South Korean and US militaries hold joint wet gap crossing exercise

Описание: (20 Mar 2024)
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Yeoncheon, South Korea - 20 March 2024
1. Various of tanks and armed vehicles crossing Imjin river during wet gap crossing exercise
2. Various of tanks firing smoke shells
3. Close of Apache helicopter flying over the river
4. Wide of armed vehicle crossing river
5. SOUNDBITE (English) LTC. Brent Kinney, 11th Engineer Battalion Commander, 2nd Infantry Division:
"In what has become an amazing training opportunity, as you can see behind us, we have accomplished a fully combined bridge across the Imjin River. It is a very important training opportunity to practice the interoperability of the U.S. and ROK (republic of Korea, or South Korea) soldiers. And once again I just want to say thank you on behalf of the United States army, for this opportunity to train with such professional fighting force that is Korean army. Thank you."
6. Various of bridge
7. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Major. Kim Jin-woo, River Crossing Company Commander:
"This combined exercise was an opportunity to maximize the interoperability of South Korean and U.S. gap crossing assets and improve the ability to carry out joint operations. We go together!"
8. Various of Chinook helicopter and military vehicles dropping bridge parts into river
9. Various of military boats moving bridge on river
10. Various of tanks and armed vehicles crossing river
STORYLINE:
The South Korean and U.S. armies conducted joint wet gap crossing exercise Wednesday in Yeoncheon, located just below the border with North Korea.

During the exercise, both armies deployed air and land defense assets, while constructing bridges for crossing a river.

About 470 South Korean and U.S. soldiers participated in the exercise along with Chinook, and Apache helicopters.

The aim of Wednesday's exercise was to practice cooperation between South Korean and U.S. armies while ensuring the mobility of the combined forces.

AP video shot by Yong-ho Kim

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