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WASHINGTON—For the first time, The Heritage Foundation’s Index of U.S. Military Strength finds that as currently postured, the U.S. military is rated “weak” and at significant risk of not being able to meet the demands of a single major regional conflict while attending to various presence and engagement activities.
The Marine Corps is pairing long-range rocket systems that have proved their worth in Ukraine with stealth fighters for training in Japan and the Philippines, a tactic that experts claim may help deter Chinese aggression.
Japan, the Philippines and South Korea are also involved in the drills, which will see "impressive weapons systems" deployed in a "geographically distributed environment."
Commander trust in junior troops will be tested in new ways on future battlefields, the service’s top general said.
The veterans — many of them in their 90s — showed up from across the country with cheek-to-cheek smiles, not knowing whether this year's gathering would be their last.