{"id":28470,"date":"2021-10-12T17:45:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T17:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/10\/12\/four-star-spotlights-key-problem-areas-for-the-army-in-the-pacific\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:46:12","slug":"four-star-spotlights-key-problem-areas-for-the-army-in-the-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2021\/10\/12\/four-star-spotlights-key-problem-areas-for-the-army-in-the-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"Four-star spotlights key problem areas for the Army in the Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Gen. Charles Flynn scans about half the globe to keep his Army forces ready in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2021\/10\/11\/paratroopers-sent-to-kabul-this-summer-had-a-3-d-simulation-of-the-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pacific<\/a>, there are three key areas that pull his attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those are the southeast, western and northern areas surrounding Singapore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s what the four-star told a Singapore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/05\/08\/the-pacific-push-new-rotation-thousands-more-soldiers-heading-to-the-region-as-the-army-readies-for-a-new-kind-of-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\">military <\/a>officer who asked him about specific challenges in the Pacific when Flynn gave his Tuesday presentation on Multi-Domain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2021\/08\/02\/trio-of-exercises-had-soldiers-and-airmen-island-hopping-in-the-pacific-this-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\">Operations <\/a>in the Pacific during the Association of the U.S. Army annual meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2021\/06\/23\/an-army-brigade-posted-to-taiwan-and-other-ways-to-counter-china-being-floated\/\" 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=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20200116_BPW_05.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\">An Army brigade posted to Taiwan, and other ways to counter China being floated<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The force could act as a &quot;tripwire&quot; for China, but it may abandon the longstanding U.S. policy of strategic ambiguity.<\/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\">\u201cIt gives me concern not because of the adversaries, but because of our strategic reach, our operational reach,\u201d said Flynn, commander of U.S. Army Pacific. \u201cIt is that great distance \u2014 the geometry of that geography out there \u2014 [that] matters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The concerns are not only relevant for classic combat, but also for natural disasters and other response-requiring events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flynn has other considerations, too. He is concerned about whether Army forces working with partners in the region are doing the work those countries and their leaders want, \u201cnot what we want to be working on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5568\" height=\"3712\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/original.jpg_1eb9a0.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/original.jpg_1eb9a0.jpg 5568w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/original.jpg_1eb9a0.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/original.jpg_1eb9a0.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/original.jpg_1eb9a0.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/original.jpg_1eb9a0.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/original.jpg_1eb9a0.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5568px) 100vw, 5568px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Army Gen. Charles Flynn, commanding general of the U.S. Army Pacific, pins airborne wings on a Soldier from the Indonesian Armed Forces after completing the airborne operations exercise, on August 4, 2021. Garuda Shield 21 is a two-week joint-exercise between the United States Army and Tentara Nasional Indonesia (TNI-AD Indonesia Armed Forces). The purpose of this joint-exercise is to enhance and enrich the jungle warfare ability of both the U.S. Army and Indonesian Army. (U.S. Army photo by Danielle ODonnell) (Photo Credit: Danielle O&#8217;Donnell) (Danielle ODonnell)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He provided the example of Indonesia, an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands. There, local leaders want to create their own type of combat training centers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s where the Army can help. And Army leaders are currently working with Indonesia, helping their military build three centers, one on Sumatra, Java and Borneo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019ve asked us to help them create those training centers,\u201d Flynn said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a talk with reporters on Oct. 5, Flynn gave an overview of U.S. Army Pacific command, noting many moves and areas of concern regarding China in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He pointed to China and India fortifying positions along their shared border; China seizing and arming terrain in the South China Sea that hasn\u2019t stopped since it started in 2013; and escalation of pressure by China on its \u201csoft underbelly\u201d of neighboring countries, such as Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And China\u2019s not the only threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Violent extremist groups, especially in the Philippines, Russia in the northern area and the perennial problem of North Korean nuclear testing all must be considered by planners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But there are forces ready for any scenario that might arise, Flynn noted, pointing to recent exercises that have exhibited joint military and partner work in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a span of eight months, the Army led, provided soldiers or support exercises like Defender Pacific, Orient Shield, Talisman Sabre, Cobra Gold, Garuda Shield and Balikatan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During Orient Shield, the Army brought in soldiers stationed in Japan and Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to Guam. From there, they were dispatched to Tinian, Saipan, Palau and other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s one way in which U.S. Army Pacific showed the flow of forces from the U.S. homeland to the third, then second, then first island chains and onto the Asian continent, Flynn said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a great illustration of what we\u2019re trying to do out in the Pacific, it denies key terrain, increases joint readiness [and] increases confidence of allies and partners that we\u2019re going to be there when a typhoon or something worse happens,\u201d Flynn said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are key weapons in development that could make some of those forces even more threatening to adversaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flynn mentioned that the advances the Army has made recently with long-range precision fires \u2014 especially the recent initial operational capability 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