South Korea And U.S. Hold Joint Field Exercise

PAJU, SOUTH KOREA - MARCH 16: U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division participate in a joint Freedom Shield (FS) exercise with South Korean soldiers on March 16, 2023 in Paju, South Korea. South Korea and the United States kicked off a regular combined military exercise amid heightened tensions caused by North Korea's missile tests and hardening rhetoric against the allies. The computer simulation-based Freedom Shield (FS) exercise's 11-day run is held under "realistic" scenarios reflective of the North's evolving nuclear and missile threats. The exercise is held concurrently with a field training exercise, called the Warrior Shield. North Korea fired a long-range ballistic missile toward the East Sea today, hours before summit talks between the leaders of South Korea and Japan on pending bilateral issues and regional security. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)