ROK/US Combined Forces Command
| ROK/US Combined Forces Command | |
|---|---|
| 한미연합군사령부 | |
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| Active | 7 November 1978 – present (47 years, 6 months) |
| Country |  South Korea United States of America |
| Allegiance | South Korea United States of America |
| Engagements | Korean Conflict 1978-Present |
| Website | www.usfk.mil |
| Commanders | |
| Commander | GEN Xavier Brunson, USA |
| Deputy Commander | GEN Kim Sungmin, ROKA |
| Chief Of Staff | MG Joseph Hilbert, USA |
| Deputy Chief Of Staff | MG Kang In-kyu, ROKA |
| Command Sergeant Major | CSM Jack H. Love, USA |
ROK/US Combined Forces Command (CFC) is a joint warfighting headquarters comprising the Republic of Korea Armed Forces and United States Forces Korea. It was established in 1978. During wartime it would serve as the operational command headquarters for all of the South Korean and U.S. ground, air, sea (including Marine) and special operations forces fighting on the Korean peninsula. Since November 2022 CFC has been headquartered at Camp Humphreys, in Pyeongtaek, Korea. Previously it was headquartered at Yongsan Garrison in Seoul.
The CFC is commanded by a four-star U.S. Army general, with a four-star ROK Army general as deputy commander. This pattern exists throughout the CFC command structure: if the chief of a staff section is Korean, the deputy is American and vice versa.
The American general also serves, concurrently, as the Commander of United Nations Command and Commanding General, U.S. Forces Korea.
CFC's mission is to "Deter hostile acts of external aggression against the Republic of Korea by a combined military effort of the United States of America and the ROK; and in the event deterrence fails, defeat an external armed attack against the ROK." To accomplish this mission the CFC has operational control over more than 600,000 active-duty military personnel of all services, of both countries. In wartime this would expand to include some 3.5 million ROK reservists as well as additional U.S. forces deployed from outside the ROK.
Despite the impression of total American control of the Republic of Korea's armed forces via the CFC, during peacetime the Korean units are wholly independent. Only during wartime would the Korean military come under the operational command of the CFC. [1]
Commander
[edit | edit source]| No. | Commander | Term | Service branch | |||
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| Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Term length | ||
| 1 | General John W. Vessey Jr. (1922–2016) | 7 November 1978 | 10 July 1979 | 245 days |  U.S. Army | |
| 2 | General John A. Wickham Jr. (1928–2024) | 10 July 1979 | 4 June 1982 | 2 years, 329 days | U.S. Army | |
| 3 | General Robert W. Sennewald (1929–2023) | 4 June 1982 | 1 June 1984 | 1 year, 363 days | U.S. Army | |
| 4 | General William J. Livsey (1931–2016) | 1 June 1984 | 25 June 1987 | 3 years, 24 days | U.S. Army | |
| 5 | General Louis C. Menetrey Jr. (1929–2009) | 25 June 1987 | 26 June 1990 | 3 years, 1 day | U.S. Army | |
| 6 | General Robert W. RisCassi (born 1936) | 26 June 1990 | 15 June 1993 | 2 years, 354 days | U.S. Army | |
| 7 | General Gary E. Luck (1937–2024) | 15 June 1993 | 9 July 1996 | 3 years, 24 days | U.S. Army | |
| 8 | General John H. Tilelli Jr. (born 1941) | 9 July 1996 | 9 December 1999 | 3 years, 153 days | U.S. Army | |
| 9 | General Thomas A. Schwartz (born 1945) | 9 December 1999 | 1 May 2002 | 2 years, 143 days | U.S. Army | |
| 10 | General Leon J. LaPorte (born 1946) | 1 May 2002 | 3 February 2006 | 3 years, 278 days | U.S. Army | |
| 11 | General B.B. Bell (born 1947) | 3 February 2006 | 3 June 2008 | 2 years, 121 days | U.S. Army | |
| 12 | General Walter L. Sharp (born 1952) | 3 June 2008 | 14 July 2011 | 3 years, 41 days | U.S. Army | |
| 13 | General James D. Thurman (born 1953) | 14 July 2011 | 12 October 2013 | 2 years, 80 days | U.S. Army | |
| 14 | General Curtis M. Scaparrotti (born 1956) | 2 October 2013 | 30 April 2016 | 2 years, 211 days | U.S. Army | |
| 15 | General Vincent K. Brooks (born 1958) | 30 April 2016 | 8 November 2018 | 2 years, 192 days | U.S. Army | |
| 16 | General Robert B. Abrams (born 1960) | 8 November 2018 | 2 July 2021 | 2 years, 236 days | U.S. Army | |
| 17 | General Paul LaCamera (born 1963) | 2 July 2021 | 20 December 2024 | 3 years, 171 days | U.S. Army | |
| 18 | General Xavier Brunson (born c. 1965) | 20 December 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 140 days | U.S. Army | |
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Deputy Commander
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See also
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