Navy Submarine Command Plants 134 Fruit Trees for Future Soldiers

Tree Planting and Environmental Cleanup Activities in Celebration of Arbor Day Week

The Naval Submarine Command is planting fruit tree saplings throughout the base to mark the 78th Arbor Day week.

The Submarine Command announced that through the tree-planting event held from the 4th to the 7th, 134 saplings of 9 species, including cherry, olive, apricot, plum, and cherry trees, will be planted by each unit and department.

Submarine Command soldiers are planting saplings of fruit trees.
[Photo by Navy Submarine Command]

According to the Submarine Command, the tree-planting event was organized to raise soldiers' awareness of climate change and the importance of environmental conservation activities such as tree planting, and to pass on a green environment to future soldiers who will serve in the Submarine Command.

The Submarine Command plans to carry out environmental cleanup activities in addition to planting fruit tree saplings.

To ensure the saplings grow well and bear fruit in 4 to 5 years, commemorative plaques engraved with the species, planting date, and the name of the planting unit or department will be placed next to each sapling, encouraging each unit and department to take responsibility for their care.

Submarine Command soldiers are planting saplings and taking a commemorative photo. [Photo by Navy Submarine Command]

Lieutenant Colonel Ahn Seong-hoon, the logistics staff officer, said, “Through this event, soldiers were able to once again feel the preciousness of the environment and widely form a consensus on the need to create a green environment. We will continue to promote environmental conservation activities so that future soldiers serving in the Submarine Command can work in a pleasant and lush environment.”

Lieutenant Shin Dong-ho said, “It was a meaningful time to rediscover the importance of environmental conservation activities that we had previously overlooked. I hope the trees we planted this time grow well, making the Submarine Command’s environment even fresher, and that soldiers find happiness seeing the fruit on the trees.”

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