Navy, Marines push ‘campaigning forward’ strategy as vital to deterring China
By Megan Eckstein
Apr 4, 03:36 PM
American military vessels transit the South China Sea on Jan. 13, 2022. (MC2 Haydn N. Smith/U.S. Navy)
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The upcoming National Defense Strategy will highlight “campaigning forward” as a pillar of future operations, and top naval leaders say the force is already moving in this direction.
Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David Berger described campaigning forward as an extension of what the Marine Corps already does.
“Having the Coast Guard, Navy, Marines present — and I would argue special operations as well — forward all the time, not fighting their way in but forward all the time, gives the [defense secretary] a better picture of what’s in front of him,” he said while speaking at the Navy League’s annual Sea-Air-Space conference.
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