{"id":41535,"date":"2021-06-09T17:04:30","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T17:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/06\/09\/professional-military-education-is-getting-a-china-focused-upgrade\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:13:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:13:53","slug":"professional-military-education-is-getting-a-china-focused-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/06\/09\/professional-military-education-is-getting-a-china-focused-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional military education is getting a China-focused upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the services away from the counter-terror asymmetric conflict doctrine of the past 20 years, the Pentagon has mandated a change in the way troops are prepared to lead in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/09\/01\/for-engineers-deployments-to-pacific-islands-southeast-asia-could-be-in-the-works\/\" target=\"_blank\">new era<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With that in mind, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has tasked his under secretary for personnel and readiness to update professional military, and civilian, education \u201cto align the department with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/09\/01\/what-war-with-china-could-look-like\/\" target=\"_blank\">prioritization of China<\/a>,\u201d a senior defense official told reporters on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c&#8230; to ensure that the department has the people that we need to compete effectively,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The official did not elaborate, but it stands to reason that updated PME would focus more on adversaries with equipment and leadership structure more resembling that of the U.S., versus the insurgent groups troops have been fighting since 9\/11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It would also likely teach leadership in time of a more Cold War-style conflict, rather than the relentless kinetic action of the Global War on Terrorism, or perhaps language and cultural education for more of a focus in the Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That recommendation is one of many to come out of the Pentagon\u2019s China task force, which on Wednesday announced Austin would send an internal department memo outlining priorities and initiatives for the future of DoD China policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another would be to take a look at force posture as it pertains to China. While that country\u2019s influence extends to Africa, South America and beyond, Pentagon leaders in recent years have stressed the need to take another look at how U.S. troops are stacked in the Indo-Pacific region.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/10\/08\/small-rotations-to-far-flung-southeast-asian-countries-are-likely-the-future-of-indopacom-assignments\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6343566-1.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Small rotations to far-flung Southeast Asian countries are likely the future of INDOPACOM assignments<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The days of &quot;fixed bases in fixed places&quot; could be coming to an end.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rather than a heavy east Asia footprints, like the current forward-deployments to South Korea and Japan, smaller rotations to countries farther south and west might be in order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think that\u2019s, one, too expensive. Two, I think that you rely, then, on all of the agreements that you have to have to do that, and time,\u201d an Indo-Pacific Command official told reporters in September, speaking of the current force posture. \u201cI think we have the opportunity to look across the whole South Pacific,\u201d as a means staying close to China, \u201cand fixed bases aren\u2019t necessarily it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The official briefing Wednesday acknowledged the need for an examination, but again, offered no details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe did take a close look at our force posture in the Indo-Pacific and have delivered recommendations in that regard,\u201d the official said. \u201cAgain, I\u2019m not going to get into specifics about the classified directive or the assessment, but absolutely, we took a careful look at that question as well as regional security issues in the Indo-Pacific.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many, 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