PACOM commander: No dice on calling off Korea military drills
By: David B. Larter, April 26, 2017 (Photo Credit: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
WASHINGTON — The head of all U.S. forces in the Pacific told lawmakers continuing exercises between the South Korean and U.S. forces are vital to the alliance amid China’s call to curtail them.
The Carl Vinson carrier strike group, which recently had its deployment extended, is conducting exercises with the Republic of Korea while Exercise Max Thunder, a massive air exercise involving U.S. and South Korean troops on the peninsula, continues through the week.
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