Army’s Focus on Long-Range Strike Meant to Assist Joint Force

The Army’s new emphasis on long-range strike is designed to offer combatant commanders options in longer campaigns, not take over Marine Corps and Air Force missions, the service’s top general and senior commander in the Pacific said Tuesday. “We also provide the mass” for more sustained operations that the Marines do not, Army Gen. Paul LaCamera said during a Center for Strategic and International Studies online forum. In his opening remarks, he said the Army’s precision fires can “set conditions for the Air Force and Navy” in larger campaigns. LaCamera noted the Army already provides 51 percent of the other … Continue reading Army’s Focus on Long-Range Strike Meant to Assist Joint Force