General Paul LaCamera took charge of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) as its new commander after a change-of-command ceremony at Camp Humphreys on Friday.

The four-star general will command more than 28,500 American troops in South Korea, the Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command (CFC) and the United Nations Command. LaCamera most recently served as commander of the U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC), the army component of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) since Nov. 2019.

“Our greatest asymmetric advantage is our allies and our partners,” LaCamera said at the ceremony. “Our alliance, forged in blood in the crucible of the Korean War, has