South Korea and the United States on Monday embarked on an annual joint military drill, a large-scale exercise designed to strengthen their combined defense posture through all-domain operations, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.The Freedom Shield exercise, scheduled to run for 11 days through March 19, will incorporate realistic threats and lessons learned from recent conflicts to enhance the allies' readiness as well as the field training exercise dubbed "Warrior Shield," according to the JSC and U.S. Forces Korea.The two militaries plan to conduct 22 field training drills, less t…READ FULL ARTICLE