Navy Conducts Fleet Combat Training in West and South Seas

Deployment of Surface Vessels Including Aegis Destroyers
and Full Mobilization of Aerial Assets

The Navy conducted a fleet comprehensive combat training exercise over four days from June 16 to June 19, in the West Sea and South Sea.

According to the Navy on June 19, this exercise was a practical maneuver drill aimed at establishing combat readiness by mastering response procedures tailored to the operational environment and types of maritime situations in the West Sea and South Sea. More than 20 surface ships and various air assets participated. The Second Fleet, which defends the West Sea, carried out Maritime Counter-Special Operations Force (MCSOF) drills to destroy enemy special operations forces infiltrating by sea, as well as joint electronic warfare, anti-submarine warfare, unmanned aerial vehicle countermeasures, and anti-ship firing exercises.

On the 18th, an MH-60R maritime operation helicopter participating in the fleet comprehensive combat training conducted over the South Sea is performing helicopter takeoff and landing training on the flight deck of the destroyer Chungmugong Yi Sunshin (DDH-II, 4,400 tons class). Photo by the Navy

Surface ships, including the Aegis destroyer Yulgok Yi I (DDG, 7,600-ton class) and the destroyer Eulji Mundeok (DDH-I, 3,200-ton class), participated, along with P-3C and P-8A maritime patrol aircraft, AW-159 and Lynx maritime operation helicopters, Air Force KF-16 fighter jets, and U.S. Forces Korea AH-64E Apache attack helicopters.

The Third Fleet conducted joint electronic warfare, anti-submarine warfare, integrated anti-aircraft firing, and mobile logistics exercises in the South Sea, where maritime traffic routes are located. In addition, the fleet checked integrated defense readiness for major ports through a comprehensive port protection drill at Busan Port.

Surface ships such as the destroyer Chungmugong Yi Sunshin (DDH-II, 4,400-ton class) and the frigate Jeonbuk (FFG, 2,500-ton class), as well as P-3C and P-8A maritime patrol aircraft, MH-60R and Lynx maritime operation helicopters, and Air Force KF-16 fighter jets participated in the Third Fleet exercises.

Lee Changyong, captain of the warship Gyeonggi (Lieutenant Colonel) of the Second Fleet, stated, "We will maintain firm readiness to defend the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in the West Sea, which our senior comrades have protected, and to accomplish our missions and achieve victory under any circumstances."

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