South Korea

The U.S. Marines and allies are conducting a joint exercise along Doksukri Beach, ROK, in order to simulate a “D-Day-type” amphibious assault on North Korea.

Featured photo courtesy of EPA/JEON HEON-KYUN The joint US-South Korean exercises scheduled for March will be largest military drills ever staged on the Korean Peninsula and are both a warning to Pyongyang and an effort to reassure the jittery public in the South. The parallel Key Resolve and Foal Eagle exercises are scheduled to commence […]

In response to North Korea’s recent “rocket” test, where they successfully placed a “satellite” in orbit, the U.S. Air Force conducted another show of force over the Korean Peninsula on 17 February 2016, and this time they brought the F-22. Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) and the 3rd Wing provided a four-ship of Raptors from the 525th Fighter Squadron, visiting from […]

Watch as South Korean (ROK) UDT/SEALs conduct a live-fire training exercise.

Editor’s Note: We’re sure a lot of you are familiar the “Elephant Walk” formations at Kunsan Air Base in the Republic of Korea, but this one is a little different. While there isn’t the usual number of Vipers on the runway as with others we’ve seen, what makes this particular instance stand out is the fact […]

Washington (CNN) A new Pentagon report concludes that North Korea “is committed to developing a long-range, nuclear-armed missile that is capable of posing a direct threat to the United States.” The report, required by law, updates Congress regularly on the status of and changes in North Korea’s military capabilities. While the report, released Friday, was […]

Few outside of close circles in the military are aware of the hidden strategic value of U.S. troops being in South Korea.