below, the curriculum was reviewed and supplemented

focusing on cultivating the competencies and knowledge required for each position.
Furthermore, the MND aims to strengthen knowledge and leadership training by
newly establishing a long-term training course for grade 4 and grade 5 managers.
Improvements are expected in the personnel policy for the civilian military
employees in order to conduct specialized degree education in the domains of
defense administration, technology, and research in the medium and long terms.

Establishing Joint and Combined In preparation for future warfare and
Operations Training System wartime OPCON transition, the MND
is establishing a training system for
each rank of officers to foster military specialists with the capability to conduct
joint and combined operations. The joint training of the military academies has
been expanded in the officer training course, while basic literacy courses related
to joint education were newly established in the ROTC and Officer Candidate
School curriculum. For the refresher curriculum for company-grade officers, the
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MND has added courses for understanding the basic concepts of the organization A military education
system without maximum
and formation of other military forces and the execution of joint and combined enrollment limits and that is
open to all and offers web-
operations. Moreover, in order to provide a number of personnel with specialized based courses. Military
- Massive Open Online
education in joint and combined operations–which was conducted only for a small Course )

Chapter 3. Safeguarding Peace by Establishing a Robust Defense Posture Against Omnidirectional Security Threats