Army Assesses Future Power Projection, Stresses Closeness With Marines

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Army Training and Doctrine Command has scheduled a war game for February aimed at addressing the service's future power-projection challenges, according to a TRADOC commander who last month cautioned that the Army's new expeditionary focus should not be interpreted as competition for the Marine Corps. Brig. Gen. William Hix, director of the concepts development directorate at TRADOC's Army Capabilities Integration Center, said Dec. 21 that the service, in its new capstone concept, sought to shift focus from the current wars of occupation to more expeditionary needs anticipated in the future. "This is really an important part of how the Army ensures that we remain ready and relevant," he told reporters during a teleconference. "At the end of the day, power projection is a joint requirement. The Army has the responsibility to be available."