Soldiers will spend longer deployments in Asia
Kyle Rempfer
The Army secretary and chief of staff are looking to bring troops to the Indo-Pacific region for two to three months longer than past rotations — on top of aligning a security force assistance brigade specifically to the theater.
The push comes as the ground service lobbies for its future role in an area dominated by water, a role that would include missile defense and courting potential allies.
“We’re looking very hard at our disposition and the duration of forces west of the International Date Line,†said Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy during a discussion at the Center for New American Security think tank on Wednesday.
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