ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland - Republic of Korea Army leaders from the Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Defense Command (CBRDC) visited 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) Command here Dec. 9-10 as part of a trip to the United States. 

This trip marked the fourth meeting this year between Korean Army Brig. Gen. Moon Sung-Jung, commander, Republic of Korea Chemical, Biological, Radiological Command, and Brig. Gen. William E. King IV, commanding general, 20th CBRNE Command. 

During King's opening remarks, he discussed how strong the ROK-U.S. alliance is.

"As we look across the world, we have no stronger ally than our South Korean partner. We have a common goal and objective, to eliminate the threat of weapons of mass destruction," King said. 

Moon added while the ROK-U.S. alliance is stronger than ever, because of the WMD threats in Korea, our relationship with the 20th CBRNE Command and the U.S. grows stronger. 

During the Korean delegation's visit to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, the 20th CBRNE Command conducted a capabilities exercise and participated in a tabletop exercise. 

The tabletop exercise focused on two topics, data management on an exploitation site and international treaty-recognized procedures for site transfer. 

Attending the TTX were members from Department of Energy, Department of Army Headquarters, Standing Joint Force Headquarters for Elimination, CBRNE Analytical & Remediation Activity, and the CBRNE Coordination Element.

"I am very appreciative of our defense and interagency partners coming together with us today to think about this difficult problem set, because it is not a problem the military will solve alone," said King. "I often say this is a whole of government requirement, and what I would offer in this case it is a whole of multinational governments' requirement to confront and understand." 

Serving on 19 posts in 16 states, 20th CBRNE Soldiers and civilians train and operate with allied, interagency and joint partners to counter the world's most dangerous weapons.