Army First Corps Commander Removed from Duty… Investigation into Controversy Over Unloaded Live Ammunition

The Ministry of National Defense has removed the Army’s First Corps commander from his duties after controversy arose over his directive instructing that service weapons deployed at forward observation posts (GP) and general outposts (GOP) not be loaded with live ammunition. On the 3rd, the Ministry of National Defense said that during the inspection and investigation into matters related to the First Corps, it had relieved the current corps commander of his duties, and that, for the time being, the Army Training and Doctrine Command commander would serve as acting commander. This measure appears to have come after it was revealed that the First Corps had changed its firsthalf border security duty guidelines and had not loaded live ammunition into the K6 heavy machine guns and K4 automatic grenade launchers, followed by the revelation that it had nearly shot down a U.S. reconnaissance drone after mistaking it for an unidentified flying object.