New CFC deputy commander takes office
Gen. Kim Sung-min, right, new deputy commander of the Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command, poses next to President Lee Jae Myung, Sept. 2. Yonhap
Army Gen. Kim Sung-min was sworn in Thursday as deputy commander of the Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command (CFC), pledging to help strengthen the alliance between the two countries.
An inauguration ceremony for Kim was held earlier in the day at U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, some 70 kilometers south of Seoul, attended by CFC Commander Gen. Xavier Brunson, the CFC said in a release.
Kim previously served in a number of key posts, including as commander of the 5th Corps, director general for policy planning at the defense ministry, and head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff task force on operational control transition.
"I will do my utmost duty to uphold the elevated Korea-U.S. alliance at this important time of transition," Kim said in his inauguration address.