Friday, February 9, 2018

U.S. Considering Boosting Asia Forces With Heavily Armed Marine Units


The Pentagon is considering plans to send heavily armed, versatile Marine Corps Expeditionary Units to East Asia, curtailing some deployments in the Middle East as it repositions forces in response to growing Chinese influence, reports The Wall Street Journal.

The move would be among the first tangible steps by the Trump administration to expand the U.S. military presence in Asia after announcing its National Defense Strategy last month, reports WSJ.

“We have enduring interests here, and we have an enduring commitment and we have an enduring presence here,” Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, said about the American position in Asia during an eight-day trip through the region ending this week.

In a related step, the Marine Corps next month will expand the number of Marines who serve in rotating training assignments in Darwin, Australia, military officials said.

This is not exactly bringing the troops home. Will this remove the blinders from the eyes of Trump fanboys? I doubt it.

  -RW

5 comments:

  1. My grandfather served in Korea, now kids who could be my children may be fighting the same war. How many generations does it take?

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    1. All of them. War is done for no other reason than profit

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  2. In this photo, are the troops preparing to defend their vessel against a naval attack, with their rifles? Or are they just going seagull hunting?

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    1. Clay pigeon shooting...with rifles. :)

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    2. They are afraid of the boogeyman the same way many people are.

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