Military of South Korea

Branches

Army

Navy

Air Force

Marine Corps

Homeland Reserve Forces

History

Personnel

Comparative military ranks Image File history File links Mndsmall. ... The military of South Korea (Korean: 대한민국 국군) is one of the largest standing armed forces in the world. ... Image File history File links Rokarmymark. ... The armed forces of the Republic of Korea consist of the R.O.K Army R.O.K Marine Corps R.O.K Navy R.O.K Air Force The military of South Korea is considered to be one of Asias most powerful standing armed forces. ... Image File history File links Naval_Jack_of_South_Korea. ... ROKN Jack The Republic of Korea Navy (ROK Navy, ROKN, Hangul:대한민국 해군) is the navy of South Korea. ... Image File history File links Rokafemblem. ... The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROK Air Force, ROKAF, Hangul: 대한민국 공군, Hanja: 大韓民國 空軍) is the air force of South Korea. ... Image File history File links Rokmc. ... ROKMC crest The Republic of Korea Marine Corps (aka ROK Marine Corps, ROKMC, Korean Hangul: , Hanja: , Revised Romanization: Dae-Han-min-guk Haebyeongdae) is the Marine Corps of the Republic of Korea. ... Korea has a long military history going back several thousand years, with an extensive series of wars that involved invasions, civil discord, counter-piracy actions against medieval Japan, the first use of armoured battleships in seabattles, and the devastation of rebellions against the Joseon era Japanese invasions, the forced peace... Comparative military ranks of Korea refer to the ranks and insignia maintained by the three primary military powers on the Korean Peninsula, those being the South Korean military, the armed forces of North Korea, and the military forces of the United States. ...

Military ranks Military ranks of South Korea refer to the ranks and insignia maintained by the Military of South Korea. ...

Equipment

The Republic of Korea Homeland Reserve Forces (a.k.a. R.O.K. Homeland Reserve Forces, ROKHRF, Korean: 대한민국 향토예비군, Hanja: 大韓民國 鄕土豫備軍) are a paramilitary organization responsible for community and regional defence of South Korea. // K1 SMG K2 Rifle K7 SMG DAR-21 bullpup assault rifle Korean OICW K5 9mm DH-45 Mk II DH-380 DP-52 K3 Light Machine Gun K4 40mm Grenade Launcher K6 HMG M24 SWS Heckler & Koch PSG1 Heckler & Koch MSG-90 M40 SWS SR-25 SWS RAP RAI . ... It has been suggested that Sino-Korean be merged into this article or section. ... A paramilitary organization is a group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion. ...

The mission of the mobilization reserves was to provide each of the services with well-trained personnel prepared to enter combat as soon as possible in wartime. In 1990 there were 1,240,000 men in the reserves: 1,100,000 in the Republic of Korea Army; 60,000 in the Republic of Korea Marine Corps; 55,000 in the Republic of Korea Air Force; and 25,000 in the Republic of Korea Navy. This article describes military mobilization. ... The armed forces of the Republic of Korea consist of the R.O.K Army R.O.K Marine Corps R.O.K Navy R.O.K Air Force The military of South Korea is considered to be one of Asias most powerful standing armed forces. ... ROKMC crest The Republic of Korea Marine Corps (aka ROK Marine Corps, ROKMC, Korean Hangul: , Hanja: , Revised Romanization: Dae-Han-min-guk Haebyeongdae) is the Marine Corps of the Republic of Korea. ... The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROK Air Force, ROKAF, Hangul: 대한민국 공군, Hanja: 大韓民國 空軍) is the air force of South Korea. ... ROKN Jack The Republic of Korea Navy (ROK Navy, ROKN, Hangul:대한민국 해군) is the navy of South Korea. ...

History

The Homeland Reserve Force was established in April 1968 as part of a nationwide program to increase emergency defense capabilities against sudden North Korean aggression. In January 1968, a North Korean commando unit infiltrated Seoul and attacked the Cheong Wa Dae in an attempt to assassinate President Park Chung Hee. That same month, two additional North Korean commando units launched attacks on towns on the Korean east coast in attempts to encourage the South Korean populace to overthrow the government. North Korea, officially the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK; Korean: Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk; Hangul: 조선민주주의인민공화국; Hanja: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國), is a country in eastern Asia... Seoul (Sŏul[1] 서울)   is the capital and largest city of South Korea (Republic of Korea). ... Cheong Wa Dae (or The Blue House) is the executive office and official residence of the South Korean head of state, the President of the Republic of Korea. ... Park Chung-hee (November 14, 1917 – October 26, 1979) was the president of Republic of Korea from 1961 to 1979. ...

In 1980 there were over 90,000 civil defense personnel in the country. By 1990 there were more than 3.5 million civil defense personnel in reserve. Their missions included air raid defense, search and rescue missions , and building and road repair. Strategic bombing is a military strategem used in a total war style campaign that attempts to destroy the economic ability of a nation-state to wage war. ... Search and Rescue (acronym SAR) is an operation mounted by emergency services, often well-trained volunteers, to find someone believed to be in distress, lost, sick or injured either in a remote or difficult to access area, such as mountains, desert or forest (Wilderness search and rescue), or at sea...

See also

• Military of South Korea
• Military reserve force

The military of South Korea (Korean: 대한민국 국군) is one of the largest standing armed forces in the world. ... A military reserve force is a military organization composed of part-time military personnel, and sometimes civilians, who are available to fight when a nation mobilizes for total war or to defend against invasion. ...

External links

• Homeland Reserve Forces official website (In Korean)
• Globalsecurity on Homeland Reserve Forces