Marines cancel joint drill with South Korea

descriptions off, selected

captions settings, opens captions settings dialog

captions off, selected

This is a modal window.

Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window.

End of dialog window.

Today's Top Stories - August 24, 2026

Today's Top Stories - August 24, 2026

The United States canceled a large joint amphibious landing exercise between the Marine Corps and South Korean forces set for September over resource constraints tied to the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran, Seoul’s military announced Monday.

“The U.S. Marine Corps formally notified our forces in June that its ability to deploy forces during this year’s Ssangyong exercise would be constrained due to the situation in the Middle East,” a spokesperson for the South Korean marine corps told reporters, according to Reuters.

Even with the drill........

© The Hill