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| This photo, provided by the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command on March 14, shows the U.S. Navy's Guam transport vessel departing from Naha Military Port in Okinawa, Japan, on March 3. Yonhap |
U.S. Marines based in the United States and Japan are taking part in ongoing annual combined drills with Korea on the Korean Peninsula, according to the Indo-Pacific Command on Tuesday.
Marines from the III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) in Okinawa, and the 1st Marine Division stationed in California "joined their ROK counterparts" for the Freedom Shield (FS) exercise, it said. ROK stands for the Republic of Korea, which is Korea's official name.
The U.S. Marines has its base, Camp Mujuk, in Pohang, 272 kilometers southeast of Seoul. "Mujuk" means unbeatable in Korean.
The allies kicked off the FS computer-simulated command post training Monday for an 11-day run with a plan to stage some 20 field drills, including the Ssangyong (double dragon) amphibious practice, under the Warrior Shield program. (Yonhap)
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