By COLIN CLARK
WASHINGTON: In what would be a remarkable break in US military tradition, an Air Force general has emerged as the top candidate to lead Pacific Command.
Sweeping from India to the west, north to Russia, south to Antarctica and east to the California and Mexican coasts, Pacific Command is just what it says: the military combatant command designed to project American power west and protect the vast array of allies, US islands and partners who inhabit the vast reaches of the greatest ocean. It includes an enormous percentage of the world’s people, with 1.3 billion in India and 1.38 billion in China, out of the global population of 7.4 billion.
https://breakingdefense.com/2017/10/historic-shift-air-force-general-may-lead-pacific-command/
