By CAITLIN M. KENNEY | STARS AND STRIPES Published: March 16, 2021 WASHINGTON The Army needs to reinvigorate how it trains, equips and positions troops in the Arctic region as competition with Russia and China grows, according to the service’s new strategy document released Tuesday. “We re seeing that many of our competitors are focused on the Arctic, and also many of our allies and partners have concern about that competition,” Gen. James McConville, the Army’s chief of staff, said during the Association of the United States Army’s Global Force Next virtual event. Like in the Arctic strategies of the Defense Department, Navy and Air Force, the Army’s document describes the competition that the United States faces with Russia and China for the region’s economic resources and how the impacts of climate change is opening more navigable waterways.
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Editor s note: This story has been corrected to state that Lt. Gen. Bryan Fenton will be leading the Joint Special Operations Command, which falls under the U.S. Special Operations Command. A previous version of the story incorrectly listed one of his commands.
The Department of Defense has announced 13 leadership changes for Fort Bragg, since the start of 2021.
On Jan. 25, the chief of staff of the Army announced that Lt. Gen. Bryan P. Fenton would be the commander of the Joint Special Operations Command and Joint Special Operations Command Forward.
Fenton previously served as the senior military assistant to the secretary of defense in Washington, D.C.
In a strategic move designed to prepare for the Armyâs continued readiness and modernization, Army Materiel Command senior leaders are implementing an investment plan that outlines options for optimizing construction dollars through the next decade.
The Facilities Investment Plan, along with related strategic investment plans â namely the Housing Implementation Plan and Army Standard Design â is a compilation of all current facility requirements throughout the Army, a prioritization of those requirements and then a plan of how the Army should use its limited construction and renovation resources to fulfill requirements, said Christopher Hill, director of AMCâs Analysis Group.
Requirements for the Armyâs 125 installations are provided through senior commanders and categorized under the Army priorities of Quality of Life, Power Projection, Installation Readiness Infrastructure, Modernization and Stationing Requirements, and Sustainment.
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By RACHAEL RILEY | The Fayetteville Observer, N.C. | Published: March 17, 2021 FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (Tribune News Service) The Department of Defense has announced 13 leadership changes for Fort Bragg, since the start of 2021. On Jan. 25, the chief of staff of the Army announced that Lt. Gen. Bryan P. Fenton would be the commander of the Joint Special Operations Command and Joint Special Operations Command Forward. Fenton previously served as the senior military assistant to the secretary of defense in Washington, D.C. According to Fenton s biography, he is no stranger to Fort Bragg. He previously served as a battalion commander at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School and as a brigade commander for the Joint Special Operations Command.