WASHINGTON — The commander of U.S. Army Pacific said Wednesday that strong land forces — not just air and naval strength — will be crucial in defending allies in the Indo-Pacific region and deterring Chinese aggression in the coming years.
Gen. Charles Flynn emphasized the importance of ground troops during a conference call to discuss existing challenges in the region and potential obstacles to implementing the command’s vision for the future.
“I contend that [the Indo-Pacific region] is not an air and maritime theater. It is a joint theater,” Flynn said. “There is a natural tendency to look at the map and think you can solve this with air and maritime power alone. My thinking on this is that the land power network and armies out here are an essential part of the solution.”
The U.S. Army Pacific’s newly released 2023 Vision Book outlines many of the challenges facing U.
S. allies and interests in the Indo-Pacific region, which includes about three dozen countries across Asia and the Pacific and Indian oceans, including South Korea, Japan, China, India and Australia.
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