U.S. Marines board a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard under way in the Phillipine Sea, Sept. 2, 2012. The Marines are assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. The Bonhomme Richard is the lead ship of the only forward-deployed amphibious ready group. The helicopter is assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam M. Bennett
The Case For A Politically Correct Pentagon -- Michael O'Hanlon, Foreign Policy
Why we need to move from Air-Sea Battle to Air-Sea Operations.
As readers of Foreign Policy understand quite well, a popular concept in planning circles at the Pentagon today, especially within the U.S. Air Force and Navy, is Air-Sea Battle, a doctrine that focuses on preserving and protecting U.S. and allied access to the maritime commons around Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and other areas such as the South China Sea. This approach to future war is in part a response to the march of technology. It is also in part a response, surely, to the rise of China -- a country bent on establishing greater control and influence over waterways to its east and complicating American efforts to dominate the seas the way it has for more than a half century. Although Iran and one or two other states provide some of the impetus for Air-Sea Battle doctrine, China is overwhelmingly the country with the resources and aspirations that has provoked this new American military doctrine.
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My Comment: They renamed the U.S. War Department to the U.S. Department of Defense .... so why not Air-Sea Battle to Air-Sea Operations. What's my take .... I like the name 'War Department'.
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Agree that War Department is better than Defense Department. Better communicates the potential consequence of seriously messing with us. Problem is with the Secretary. He should see his job as Secretary of Defense, not Secretary of War.
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