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Maj. Gen. Brian Wolford began his third Okinawa tour Friday as he assumed command of Marine Corps Installations Pacific. Wolford, most recently the commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Korea, first deployed to the island in the 1990s as a motor and logistics officer and led the 3rd Marine Logistics Group on Okinawa from July 2020 to June 2022.
The United States and its allies need to develop a combined command structure in the first island chain before the shooting starts.
The US president met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. this week in Washington.
The US and Japan must modernize their command and control structures to ensure deterrence and defeat threats in the Indo-Pacific.
It was an uncommon opportunity for me to watch in person a U.S. Eighth Army Change of Command Ceremony, in 2024, in which Lt. Gen. (LTG) Willard M. Burleson, III, the longest-Korea-assigned (three-and-a-half years) outgoing 35th Commanding General relinquished command to Lt. Gen. Christopher C. LaNeve, incoming 36th Commander on Arbor Day, April 5 in the morning at Barker Field, USAG Humphreys in Pyeongtaek. I was honored to watch the parade there per proxy of the Korea-America Association (KAA), cordially invited by Gen. Paul J. LaCamera, multinational Commander of U.S. Forces Korea, Combin...