Politics · South Korea · 6 hrs ago
No Major Military Power Studied Runs a Unified Service Academy
A study by South Korea’s National Assembly Research Service found that none of 10 major countries with more than 200,000 military personnel runs a unified academy for all three armed services.
The countries include the United States, China, Russia and France.
Their army, navy and air force academies remain separate.
South Korea’s Defense Ministry is pushing to combine its service academies.
It says training together is essential to prepare for future warfare.
The finding shows that the approach taken by many major military powers differs from South Korea’s plan.
The source does not say what will happen next.
A National Assembly research office found that none of 10 major countries with military forces exceeding 200,000 operates a unified service academy.
The countries studied included the United States, China, Russia and France.
South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense is pushing to combine the Army, Navy and Air Force academies.
The ministry says jointness is essential to prepare for future warfare.
Many major military powers operate separate service academies.
- Who
- The National Assembly research office conducted the study; South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense is pursuing academy integration.
- What
- The study found that none of 10 major countries with military forces exceeding 200,000 operates a unified service academy.
- When
- The finding was confirmed on October 11; the article was published that day.
- Where
- The countries studied included the United States, China, Russia and France.
- Why
- The ministry says integration is needed because jointness is essential to prepare for future warfare.
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Jointness is essential to prepare for future warfare
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- Countries studied
- 10 major countries
- Military size threshold
- More than 200,000 personnel
- Unified academies
- None of the 10 countries studied operated one
- Countries named
- United States, China, Russia and France
- Date finding confirmed
- October 11
Sources
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