“It’s nice to be again in Chinhae assembly with our ROK Navy submarine power Allies and seeing their spectacular undersea capabilities firsthand,” stated Seif. “For 70 years, our Alliance has been ironclad, and I look ahead to our continued work collectively supporting regional safety and stability within the Indo-Pacific area.”
The U.S.-ROK Alliance was established in 1953. Since then, the Alliance has confirmed robust and sturdy within the face of recent international circumstances and is among the many most interoperable, succesful, and dynamic bilateral alliances on this planet.
Throughout the go to, Seif met with ROK Navy Rear Adm. Suyoul Lee, commander, Submarine Pressure, to additional improve the shut relationship between the 2 naval forces.
“Whereas this yr marks the seventieth anniversary of ROK-US Alliance, CSF and CTF 74 have a longtime, watertight cooperation system– finishing up crucial roles, and supporting regional safety and mixed protection postures,” stated Lee. “We’re additional reinforcing the mutual cooperation between CSF and CTF 74 and bettering our mixed operational and ASW capabilities.”
Throughout the journey, Seif additionally toured the CSF watchfloor, the CSF shipyard and the assault submarine ROKS Dosan ahn Changho (SS-083), enhancing understanding of ROKN capabilities in submarine upkeep, operations, and coaching.
Submarine Group 7 directs forward-deployed, fight succesful forces throughout the total spectrum of undersea warfare all through the Western Pacific, Indian Ocean, and Arabian Sea.
For extra information from Commander, Submarine Group 7, go to www.csp.navy.mil/csg7/.
