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This chapter examines how the Republic of Korea (ROK) can implement a maritime security joint-force partnership between the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) and the Korea Coast Guard (KCG). In doing so, it explores the nature of the current ROK navy-coastguard nexus and argues that this can be optimized for closer cooperation between the two services. Previous intermittent attempts at cooperation between the ROKN and the KCG have revealed significant structural and operational difficulties, leading to a gap between declared intentions about the advantages of a maritime security joint-force partnership and its actual implementation in real-world maritime security situations.
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Korea Coast Guard, Korea Coast Guard 2012 White Paper (Incheon: KCG, 2012), chapter 1.
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Korea Coast Guard, Korea Coast Guard 2013 White Paper (Incheon: KCG 2013), chapter 1.
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See Republic of Korea Navy, The Path Ahead, The Way to the Future (Gyeoyong City: ROK Navy HQ, 2014); Korea Coast Guard, Korea Coast Guard 2014 White Paper (Incheon, South Korea: Korea Coast Guard, 2014), chapter 14. Note that this is the most recent KCG White Paper.
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See Proceedings of the ROKN-KCG Maritime Security and Safety Cooperation Seminar Enhancing the National Maritime Security and Safety Capacities Between the ROKN and the KCG, held in Seoul, September 16, 2015.
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The USN-USCG model includes: refueling at sea, ports, waterways and coastal security, joint air operations and joint operational exercises, joint law enforcement operations, drug interdiction by submarines, international training, and joint naval exercises.
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Lieutenant Commander Brooke Millard, “Innovative Thinking to Retain Women,” USNI Proceedings, August 2018, 44–49.
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Yoon, S. (2019). Establishing a Maritime Security Joint-Force Partnership Between the Republic of Korea Navy and the Korea Coast Guard. In: Bowers, I., Koh, S. (eds) Grey and White Hulls. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9242-9_4
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