The emerging Indo-Pacific Warfighting Concept has been drafted, but still has “a ways to go as far as working through the Department of Defense,” says INDOPACOM’s head of requirements, George Ka’iliwai.
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“China’s proven it will not self-limit in competition, so we cannot expect them to self-limit in conflict,” said Maj. Gen. Richard Ross Coffman, who heads armored vehicle modernization at Army Futures Command. “We’ve got to be able to fight no matter where we are.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
France has ramped up activity in the region in accordance with its 2019 Indo-Pacific strategy.
By Murielle Delaporte
If confirmed by the Senate, Adm. John Aquilino and Vice Adm. Samuel Paparo will enter their jobs amidst increasing competition in fleet size, precision missiles, hacking, & espionage.
By Paul McLeary
“Seems Washington wants to stick around” in Afghanistan, said AEI’s MacKenzie Eaglen, “even if veterans themselves are increasingly the ones calling for the full end of troop presence in-country.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Brig. Gen. Curtis Taylor acknowledged that in the Indo-Pacific, “it’s clear that we are in competition with China in every country that we’re going to.”
By Paul McLeary
Enterprise-wide training: the Army’s $3.5B program for multi-service combat readiness
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In rejecting Chinese claims to the South China Sea, the Trump administration is in the opening throes of a rhetorical offensive, promising more concrete moves
By Paul McLeary
The Army wants $985 million for modernization, from Apache gunships and 8×8 Strykers to safety improvements at ammunition plants. We have the list.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
To deter Russia and China, the Army is building new prepositioned equipment sets for Europe and studying new stockpiles for the Pacific.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The Army Secretary is optimistic the service can balance its expensive modernization objectives at the same time it deters conflict with China.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Intended as a prudent reprioritization, the dramatic shift in demand for more “great power gurus” threatens to shelve the experience and institutional knowledge accumulated over the last two decades.
By Alexandra Evans and Alexandra Stark
The new commandant says the Corps has to start “unshackling ourselves from previous notions of what war looks like and reimagining how Marines will train, how we will operate, and how we will fight.”
By Paul McLeary
The Naval Strike Missile is one tool that the Navy and Marines are looking to rely on in crafting a response to a new era of long-range threats.
By Paul McLeary
Low-key deployments by citizen-soldiers have strengthened ties with 89 nations – but some crucial partners are missing.
By Bradley Bowman and Thomas Pledger