South Korea and U.S. conduct joint river-crossing exercise near Seoul
Around 540 South Korean and American troops practiced building and crossing a bridge over the Namhan River as part of the annual Hoguk drill.
The combined forces of South Korea and the United States carried out a river-crossing drill on the Namhan River near Yeoju, roughly 65 km southeast of Seoul. About 540 personnel and 130 pieces of equipment, including amphibious bridging vehicles, ribbon bridges and roughly 50 combat vehicles such as K2 tanks and K21 armored carriers, were deployed. The exercise involved assembling and traversing a 280-meter bridge. Senior commanders Kim Gyu-ha and Robert Brown observed the operation.
Why it matters
The drill shows ongoing U.S.-South Korea military cooperation and readiness in the region.
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