US Sees OPCON Transfer Efforts as Chance for Improvement in S. Korea's Warfighting Capability: Colby
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The U.S. Department of Defense announced that it is pursuing measures to significantly enhance the combat capabilities of the South Korean military in the wake of the transfer of Wartime Operational Control (OPCON) to South Korea. According to the ‘2026 Defense Strategy Implementation Update’ report released by the U.S. Department of Defense on the 29th (local time), the Department stated, “As South Korea accelerates its efforts to transfer OPCO…
(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Lee Yu-mi = The U.S. Department of Defense (War Department) is utilizing the push to transfer South Korea's Wartime Operational Control (OPCON) as an opportunity to improve the combat capabilities of the South Korean military...
The U.S. Department of Defense officially confirmed that it has reduced the number of U.S. Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs) assigned to or operationally allocated to the European Command from five to three. Regarding South Korea, it stated that it is utilizing the process of accelerating the transfer of wartime operational control as an opportunity to induce the South Korean military's combat capabilities to be "improved to a generational level."
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