Reserve Military Training Units

Reserve Military Training Units (RMTU) are a component of the reserve forces of North Korea.

Overview

The RMTU, which was formed in 1963[1] consist of 17- to 50-year-old males and 17- to 30-year-old females who finished their mandatory military service or do not serve for some reason.[2] When males reach age 46, they are assigned to the Worker-Peasant Red Guards.[3] The RTMU contains between 600,000 and 620,000 members in 37 RMTU divisions.[4] The RMTU keeps the highest level of training among North Korea's reserve forces and its members are requested to have at least 500 of intensive annual training. According to some sources,[5] the RMTU are under the control of the Ministry of Defense in both peace and emergency state which controls them from the General Staff through the corps headquarters to their subordinated RMTU units.[6]

See also

References
  1. [Anthony H. Cordesman, Ashley Hess, The Evolving Military Balance in the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia, p. 131]
  2. George Hutchinson. Army of the Indoctrinated - The Suryong, the Soldier, and Information in the KPA p. 44
  3. Threat Tactics Report: North Korea, October 2015, p. 7
  4. DPRK - Military Personnel - Reserves
  5. Korean People's Army
  6. North Korea studies, p. 256
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