U.S. Likely To Remain At War For A Decade According To The US Vice Chairman Of The Joint Chiefs

Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. James Cartwright did not name specific nations beyond Iraq and the Afghanistan-Pakistan region that U.S. forces or assets might be deployed over the next decade. (MC 1 Chad J. McNeeley / U.S. Navy)

Cartwright: U.S. Likely To Remain At War For A Decade -- Defense News

For the next "five to 10 years," the U.S. military likely will remain engaged in the same kinds of conflicts it has been fighting since 2001, said Marine Corps Gen. James Cartwright.

The vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs on May 13 told a conference in Washington that "no one I know thinks we'll be out of" these kinds of conflicts any time soon.

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