YONGSAN, Republic of Korea –
U.S. Forces Korea participated in the Highly Infectious Disease Full
Scale Exercise, a Korean Center of Disease Control and Prevention-led
exercise Mar. 31. The exercise provided ROK and US interagency and
military participants training on responding to a simulated Ebola case.
The focus of this exercise is to improve the ROK-US Alliance's ability
to identify, respond and transport a simulated Ebola patient by
employing a whole-of-government approach through bilateral cooperative
engagements. Although the scenario for this exercise is Ebola, the
lessons are applicable for other emerging events with highly infectious
agents.
The exercise occurred on the U.S. Yongsan Army Garrison and ROK Armed Forces Capital Hospital.
Interagency coordination and participation from both the ROK and U.S.
was exercised during the Highly Infectious Disease Full Scale Exercise.
There was participation from KCDC, public health centers from
Yongsan-gu, Seoul, and Bundang-gu, Gyeonggi Province, ROK Armed Forces
Medical Command, Korean Armed Forces Capital Hospital and U.S. Forces
Korea.