Strengthened the u. S. Army statute as the world preeminent land power. In the groundwork is laid in a battlefield commander, above all as chief of staff of the army, to guide the armys transition to confront future challenges will bear fruit for years to come. Each service is our military unique and unrivaled capability. Our planes fly by, our ships sail far, our marines act quickly. But its our soldiers who are unmatched in their ability to seize and to dominate physical terrain, and human terrain. The help give our military and our nation an overwhelming edge entity make our people and making a better world for our children. America maintains that edge today, forged into long wars, sharpened in counterterror efforts around the world, including what must forever be a free world. We must not take that for granted. We must keep owning that edge into the future. As the world changes we must change with it. Justo stay unrivaled and postur, agile and ready, and army strong. That charge no
The army provided versatility to the joint force in the requirements of combat and commanders for security assistance. The humanitarian relief operation and Contingency Operations around the world. The general odierno drove aggressive implementation of mutually supporting the Strategic Initiatives ensuring that the United States army was the foundation of the joint force. It remains the greatest land force in the world. General odierno insures that the army possessed the capability to provide globally responsive and a wind forces as well as expeditionary and decisively and power across the full range of military operations providing a groundwork for the global land power of interconnected nodes. Simultaneously, general odierno worked with the other joint chiefs of staff to ensure that the United States armed forces stand ready to serve the nation in any capacity needed and to advise the countries Senior Leaders as required. General odierno led the effort in developing and implementing
And general Staff College in fort leavenworth. For the better part of the past century, it seems, we have been trying to figure out our relationship with china. Right now we see china as a linchpin in what might happen with north korea. Two countries with the most biggest economies, a fifth of our exports come from them, a fifth of their exports come from we do not know really we are allies are adversaries. We are fortunate to have with us one of the foremost authorities on u. S. China relations, jeff have. Babb. F he will examine a key 50 years been in the relationship of the two countries, in this case from 1900 and 1950 that really set the stage for a lot of what was to come, including south korea, the korean war and the vietnam war. Its a period hes looking at that started with american involvement in conjunction with the boxer rebellion of 1900. This, of course was before xi , jinping is even a twinkle in Donald Trumps eye, or maybe its vice versa, im not sure. As i said before th
Program. Hello, andkowski welcome. My name is christopher kolakowski. It is my honor to be the director here. We are a museum, and research center, dedicated to the life and times of general Douglas Macarthur. We will look at some of the treasures in our collection from world war ii, the occupation of japan to the end of his life. With that, let us take a look at our first item. Douglas macarthur in 1935 was offered the job of military advisor of the commonwealth of the philippines. They were on their way for independence in july of 1946 and they needed a military advisor to create the philippine military. Douglas macarthur at this point brings a very impressive resume to that task. He is the most highly decorated american officer in the first world war. Had event superintendent as west point and one of the outstanding graduates from there. Was known in the philippines and had served there many times. He had a lot of friends , including friends in the current philippine government. He
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