The Korea Combat Training Center (abbreviated KCTC; ko, 육군과학화전투훈련단,

Hanja Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, wh ...

: 陸軍科學化戰鬪訓鍊團) is a South Korean military training unit for the ROK

Army An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...

and

Marine Corps Marines, or naval infantry, are typically a military force trained to operate in littoral zones in support of naval operations. Historically, tasks undertaken by marines have included helping maintain discipline and order aboard the ship (refle ...

. It is one of the subordinate elements of the Republic of Korea Army Training & Doctrine Command.

Combat training

The

multiple integrated laser engagement system The multiple integrated laser engagement system, or MILES, is used by the U.S. military and other armed forces around the world for training purposes. It uses lasers and blank cartridges to simulate actual battle. Individual soldiers carry small l ...

(MILES) has been used for simulated combat exercises at the Korea Combat Training Center. The KCTC largely adopted the systems of the

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(NTC) and the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) in the beginning, but later developed its own battlefield simulation system. The KCTC

Opposing Force An opposing force (alternatively enemy force, abbreviated OPFOR) is a military unit tasked with representing an enemy, usually for training purposes in war game scenarios. The related concept of aggressor squadron is used by some air forces. T ...

(OPFOR, ko, 전문대항군) representing the

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serves as the North Korean counterpart for the trainees. It employs North Korean military doctrine and simulates North Korean equipment to replicate the strength and tactics of the

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infantry force. Along with the expansion of the training center, the OPFOR has become a regiment-sized unit since 2015. By establishing simulation systems for the

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and the

Air Force An air force – in the broadest sense – is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an a ...

, the KCTC plans to start regiment-level training that includes

AirLand Battle AirLand Battle was the overall conceptual framework that formed the basis of the United States Army, US Army's European warfighting doctrine from 1982 into the late 1990s. AirLand Battle emphasized close coordination between land forces acting ...

drills in 2016.

Training participants

*Infantry divisions of

Ground Operations Command The Ground Operations Command (GOC; ko, 지상작전사령부) is a command of the Republic of Korea Army, based in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province. History According Lee Min-hyung for Korea Times, Korean Ministry of National Defense pushed for the ...

Republic of Korea Marine Corps The Republic of Korea Marine Corps (ROKMC; ko, 대한민국 해병대, Daehanminguk Haebyeongdae), also known as the ROK Marine Corps or ROK Marines, is the marine corps of South Korea. The ROKMC is a branch of the Republic of Korea Navy respon ...

* Republic of Korea Army Special Forces *

Korea Military Academy Korea Military Academy (KMA) is the leading South Korean institution for the education and training of officer cadets for the Republic of Korea Army. Along with the Korea Army Academy (Yeongcheon), it produces the largest number of senior officer ...

Korea Army Officer Candidate School Korea Army Officer Candidate School (KAOCS, Hangul: 육군 학사사관, Hanja: 陸軍學士士官) provides training to become a commissioned officer in the Republic of Korea Army. Korea Army Officer Candidate School was first proposed on 28 June ...

Korea Army Academy at Yeongcheon Korea Army Academy (Yeongcheon) or KAAY is a military academy of the Republic of Korea Army for training officer cadets. Commonly known as "Choongsungdae" ( ko, 충성대, Hanja: 忠誠臺) as a reference to its loyalty and devotion to the countr ...

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Korea Combat Training Center (Korean)
Training establishments of the South Korean Army Military units and formations established in 2002 Inje County