News Stories - Year 2025

March 12, 2025

USNS Wally Schirra Completes Major Maintenance at South Korean Shipyard

March 12, 2025

Space Forces Korea launches into Freedom Shield 25

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Robert "Todd" Brown, 2nd Infantry Division, ROK-US Combined Division, deputy commanding general, learns the control interface of a commercial aquatic drone during Freedom Shield 25 at a training area near the Imjin River in Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, March 11, 2025. The demonstration showcases the capabilities of cutting-edge underwater vehicles to enhance operational readiness. Freedom Shield 2025 is a multi-domain military training program that integrates ground, air, naval, space and cyberspace elements, enhancing readiness through realistic combat situations. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Kestner)

March 11, 2025

2ID engineers observe capabilities of underwater drone for Freedom Shield 25

March 11, 2025

Command Collaboration: USFK and CFC Technical Effect Tabletop Exercise

ROK Soldiers assigned to the 5th Corps Engineering Brigade River Crossing Company and Soldiers assigned to the 11th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division ROK/U.S. Combined Division, complete construction on a joint bridge, during a combined wet gap crossing exercise, near the Imjin River in Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do from March 11-20, 2024. ROK and U.S. Army units utilized aviation, armor, air defense, chemical, biological and defense capabilities to train the security and protection of the site during the exercise that was designed to verify interoperability through the construction of a joint pontoon bridge. (U.S. Army photo by Pak, Chin-U)

March 10, 2025

Eighth Army begins annual exercise Freedom Shield 2025

March 10, 2025

Seventh Air Force begins air component operations in Freedom Shield 25

250301-N-TD381-2271 AT SEA (March 1, 2025) Distinguished visitors from U.S. Forces Korea, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea, and the Republic of Korea Navy join together with leadership from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Carrier Air Wing 2, and Carrier Strike Group 1 on Vinson’s flight deck, March 1, 2025. Vinson, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group ONE, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Isaiah B. Goessl)

March 2, 2025

ROK, USFK, CNFK embark USS Carl Vinson, exploring operations and capabilities

Two gray fighter jets and a B-1 bomber are shown from the side, in close formation, with a blue sky in the upper background and scatter clouds under the aircraft.

Feb. 19, 2025

B-1s train with US, ROKAF fighter aircraft

OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea — Two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers participated in planned bilateral training with Republic of Korea Air Force, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps fighter aircraft in training airspace above South Korea, Feb. 20.

Engaged in conversation, a U.S. Space Force lieutenant general and a Republic of Korea Air Force lieutenant general sit in an official setting, with flags of the U.S., Republic of Korea, ROK Air Force Operations Command, and a general officer flag visible behind them.

Feb. 12, 2025

Space Operations Command leaders visit the Republic of Korea to strengthen partnership

OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea — Senior leaders from U.S. Space Force’s Space Operations Command visited the Republic of Korea Feb. 12 to 13, to engage with U.S. Space Force personnel and bolster an alliance with one of the service’s closest allies, the Republic of Korea Air Force. During the visit, U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. David N. Miller Jr., SPoC commander, and U.S. Space Force Chief Master Sgt. Caleb Lloyd, SPoC senior enlisted leader, engaged with Republic of Korea Lt. Gen. Kim, Hyoung Soo, commander of ROKAF Operations Command, who led a tour of the ROK’s Space Operations Group. During the engagement, Miller commented on the importance of the Alliance between the two organizations.

Feb. 11, 2025

ROK JCS and U.S. Joint Staff conduct Opening Gambit TTX

Camp Humphreys, South Korea — The Republic of Korea Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Forces Korea, and other partners hosted the "Opening Gambit" training exercise (TTX) at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, from February 3-7,