Ministry of National Defense Republic of Korea

Preparing for the warfare of the future with an elite and advanced military

The MND has been pursuing defense reform to build the future-oriented self-defense capabilities, reflecting the changes in the domestic/foreign security environment and the development of new defense technologies.

Evolving towards a stronger, greater military

Objective

• Build an innovative, creative, 'elite and advanced strong force,'
  capable of responding to the North Korean threat, with the defense capabilities required to prepare for unification.

Military Structure Reform

• To transform into a structure that is capable of executing integrated, offensive operations in an informatized, high-tech network-focused environment suitable for future warfare.
• Command StructureEnhance the command and execution capability of Joint and Combined operations.
• Manpower StructureReform into an elite force structure, in connection with the downsizing the number of available manpower.[Ref 1]
• Organization StructureReform into a unit structure that is capable of executing integrated offensive operations based on NCOE.[Ref 2]
• Force StructureEnhance cutting edge capabilities in response to existing and potential threats.
• [Ref 1] Current Status of Standing Manpower (Unit : Thousand persons)
  

  Current Status of Standing Manpower

  Classification	Total	Army	Navy	Marine Corps	Air Force
  2005	681	548	41	27	65
  2014	630	495	41	29	65
  2022(Target Year))	522	387	41	29	65
  Ref(Gap bet. 2014)	-108	-108

• [Ref 2] Downsizing the number of units (Unit : No. of units)
  

  Downsizing the number of units

  Classification		2014
  Army	Field Army Level	3
  	Corps Leve	8
  	Division Level	42
  	Brigade Lavel	23
  Navy	Fleet Command Level	3
  	Flotilla / Defense Command	6
  Marine Corps	Division	2
  Air Force	Combat Command	2
  	Fighter Wing	9

  Downsizing the number of units

  Target Year	Increase / Decrease
  2	-1
  6	-2
  31	-11
  16	-7
  4	+1
  5	-1
  2	0
  2	0
  9	0

Defense Management Reform