U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 11th Engineer Battalion, 2d Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade, 2d Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division, drive over the completed bridge with an M1126 Stryker during a combined wet-gap crossing training exercise as part of Ulchi Freedom Shield near Yeoju, South Korea, Aug. 27, 2025. The crossing demonstrates the bridge’s ability to support armored vehicles, ensuring allied forces can move combat power across water obstacles. Ulchi Freedom Shield is an annual combined exercise conducted in support of the ROK-U.S. Mutual Defense Treaty signed in 1953. This combined exercise program highlights the ironclad commitment between the two nations to maintain a robust combined defense posture and to defend the people of the ROK from any threat. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Dean John Kd De Dios)