US Must Relearn How To Contain China: Gen. Murray EXCLUSIVE
“The Chinese see competition as a whole of government effort [and] they're actually pretty good at it,” the Army Futures Command Chief told us. “We’re way out of practice.”
“The Chinese see competition as a whole of government effort [and] they're actually pretty good at it,” the Army Futures Command Chief told us. “We’re way out of practice.”
A new strategy paper from Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville says forward-deployed Army forces will survive inside Chinese missile strikes and fatally disrupt the PLA's plans.
France has ramped up activity in the region in accordance with its 2019 Indo-Pacific strategy.
"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."
Upcoming Pacific Defender wargames will held showcase Army’s investments in long-range missiles, missile defense, logistics, and information warfare, said Gen. James McConville, the Army Chief of Staff.
“It’s really important that we don’t let these issues get swept up in … political transitions between administrations,” warned the head of Air Force Global Strike Command.
Low-key deployments by citizen-soldiers have strengthened ties with 89 nations – but some crucial partners are missing.
The HASC readiness subcommittee also wants to create a comprehensive quadrennial review of what it’ll really take to supply and sustain the global force.
The service’s new AimPoint plan builds very different forces for Europe and the Pacific – but new high-level artillery HQs are central to both.
The Army Secretary is optimistic the service can balance its expensive modernization objectives at the same time it deters conflict with China.
Government can’t stop to update systems, so modernization has to happen without interruptions.
The Army’s experimental Multi-Domain Task Force tested new tactics for Pacific conflict, hand-in-glove with the Marines, Air Force, and Australians.
The Center for Strategic & Budgetary Assessments has some new ideas for how even relatively poor allies can help keep the peace in the Pacific.
But modernizing the Army will take decades and tough decisions about everything from online propaganda to the National Guard.
An inside source explains the logic behind the 2020 budget's most controversial call.