The U.S. Sea Services (Navy, Marines, Coast Guard) Are Preparing for Great Power War – 19FortyFive
The U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard the U.S. sea services are currently prosecuting Large Scale Exercise 2021. The maneuver s banal codename belies its ambition. Navy spokesmen bill it as the biggest exercise in a generation, and one that spans seventeen time zones. Its immediate goal is to prove out operational concepts that have remained mostly hypothetical concepts bearing such arcane-sounding titles as Distributed Maritime Operations, Littoral Operations in a Contested Environment, and Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations.
Its ulterior goal is to make a statement about American power, namely that the sea services can manage multiple challenges posed by the likes of Russia, China, and Iran. The services will try to make believers out of potential foes the United States wants to deter, as well as allies and friends it wants to hearten to stand against these predators.
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