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West Point cadets visit Korea Military Academy, Special Warfare School in Seoul

By Kenji ThuloweitJuly 11, 2023

West Point cadets visit Korea Military Academy, Special Warfare School in Seoul
1 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A cadet from the U.S. Military Academy gets instruction from a Republic of Korea soldier during a visit to the Korea Special Warfare School outside of Seoul, South Korea, July 10, 2023. Twenty cadets visited the Korea Military Academy and Special Warfare School. They met future Korean military officers much like themselves and learned about the mission on the peninsula. The future U.S. Army officers are visiting Korea as part of their summer program.

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West Point cadets visit Korea Military Academy, Special Warfare School in Seoul
2 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Cadets from the U.S. Military Academy pose for a group photo during a visit to the Korea Military Academy in Seoul, South Korea, July 10, 2023. Twenty cadets visited the Korea Military Academy and Special Warfare School. They met future Korean military officers much like themselves and learned about the mission on the peninsula. The future U.S. Army officers are visiting Korea as part of their summer program.

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West Point cadets visit Korea Military Academy, Special Warfare School in Seoul
3 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Twenty U.S. Military Academy cadets visited the Korea Military Academy and Special Warfare School in the Seoul area, July 10, 2023. They met future Korean military officers much like themselves and learned about the mission on the peninsula. The future U.S. Army officers are visiting Korea as part of their summer program.

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West Point cadets visit Korea Military Academy, Special Warfare School in Seoul
4 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Twenty U.S. Military Academy cadets visited the Korea Military Academy and Special Warfare School in the Seoul area, July 10, 2023. They met future Korean military officers much like themselves and learned about the mission on the peninsula. The future U.S. Army officers are visiting Korea as part of their summer program.

(U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Choi, Kang Min) (Photo Credit: Courtesy) VIEW ORIGINAL
West Point cadets visit Korea Military Academy, Special Warfare School in Seoul
5 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Twenty U.S. Military Academy cadets visited the Korea Military Academy and Special Warfare School in the Seoul area, July 10, 2023. They met future Korean military officers much like themselves and learned about the mission on the peninsula. The future U.S. Army officers are visiting Korea this as part of their summer program.

(U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Choi, Kang Min) (Photo Credit: Courtesy) VIEW ORIGINAL
West Point cadets visit Korea Military Academy, Special Warfare School in Seoul
6 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Twenty U.S. Military Academy cadets visited the Korea Military Academy and Special Warfare School in the Seoul area, July 10, 2023. They met future Korean military officers much like themselves and learned about the mission on the peninsula. The future U.S. Army officers are visiting Korea as part of their summer program.

(U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Choi, Kang Min) (Photo Credit: Courtesy) VIEW ORIGINAL

Twenty U.S. Military Academy cadets visited the Korean Military Academy and Special Warfare School in the Seoul area July 10, 2023.

They were welcomed by the KMA leadership and got to interact with and learn about their Korean counterparts who will also one day lead their military.

The cadets are visiting South Korea as part of their summer program at the academy at West Point, New York, which is 6,820 miles from Seoul.

The cadets will visit the KMA for two days and leave on the third day to visit U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys, South Korea.

Each year, Eighth Army hosts U.S. Army cadets from the U.S. Military Academy and other ROTC programs as part of their summer program where they visit with active duty Army units around the globe.

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