The United States will relinquish its last remaining military outpost along the inter-Korean border by the end of next month to give South Korea a greater role in its own defense. Kim Young-kyu, a spokesman at the U.S. command in Seoul said Thursday that under a previous Future of the Alliance agreement, the U.S. military will turn over Outpost Ouellette to South Korea by October 31st and end American patrols along the 248-kilometer land border dividing the two Koreas. The move means there will be no more U.S. troops manning the four-kilometer-wide demilitarized zone, excepting those at the border village of Panmunjeom, or the Joint Security Area. Outpost Ouellette is the last remaining guard post inside the DMZ patrolled by U.S. troops. Kim also said the U.S. military will also cut down the number of its troops patrolling Panmunjeom by October 31st from the current 220 to less than 40.