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Joint Exercises and Training In preparation for the rapidly changing se-
curity situation, the ROK Armed Forces is re-
inforcing joint exercises to enhance joint operational capabilities and maintain a
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f rm military readiness posture.
The Ulchi Taegeuk Exercise–a ROK Armed Forces’ independent exercise
that integrates the ROK government’s Ulchi Exercise and Taegeuk Exercise,–is
conducted to strengthen the national crisis management capabilities and maintain
the military readiness posture through wartime transition exercises. The exercise is
carried out in two parts. The National Crisis Response Exercise (Part 1) is conducted
to master the integrated situation management and response procedures centered on
the MND, JCS, and each service headquarters in cooperation with central and local
administrative agencies, while the Wartime Preparation Exercise (Part 2)–the ROK
Armed Forces’ independent CP –is participated by all combat staff in operation
command-level units and above to master pre- wartime transition procedures and
initial response procedures including the declaration of integrated defense due to
local provocations and the raising of defense readiness posture under the support of a
computer simulation model.
Hoguk Training is a defensive field maneuvering training conducted annually
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under the supervision of the JCS in order to cultivate joint warfare capabilities,
integrated combat capability management, and operational support capabilities. It
reinforces the coordination of all armed forces and operation commands by creating
an integrated situation under the JCS’s control and maximizes the integrated
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Activities, operations, and response capabilities and existing force operations.
organizations involving
more than one branch of a The Hwarang Training is a rear-area training participated by all operational
country’s armed forces for
a common goal elements of the civilian, government, military, and police forces, and conducted
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Exercise aimed at training is to achieve proficiency with the implementation and support procedures
improving proficiency
with operational plan on wartime and peacetime integrated defense operational plans. The training is
execution procedures, and
conducted as close as also aimed at establishing an integrated defense posture centering on the local
possible to the real combat
considering the operational governments, embedding security awareness in residents, and promoting a mutual
plans, doctrines, and
battlefield environments understanding of the importance of security. In particular, with the rising demand
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Practical activities carried
out by individuals and units nonmilitary security threats such as disasters and terrorism, the ROK Armed Forces
to gain military knowledge
and combat skills through conducts Hwarang training to assess the practical response system of all national
action to effectively execute
their assigned missions defense elements and cultivate integrated response capabilities.

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