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Video by Sgt. Oniel McDonald

U.S. and ROK Troops Conduct Joint Water Purification, Well Digging During Ulchi Freedom Shield 25

2nd Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division

Aug. 18, 2025 | 1:04

U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Company A, 194th Division Sustainment Support Battalion, 2d Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade, 2d Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division, and Republic of Korea army soldiers assigned to the 1113th Engineer Group, Capital Defense Command, participated in combined water purification training and deep well digging at Anyang Base, South Korea, Aug. 19, 2025, as part of the ongoing Ulchi Freedom Shield 25. Ulchi Freedom Shield is an annual combined exercise conducted in support of the ROK-U.S. Mutual Defense Treaty signed in 1953. This combined exercise program highlights the ironclad commitment between the two nations to maintain a robust combined defense posture and to defend the people of the ROK from any threat. (U.S. Army video by Sgt. Oniel McDonald).