{"id":46589,"date":"2018-10-19T15:06:41","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T15:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/10\/19\/us-south-korea-suspend-more-military-exercises\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T14:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:02:13","slug":"us-south-korea-suspend-more-military-exercises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2018\/10\/19\/us-south-korea-suspend-more-military-exercises\/","title":{"rendered":"US, South Korea suspend more military exercises"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon announced Friday it is suspending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/08\/29\/trump-makes-it-clear-no-military-exercises-with-south-korea\/\">another major military exercise with South Korea<\/a> in an effort to support denuclearization talks with North Korea, raising concerns as to how long forces on the peninsula can forgo major training opportunities before readiness is hurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and South Korean National Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo made the decision to suspend \u201cVigilant Ace,\u201d an annual December air exercise involving more than 12,000 forces, \u201cto give the diplomatic process every opportunity to continue,\u201d Pentagon press secretary Dana White said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBoth ministers are committed to modifying training exercises to ensure the readiness of our forces. They pledged to maintain close coordination and evaluate future exercises,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s been almost a year since North Korea tested its last ballistic missile, after firing missiles throughout most of 2017 that proved the country had rapidly advanced its missile capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the months of quiet since then, President Donald Trump has made repeated overtures to the North Korean government, which resulted in a summit between the two countries last summer in Singapore. At that summit, Trump pledged to suspend what he perceived as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/14\/trumps-halt-of-war-games-could-weaken-defenses-in-korea\/\">wasteful wargames <\/a>that North Korea views as provocative; North Korea in the months since has re-started the repatriation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/09\/11\/two-more-service-members-idd-from-north-korea-remains\/\">of U.S. remains from the Korean War.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2018\/09\/25\/nominee-to-lead-us-forces-korea-says-pause-in-exercises-there-hurt-readiness\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18048234113763.jpg_380559.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Nominee to lead US Forces Korea says pause in exercises there has hurt readiness<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to cancel some military exercises with South Korea led to a \u201cslight degradation\u201d in American readiness, according to the president\u2019s nominee to lead U.S. Forces Korea.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mattis is in Singapore meeting with Asian ministers of defense including his Japanese counterpart Takeshi Iwaya. In the statement, White said Mattis consulted with the Japanese on the decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement is the latest twist around the question of when, or if, the U.S. will resume the joint exercises, and with warnings that the pause in exercises will hurt the readiness of U.S. forces on the peninsula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a Sept. 25 hearing, Army Gen. Robert Abrams, the then-nominee to lead U.S. Forces-Korea, said of the Ulchi Freedom exercise being canceled: \u201cThat\u2019s a key exercise to maintain continuity and to continue to practice our interoperability, and so there was a slight degradation\u201d in readiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A day later, Mattis downplayed that impact, saying: \u201cIf you emphasize the word \u2018slight,\u2019 certainly if you\u2019re not training today then you could say there\u2019s a slight degradation. Is it notable? Is it material? &#8230; I think that\u2019s why he [Abrams] put the word \u2018slight\u2019 in there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s nothing significant to it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But it\u2019s the compounding effect of multiple cancellations \u2014 and Friday\u2019s announcement marked the fourth canceled or suspended exercise \u2014 that will hurt U.S. forces, said retired Army Lt. Gen. Tom Spoehr, who commanded U.S. Forces-Iraq and is now a fellow at The Heritage Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s already been a readiness degradation, is the truth of the matter,\u201d Spoehr said. At this point the degradation is still probably acceptable, he said. However, the nature of the U.S. rotations in Korea \u2014 in one-year unaccompanied or two-year accompanied posts, depending on rank \u2014 means the relationships and ability to understand each other\u2019s decision-making and operations is perishable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat readiness, that ability to do that [be fully interoperable] is already starting to age,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year\u2019s Vigilant Ace involved 230 fighter and support aircraft, including F-22 Raptors, F-35 Lightning IIs, F-16 Fighting Falcons, F-15 Eagles, F-18 Hornets and EA-18G Growlers \u201cflying alongside ROK F-15K Slam Eagles and F-4 Phantom IIs, providing realistic air combat training and enhancing operational and tactical-level coordination through combined and joint combat training,\u201d according to a DoD release on the December 2017 exercises. ROK stands for the Republic of Korea &#8211; another term for South Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon said that it would look for modified training opportunities to keep readiness current. That could mean that instead of a massive air wing-sized gathering of aircraft, regular missions of between squadron-sized Korean and U.S. aircraft could be stepped up, Spoehr said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this year, the Pentagon suspended Ulchi Freeedom Guardian, an annual August-September exercise involves 17,500 U.S. forces and last year included almost two weeks of exercises with their South Korean counterparts. However, the status of two major exercises traditionally scheduled for the spring \u2014 Foal Eagle and Max Thunder, major ground and joint air exercises that help improve South Korean and U.S. interoperability \u2014 has been unclear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Aug. 28, Mattis told reporters there were \u201cno plans, at this time, to suspend any more exercises\u201d on the Korean Peninsula, adding that the department has<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/08\/28\/no-plan-to-cancel-korean-military-exercises-next-year-mattis-says\/\"> \u201cdone no planning for suspending\u201d <\/a>future exercises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked specifically if the next Foal Guardian would go forward, Mattis reiterated that \u201cwe have not made decisions on that at this time, and we will do that with consultation with [the] State [Department].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That was seen as a sign that the Pentagon intended to resume the regular exercises come 2019. But one day later, Trump took to Twitter to make it clear exercises were still off the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/08\/29\/trump-makes-it-clear-no-military-exercises-with-south-korea\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18142308471180.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump makes it clear: No military exercises with South Korea<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p 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