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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on June 08, 2018, 11:10:18 am
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Five key challenges for SOUTHCOM
By: Todd South   15 hours ago
The U.S. Southern Command gets only a side reference in the National Defense Strategy. It doesn’t grab the headlines of Central Command and the recently renamed Indo-Pacific Command that are home to the major strategic threats identified by defense officials.
But its head, Adm. Kurt W. Tidd, argues that the command that encompasses the Caribbean and Central and South America is facing a host of threats, including major powers such as Iranian proxies, China and Russia, while also combating gray-zone conflict, a massive refugee crisis and security challenges that directly affect the U.S. homeland.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/06/07/five-key-challenges-for-southcom/ (https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/06/07/five-key-challenges-for-southcom/)