EVERY YEAR BEFORE THE SPRING SEASON TURNS OVER - THE USA MILITARY ALONG WITH S KOREA PERFORM ITS MILITARY EXERCISE GETTING READY FOR THE COMMUNIST SURPRISE FIRST STRIKE DRIVE ACROSS THE DMZ BORDER - AS THIS 2016 MARKS AN EVEN MORE ELABORATE TRAINING EXERCISE TO DEFEND THE WESTERN CAPITALISM SOCIETY OF S KOREA FROM THE COMMUNIST SOCIALIST N KOREA

The annual Korea-U.S. joint exercises will be the largest ever in terms of both "quality and quantity," Defense Minister Han Min-goo told Saenuri Party officials at the National Assembly on Thursday.

Twice as many U.S. troops and double the equipment as before, or about 15,000 U.S. troops and hardware like a combat aviation brigade, a Marine mobile brigade, an aircraft carrier fleet, a nuclear-powered submarine fleet, and aerial refueling tankers, will be participating in the drills dubbed "Key Resolve/Foal Eagle."

On the Korean side, the troop numbers will be greater by half than usual at 290,000 personnel, including special operations forces, Army corps in the front-line areas, and Army divisions in the rear areas.

The exercises are aimed at ensuring that troop reinforcements from the mainland U.S. are integrated smoothly on the Korean Peninsula in an emergency.

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