Female general becomes 1st deputy commanding general for Korea at Korea-US Combined Division

Army Brig. Gen. Moon Han-ok has taken office as the Korean deputy commanding general at the Korea-U.S. Combined Division, becoming the first female Korean general to hold the post, military officials said Sunday. Moon assumed the role in early January after being promoted to a one-star general in last month’s military reshuffle, according to the military. She was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1997. Moon is widely regarded as an expert in the field of combined defense and operations. While serving as a lieutenant colonel, she worked on Seoul’s move to regain wartime operational control from Washington at a new combined defense group of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. “At a critical juncture of Seoul’s efforts to retake wartime operational control (OPCON) from Washington, I would like to contribute to improving operational interoperability between the allies,” Moon said. Korea is seeking to regain OPCON from the U.S. within President Lee Jae Myung’s five-year term that ends in 2030 as it aims to build a self-reliant national defense. The allies agreed to seek the certification of “full

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