"Index of U.S. Military Strength" Focus on Joint Operations
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Washington, D.C. – The Heritage Foundation’s Center for National Defense has released the final essay in a series by noted defense experts in the lead-up to the annual release of Heritage’s “Index of U.S. Military Strength,” this Thursday, Oct. 5.
Dr. James Jay Carafano, vice president for the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, and the E. W. Richardson fellow at The Heritage Foundation, culminates the set of essays by describing how U.S. military forces leverage the strengths of each service in their respective primary domains to accomplish military objectives regardless of the enemy or location and circumstances of conflict.
He cites numerous historical examples to illustrate his point that “having the capacity to check an adversary or take the initiative across all domains will be essential to establishing a competitive advantage in future conflicts.”
Carafano’s essay was preceded by five others that addressed the most important and enduring characteristics of military domains: land, air,maritime, space, and cyber, authored by Dr. David E. Johnson, retired Air Force Col. Harry Foster, retired Navy submariner Tom Callender, Heritage Senior Research Fellow Dean Cheng, and Dr. Alex Crowther, respectively.
The “2018 Index of U.S. Military Strength”—the fourth edition—will be released Oct. 5, 2017. The Index is the annual authoritative evaluation of the current state of U.S. military power and its ability to defend national security interests in an increasingly challenging world. Decision-makers across the U.S. political and defense establishments look to the Index for its unvarnished assessments based on unassailable facts and a deeply informed understanding of what is needed to protect our country.
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