[Yang Nak-gyu's Defence photo] KTCT Training First Participated by UAE

Since the 7th, a platoon from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) military has participated for the first time in the Army Combat Training Center (KCTC) training, conducting the 'Korea-UAE Joint KCTC Training.'

The UAE platoon participating in the KCTC training scheduled until the 18th was organized into a brigade combat team along with about 2,500 South Korean troops, including the 22nd Division Ssangho Brigade and the 3rd Corps Special Reconnaissance Team, and took part in professional opposing force regiments and bilateral free maneuver engagements.

To enhance the realism of the training, more than 200 combat equipment, including tanks, armored vehicles, self-propelled artillery, attack and maneuver helicopters, drones, and unmanned aerial vehicles, were deployed, and the training method was also conducted intensively with three consecutive days of attack and defense operations without overnight breaks.

Before the training, the UAE military visited the KCTC in Inje, Gangwon Province, four times to observe the training and mastered the operational procedures and functions of the scientific equipment of our military through a one-week joint training with Ssangho Brigade soldiers. During the training period, Saeed Rashid Al Shehi, Commander of the UAE Ground Forces, visited Korea and toured the training site together with General Park Jeong-hwan, Chief of Staff of the Army.

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