Maintaining strong partnerships with allied nations is integral to maintaining peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific, according to the Marine Corps' deputy commander of Pacific forces. “The United States remains the partner of choice out here in the" area of responsibility, said Brig. Gen. Joseph Clearfield at a Thursday event hosted by Defense One . “I just don't see our adversaries doing anything with other nations in the military realm at the scale or the pace that we are out...