Military-To-Military Engagement Seen As Emerging Role For Army In Asia

By Tony Bertuca / April 29, 2013 at 3:44 PM
Army and Navy officials who participated in a roundtable discussion last week that mulled the future of Army forces in the Asia Pacific all agreed on the same basic point: the United States should not create a second Marine Corps. Rear Adm. Robert Thomas, the chief of strategic plans and policy for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the Army had plenty of unique capabilities to bring to the Defense Department's new pivot to the Asia Pacific region, but cautioned...

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