Republic of Korea Army - Bahiyyih Khanum (Paperback)

Chapters: Bahiyyih Khanum. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 39. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Republic of Korea Army (ROK Army, ROKA, Korean:, Hanja:, Revised Romanization: Daehanminguk Yuk-gun) is by far the largest of the military branches of the South Korean armed forces with 522,000 members as of 2008. This size is maintained through conscription, South Korean men must complete 24 months of military service between graduation of high school and the age of 35. This comes as a response to both the mountainous terrain native to the Korean Peninsula (70% mountainous) as well as the heavy North Korean military presence, with its 1 million strong army, two-thirds of which is permanently garrisoned in the frontline near the DMZ. The current administration has initiated a program of self-defense, whereby South Korea would be able to fully counter the North Korean threat with purely domestic means within the next two decades. The ROK Army was formerly organized into 3 armies: the First Army (FROKA), Second Army (SROKA), and Third Army (TROKA), each with its own headquarters, corps, and divisions. The Third Army was responsible for the defense of the capital as well as the western section of the DMZ. The First Army was responsible for the defense of the eastern section of the DMZ whereas the SROKA formed the rearguard. Under a restructuring plan aimed at reducing redundancy, the Second ROK Army has been converted as the Second Operations Command in 2006, the First and Third ROK Armies will be merged as the First Operations Command in 2010. The 1st of every October is celebrated in South Korea as the Armed Forces Day. It commemorates the same date during the Korean War when units of the ROK Army first crossed the 38th Parallel, thus leading the UN Coalition north into communist ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1515574