2024-08-06 05:30:42
The US Armed Forces are conducting routine exercises to rapidly deploy troops in the Republic of Korea at the armored division battalion level. This was reported by the US 8th Army, stationed in the south of the Republic of Korea, Day.Az reports with reference to TASS.
“On July 17, Soldiers from the 4th Battalion, 70th Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Team, 1st Armored Division were notified that they would be leaving Fort Bliss, Texas, as part of a deployment readiness exercise. [предварительного] warnings. Six days later, they began unloading military equipment. [на базе] “Camp Carroll in the Republic of Korea,” the press release said. Camp Carroll is located near the city of Daegu.
The US military noted that this is a planned exercise called Pacific Fortitude, which evaluates the army’s ability to quickly deploy personnel to a given location, conduct exercises there, and return to their permanent base.
The military released photographs showing the transportation of M1 Abrams tanks and M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles.
From July 22 to August 3, the Republic of Korea and the United States conducted joint live-fire exercises at a training ground located 30 km from the border with the DPRK. The maneuvers involved a rotational unit of the US Army armed with Stryker armored vehicles, a South Korean armored platoon, and other units.