The final version of the fiscal year 2025 defense authorization bill directs the Defense Department to provide lawmakers with a plan and methodology for sizing the military to address simultaneous operations conducted by U.S. competitors like Russia and China. The joint explanatory statement accompanying the bill instructs the defense secretary and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to provide lawmakers with a strategy no later than one year after enactment that would, among other things, “[D]efend against simultaneous aggression...
