Global Posture Review Will Tie Strategy, Defense Policy to Basing
Feb. 5, 2021 | BY Jim Garamone , DOD News
American service members are based around the world and some of those overseas bases have been occupied since World War II. But are the troops still needed there?
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has tasked Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III to conduct a global posture review to ensure the footprint of American service members worldwide is correctly sized and supports strategy.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III smiles while talking on a phone at a desk.
Biden also envisions the Defense Department and the State Department working more closely together. Diplomacy and defense must go hand-in-hand, Austin said in a written statement after the president's speech.
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