CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — The Eighth Army began its portion of Freedom Shield 2025 on March 9, 2025.
Freedom Shield is an 11-day exercise conducted by the Republic of Korea and the United States consisting of training to reflect the Korea Theater of Operations — a combined, joint, multi-domain and interagency operating environment. The exercise scheduled to take place March 10-21, 2025.
Eighth Army along with the ROK Army are the ground component of U.S. Forces Korea and Combined Forces Command. Extensive combined training is conducted on both training ranges and within combined operations centers throughout South Korea. All six of Eighth Army’s major subordinate commands participate.
Field training events throughout FS25 include urban combat operations, field hospital operations, mass casualty treatment and evacuation, field artillery exercises, air assault training, wet gap crossing, air defense artillery asset deployment and validation, and a joint assault exercise with the U.S. Marine Corps.
