The 56th Homeland Defense Infantry Division () is a military formation of the ROKA. The 56th division is subordinated to the Capital Defense Command and is headquartered in

Goyang City Goyang (; ) is a city in Gyeonggi Province in the north of South Korea. It is part of the Seoul Metropolitan Area, making Goyang one of Seoul's satellite cities. It is one of the largest cities in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, with a population ...

Gyeonggi Province Gyeonggi Province (, ) is the most populous province in South Korea. Seoul, the nation's largest city and capital, is in the heart of the area but has been separately administered as a provincial-level ''special city'' since 1946. Incheon, ...

. Its responsibility is the defense of

Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...

and

recruit training Military recruit training, commonly known as basic training or boot camp, refers to the initial instruction of new military personnel. It is a physically and psychologically intensive process, which Resocialization, resocializes its subjects for ...

. The division was created on 7 January 1984.

Organization

* Headquarters: **Reconnaissance Battalion **Engineer Battalion **Mobile Battalion **Signal Battalion **Support Battalion **Military Police Battalion **Medical Battalion **Chemical Battalion **Headquarters Company * 218th Infantry Brigade * 219th Infantry Brigade * 220th Infantry Brigade * 221st Infantry Brigade

References

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