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US commander calls for wider, more distributed South Korea-US drills
US Forces Korea commander Xavier Brunson called for a change in how South Korea and the United States hold joint military exercises.
He spoke on October 12 at a panel in Washington, DC.
Brunson said the allies currently hold two large command-post exercises each year.
He said they need to move beyond that approach and train in a more distributed way.
He said he was discussing the idea with Kim Seong-min, deputy commander of the South Korea-US Combined Forces Command.
Brunson described exercises spanning the peninsula, from Jeju to northern Gyeonggi Province.
The account does not say whether the allies have agreed to change their exercises.
US Forces Korea commander Xavier Brunson called for South Korea-US military exercises to move beyond large command-post drills.
He said the allies should consider a more distributed approach to operations across the Korean Peninsula.
Brunson said he was discussing the idea with Kim Seong-min, deputy commander of the South Korea-US Combined Forces Command.
He raised the possibility of exercises spanning from Jeju to northern Gyeonggi Province.
Brunson spoke at an Association of the United States Army annual event in Washington on October 12.
- Who
- Xavier Brunson, commander of US Forces Korea, called for changes to the exercises.
- What
- He said the allies should move beyond large command-post drills and consider distributed operations.
- When
- October 12. The article was published October 13, 2026.
- Where
- At an Association of the United States Army event in Washington, DC; he described possible exercises from Jeju to northern Gyeonggi Province.
- Why
- Not stated
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- Exercise frequency
- Twice a year
- Current format
- Large-scale command-post exercises
- Proposed approach
- Distributed operations across the Korean Peninsula
- Possible exercise span
- Jeju to northern Gyeonggi Province
- Discussing with
- Kim Seong-min, deputy commander of the South Korea-US Combined Forces Command
What people are saying
We need to move away from this approach.
What would it look like if we trained from Jeju to northern Gyeonggi Province?
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