45th anniversary of U.S.-Korea Combined Forces Command...Deputy Commander: ``Headquarters is the Alpha and Omega of the Alliance.''

Kang Shin-chul, vice commander of the US-ROK Combined Forces Command, who took office on the 2nd of this month, said, ``The ROK-US Combined Forces Command is the alpha and omega of the ROK-US alliance,'' and ``we will continue to build it as the strongest combat command representing the free world.''
"It has been positioned as such," he said. Deputy Commander Kang held a meeting on the 7th at Camp Humphreys Base in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province.
At the ceremony commemorating the 45th anniversary of the establishment of the U.S.-ROK Combined Forces Command, he said, ``We will continue to work as the best team in the U.S.-ROK alliance renaissance.''
Let's open the new era together.'' The U.S.-ROK Combined Forces Command was established on November 7, 1978 as the core of the U.S.-ROK combined defense system, which is celebrating its 70th anniversary, and has carried out defense missions for South Korea.
. Willard Burleson, commander of U.S. Forces Korea's 8th Army and chief of staff of the U.S.-Korea Combined Forces Command, said in his congratulatory address, ``We look to the future as we remember that we are the strongest and most prepared alliance in the world.''
"We must train together," he said. "Our readiness is not easy to achieve because it takes a lot of time, effort, and dedication to training."
The US-ROK Combined Forces Command said, ``We will continue to dedicate ourselves to protecting South Korea no matter the enemy's threat through a joint defense posture as strong as steel.''