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The U.S. Defense Department announced that approximately 800 more U.S. troops will deploy to South Korea in February 2014. The DoD press release reported that the U.S. will deploy the U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st U.S. Cavalry Division from Fort Hood, Texas to Camps Hovey and Stanley, Republic of Korea, on February 1. The DoD said that this “this action supports the United States’ defense commitment to the Republic of Korea as specified by the mutual defense treaty and presidential agreements.”
United States sending more troops and tanks to South Korea| Reuters