Cubic Global Defense completes US-South Korea exercise

On Wednesday, Cubic Global Defense announced it completed the recent Ulchi Freedom Guardian (UFG) joint exercise through its Korea Battle Simulation Center (KBSC).

“UFG is a unique simulation model because both the U.S. and [South Korea] are seamlessly woven into one federation to provide realism to the training audience, including the leaders,” Cubic Global Defense President Bill Toti said. “With the addition of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Tactical Warfare Simulation to the KBSC’s architecture this year, the U.S. Marine Corps used their model for the first time in a theater-level exercise to simulate amphibious and ground functions.”

The KBSC operations contract is held by Cubic, which supports the annual strategic UFG joint exercise, spanning the entirety of the Pacific, combining military forces from the U.S. and South Korea.

UFG officials said as the largest, distributed, simulation-driven exercise in the world it is one of the few places where combined forces are tested and showcased. UFG is designed to train the Combined Forces Command and direct staff and other personnel on the planning and execution required to defend South Korea in a possible attack from North Korea.