RED CLOUD GARRISON, Republic of Korea - Red Cloud garrison enhanced defense capabilities as Col Larry 'Pepper' Jackson, USAG-RC commander, signed a memorandum of agreement with the Republic of Korea Army 183rd Infantry Regiment commander, Lee Kyung Kyu Sept. 16 at the Directorate of Plans, Training and Mobilization and Security office.
The memorandum outlines the basic agreement and understanding of responsibilities between the two units for the defense of USAG RC.
"The agreement is one of the many components of the USAG-Red Cloud Garrison Force Protection program," said Douglas Atwater, DPTMS director. "The MOA is a detailed agreement specifying exactly what support the ROK 183rd Infantry Regiment will provide to Camp Red Cloud in event of a heightened terrorist alert or in response to an actual terrorist attack."
"The agreement between the two units will help to eliminate any possible miss-understandings that could occur with multinational agreements and is a formal way of putting in writing what the US and Korean militaries have been doing here in AREA I in excess of 56 years," Atwater said.
This is not the first time two commanders signed the agreement for the defense of Red Cloud garrison. In 2007, there was an agreement between the two units concerning the same matters, Anti-terrorism and Force Protection. As it was supposed to be expired in two years, Jackson signed the new agreement. Like the previous one, it will be valid from the date of the signature of both commanders.
"If a threat comes up in the Red Cloud garrison, I will take it as if it happened in my base," said Lee Kyung Kyu, 183rd Infantry Regiment commander. "I will aggressively help and support you to defend the garrison."
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