‘The homeland is no longer a sanctuary’ warns new TRANSCOM boss
Gen. Randall Reed, who recently took over as head of US Transportation Command, said the US needs to strengthen its defenses in non-kinetic and “gray zone” operations.
By Michael Marrow
on October 09, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Gen. Randall Reed, the new U.S. Transportation Command commander, salutes the colors during his change of command ceremony at Scott Air Force Base, IL. (Photo by Brien Vorhees/USTRANSCOM)
WASHINGTON — The rise of great power competition means that American soil is at risk, the newly-minted head of US Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) warned today — requiring an updated mindset as well as better defenses against “non-kinetic” threats and operations in the “gray zone.”
Speaking before a meeting of the National Defense Transportation Association in St. Louis, Air Force Gen. Randall Reed harkened back to the time of nuclear drills during the Cold War to evoke a collective sense of urgency he argued has gone by the wayside.
“There was a national consciousness that somebody could do something to us,” he said. “We’ve lost that.”
https://breakingdefense.com/2024/10/the-homeland-is-no-longer-a-sanctuary-warns-new-transcom-boss/