The U.S. Military Needs a 'Rapid Deployment' Task Force

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September 8, 2019

The U.S. Military Needs a 'Rapid Deployment' Task Force

U.S. and Japanese forces should create a Standing Combined Maritime Joint Task Force as a platform and laboratory for rapid development of capabilities and capacity.

by Wallace C. Gregson

World War I revealed the cost when military doctrine and organization fail to meet changing conditions. As is true now, war was thought unlikely in 1914. Globalized international trade was so successful that war was deemed unprofitable, and therefore unlikely. But a single assassination in Sarajevo triggered a massive and unexpected war.

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/us-military-needs-rapid-deployment-task-force-78436?fbclid=IwAR1dqNV9zuNGJm87G5Whad3pOCsRUXagmtBrm0g1kgTNc0FFuQ-nXHB2g1k