Seongwoohoe: "Hanmi Allied Field Mobile Training Must Be Normalized"

It has been reported that South Korea and the United States will begin joint military exercises starting on the 5th. The photo shows a US 2nd Infantry Division M1A2 SEP tank crossing a pontoon bridge during the South Korea-US joint river crossing operation training held at the Hantan River in Yeoncheon-gun, Gyeonggi Province, in December 2015.

[Asia Economy Yang Nak-gyu, Military Specialist Reporter]The Seongwoo Association, a group of retired generals, urged on the 22nd to normalize the live-fire maneuver exercises related to the upcoming South Korea-U.S. joint military exercises scheduled for early next month.

In a statement released that day, the Seongwoo Association said, "The South Korea-U.S. joint military exercises are the only way to deter North Korea's nuclear threats and ensure military readiness through command post exercises and large-scale live-fire maneuver exercises," adding, "We urge the immediate normalization of the large-scale live-fire maneuver exercises that were reduced or abolished under the pretext of North Korea's denuclearization."

They also added, "The South Korea-U.S. alliance, as a strong military alliance itself, plays a decisive role in providing a nuclear umbrella, and the deployment of U.S. strategic assets and wartime reinforcement forces cannot be simulated alone."

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