Civil, Government, and Military in Jeonnam Region Unite in Integrated Defense Posture

Navy 3rd Fleet, Mokpo City, and National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives Hold Coordination Meeting for Eulji Exercise

Discuss Cooperation and Ship Control and Protection Measures for Emergency and Disaster Situations

The Republic of Korea Navy's 3rd Fleet Command (Commander Major General Lee Dong-gil, hereinafter 3rd Fleet), Mokpo City, and the National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives announced on the 17th that they held a civil-military-government cooperation meeting in the 3rd Fleet conference room to strengthen integrated defense capabilities ahead of the 2023 Eulji Exercise.

This meeting was organized to reflect various crisis situations that may occur at sea, to assess the emergency preparedness capabilities of the civil, government, and military sectors, and to explore close cooperation measures for integrated response exercises among the military, government, and public institutions.

In the 3rd Fleet conference room, a civil-military cooperation meeting is being held to strengthen integrated defense capabilities ahead of the 2023 Eulji Exercise.
[Photo by the Navy 3rd Fleet Command]

The meeting was attended by Lee Dong-gil, Commander of the Navy's 3rd Fleet, Park Hong-ryul, Mayor of Mokpo, and about 20 related officials and heads of local civil, government, and military agencies, including the heads of the Mokpo, Wando, and Goheung Fishing Vessel Safety Operation Bureaus under the National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives.

The attendees shared preparations and supplementary measures for public situation dissemination in the event of a crisis, discussed prior coordination with fishing vessels for ship control and protection operations, and agreed on the necessity of establishing an organic cooperation system among the civil, government, and military sectors.

Lee Dong-gil, Commander of the Navy's 3rd Fleet, who presided over the meeting, said, “It is meaningful that the heads of southern sea area agencies are jointly seeking ways to respond to crisis situations ahead of the Eulji Exercise, a civil-government-military integrated government exercise. We will strengthen joint operational capabilities among local civil, government, and military sectors to protect maritime traffic routes in the southern sea area and further enhance integrated defense posture capabilities with related agencies.”

Park Hong-ryul, Mayor of Mokpo, stated, “It is necessary to establish a system and capabilities that allow the civil, government, and military sectors to jointly respond to crisis situations by maintaining rapid response and organic collaboration of local integrated defense agencies when a crisis occurs. Mokpo City will also make greater efforts to firmly establish an organic cooperation system among each agency and successfully complete the upcoming Eulji Exercise.”

Meanwhile, the 3rd Fleet and related agencies in Jeollanam-do conducted the “Civil-Government-Military-Police Ship Control and Protection Training” on the 15th and 16th to prepare for the 2023 Eulji Exercise, checking the integrated defense posture to protect maritime traffic routes and dedicating efforts to prepare for the 2023 Eulji Exercise.

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