U.S. army soldiers take part in Suwalki gap defence exercise in Mikyciai, Lithuania, June 17, 2017.
Reuters: Eyeing Russia, U.S. military shifts toward more global war games
STUTTGART, Germany (Reuters) - The U.S. military is moving toward more global exercises to better prepare for a more assertive Russia and other worldwide threats, a senior officer said in an interview with Reuters.
Air Force Brigadier General John Healy, who directs exercises for U.S. forces in Europe, said officials realized they needed to better prepare for increasingly complex threats across all domains of war - land, sea, air, space and cyber.
Some smaller-scale war games with a global focus had already occurred, but the goal was to carry out more challenging exercises by fiscal year 2020 that involved forces from all nine U.S. combatant commands - instead of focusing on specific regions or one military service, such as the Marines.
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