U.S. and South Korean troops conduct joint river-crossing exercise

Record ID: 1984563

  • Title: U.S. and South Korean troops conduct joint river-crossing exercise
  • Date: 20th March 2025
  • Summary: YEONCHEON, SOUTH KOREA (MARCH 20, 2025) (REUTERS) U.S. MILITARY HELICOPTER CARRYING PONTOON BRIDGE HOVERING / SOLDIERS ON BOATS LETTER READING (English): “UNITED STATES ARMY” HELICOPTER DROPPING PONTOON BRIDGE INTO RIVER MILITARY VEHICLE DROPPING PONTOON BRIDGE INTO RIVER VARIOUS OF SOLDIERS INSTALLING PONTOON BRIDGE (SOUNDBITE) (English) LIEUTENANT COLONEL, BRENT KINNEY,
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  • Keywords: South Korea drills exercise military soldiers the United States
  • Location: YEONCHEON, SOUTH KOREA
  • City: YEONCHEON, SOUTH KOREA
  • Country: South Korea
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Defence,Government/Politics,Editors' Choice
  • Reuters ID: LVA001025020032025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:South Korean and U.S. troops on Thursday (March 20) conducted a river-crossing drill in Yeoncheon, just a few miles from the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, to enhance their combined military operations.
    Tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles crossed a river after soldiers constructed temporary floats and a bridge.
    About 600 U.S. and South Korean soldiers participated in the six-day exercise around the Imjin river as 100 military equipment including helicopters and tanks were mobilised for the drills, the military said.
    This river-crossing exercise was part of the wider annual military drill between South Korea and the United States called Freedom Shield, that began on March 10, despite live-fire exercises being suspended after South Korean jets mistakenly dropped bombs on a civilian town near the border earlier this month, injuring 29.
    North Korea has typically demanded U.S.-South Korea joint exercises to be halted, branding them a prelude to an invasion.
    The South Korean military has said the joint drills aim to strengthen the readiness of the alliance to face threats such as North Korea.
    (Production: Daewoung Kim, Hyunyoung Yi)
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