As incidents and accidents have continued to occur, including the death of a service member during training at a recent military unit, the Ministry of National Defense decided to conduct a "special, military-wide unit precision inspection."
According to the Ministry of National Defense that day, the inspection, which will run from the 16th to the 30th, will be carried out across all echelons from the platoon level. All soldiers and civilian employees in each service and ministry-affiliated units are subject to the inspection. The core aim is to prevent accidents that may occur during barracks life, education and training, and operations. Firearms and ammunition, the emergency medical management system, and the mental health management system will be the focus of the inspection.
At a regular briefing that day, Lee Kyung-ho, deputy spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense, said, "This inspection is being conducted on the instruction of Minister Ahn Kyu-baek," and "We will examine the situation closely and devise measures so that accidents never happen again."
Since last month, reports of deaths or injuries among service members have continued in the military. On the 23rd last month at an Army frontline guard post, and on the 2nd at Daegu Suseong Lake, a commissioned officer was found dead. On the 13th, on Daecheong Island in Incheon, a Marine Corps sergeant died from a gunshot wound. Also, on the 10th in Paju at an Army artillery unit, an explosive effect simulation round detonated, injuring 10 service members, and on the same day at an Air Force unit in Jeju, a training mine detonator exploded, injuring seven.