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Dunford: Changes Needed to Prepare for 'Dynamic and Complex' Future Wars

Tue, 03/29/2016 - 7:26pm

Dunford: Changes Needed to Prepare for 'Dynamic and Complex' Future Wars by Corey Dickstein, Stars & Stripes

The United States must adjust its approach to preparing for wars that in the future will likely be fought across multiple regions and in a variety of domains, the nation’s top military officer said Tuesday.

The American military is examining changes that it would need to make for such “dynamic and complex” fights that could include land and sea combat as well as space and cyber operations, said Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The general made the statements at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington during a military forum hosted by the think tank…

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