(MENAFN- QNA) South Korea and the United States have agreed to establish a combined division of their troops next year that will be tasked with carrying out wartime operations, Seoul's defense ministry said Thursday.
The ministry said that the unit, slated to be organized in the first half of next year, will be comprised of the US 2nd Infantry Division and a South Korean brigade-level unit, according to South Korea's Yonhap News Agency.
The 2nd Division commander plans to head the newly-made joint staff of the combined unit, with South Korea's brigadier general-level officer to be its vice chief, the ministry said, adding that an equal number of dozens of service personnel from the two sides will form the leadership.
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