South Korean Military Academy Cadets Train with 2nd Infantry Division to Prepare for West Point Competition

Here is a good story about how 2ID Soldiers are preparing ROK military Cadets for an international skills competition being held at West Point:

Braving subzero temperatures, 10 South Korean Army cadets slogged through this week’s U.S.-led field training designed to gear them up for an annual international military academy contest slated for April.

The three-day training at Camp Humphreys, a sprawling U.S. base in Pyeongtaek, 70 kilometers south of Seoul, centered on honing their warrior capabilities in the runup to the Sandhurst Military Skills Competition at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York. 

But for the trainees, it also offered a rare foretaste of the unity — a pivotal element that has glued South Korea and the United States together in their alliance forged during the 1950-53 Korean War.

The 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-US Combined Division, a unique unit emblematic of the alliance, trained the cadets through Thursday under a resonant rallying cry: “Second to None, Fight Tonight.” ROK stands for South Korea’s official name, Republic of Korea.

“It took some time to get the hang of different rules and stuff here, but U.S. instructors and other officers have been forthcoming and helpful,” Jang Su-hae, a freshman at the Korea Military Academy (KMA), said on the last day of the training open to the media. “I think this experience has had a positive effect on us in light of the South Korea-U.S. alliance.”

Yonhap

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