The need for more persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance for broad maritime areas tops U.S. Southern Command's integrated priority list, according to the command's chief, Gen. Douglas Fraser. Earlier this year, the combatant commands submitted the lists to lay out resource priorities for the Defense Department's fiscal year 2012 budget process, a Pentagon source told Inside the Pentagon. The Joint Requirements Oversight Council is in the process of staffing a memo formalizing what steps will be taken to address those...
