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Special Operations team in Pacific will confront Chinese information campaigns
Officials described to Congress in recent weeks the various ways the military is seeking to thwart adversary influence and information operations.
By Mark Pomerleau
Latest "Indo-Pacom" stories
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Commander: Military accounts for 7% of Hawaii virus cases
The head of the U.S. military’s Indo-Pacific Command has said that service members and their families represent about 7% of the coronavirus cases in Hawaii.
The Corps is axing all of its tank battalions and cutting grunt units
As part of Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David Berger’s plan to redesign the force to confront China and other peer adversaries by 2030, the Marines are axing all three of its tank battalions, and chucking out all law enforcement battalions and bridging companies, according to a news release from Marine Corps Combat Development Command.
By Shawn Snow
Health protection measures increase at American bases across Indo-Pacific and US to cope with coronavirus
Other installations across the U.S. have announced HPCON Bravo conditions to include: Fort Mead, Maryland; Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Fort Gordon, Georgia; and the Marine Barracks in Washington D.C.
By Shawn Snow
Esper wants to move troops from Afghanistan to the Indo-Pacific to confront China
“I would like to go down to a lower number because I want to either bring those troops home, so they can refit and retrain for other missions or/and be redeployed to the Indo-Pacific to face off our greatest challenge in terms of the great power competition that’s vis-a-vis China.”
By Shawn Snow
Marine in ‘serious but stable condition’ following live-fire training incident at Twentynine Palms
A lance corporal was shot and “paralyzed from the neck down” during a company live fire event at Twentynine Palms, California.
By Shawn Snow