Brig. Gen. Euiseong Lee, commander, Republic of Korea Army Test and Evaluation Group, visited the U.S. Army Operational Test Command Monday.

After an office call with Brig. Gen. Scott Spellmon, OTC commanding general, Lee joined Robert Miele, OTC executive director, for the command briefing. Test directors and staff answered Lee’s questions on command structure and current and future tests.

Maneuver Support and Sustainment Director Col. Ron McNamara later escorted Lee to OTC’s forward test site on main post for additional briefings.

Lee’s assignments include Assistant secretary of National Security Strategy, Presidential Office; commander, 23rd Infantry Division Artillery Regiment; chief, Mid-term Programming Branch, ROKA Headquarters; chief, Force Programming Branch, ROKA Hqs.; deputy director, Force Programming, ROKA Hqs.; and deputy director, Force Building, ROKA Hqs.

He was awarded a bachelor of arts degree in 1984 from the Korea Military Academy; a Master of Business Administration degree in 1993 from Louisiana State University; and a Ph.D. in 2002 from Drexel University.

During a question-and-answer session after the command brief, Lee noted that the key difference between U.S. and Korean test organizations is size.

“Another big advantage,” he said, “is that because you are fighting a war, the new equipment you’ve tested can go directly into combat situation.”

The last time the Korean Army chief tester visited OTC was in July 2010 when Brig. Gen. Jong Sik Jeong was the guest of then-OTC commanding general Brig. Gen. Don “Skip” MacWillie.

OTC, the Army’s only independent tester, is a subordinate command of the Army Test and Evaluation Command, located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. With four local test directorates and three forwards located at Fort Bliss; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; and Fort Sill, Oklahoma, OTC conducts operational testing, providing critical acquisition information to Army senior leaders.