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Army

Army To See More Multi-National Exercises And Training In Future, Chief Says

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, March 20th, 2014

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Army To See More Multi-National Exercises And Training In Future, Chief Says

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno

As part of National Security Policy, the Army is stepping up work in the Asia Pacific region, building partnerships and promoting stability, the Chief of Staff said in a Thursday roundtable. “The wave of the future is going to be multi-national exercises and training,” Gen. Raymond Odierno said during a roundtable discussion from Yongsan Garrison, Korea, live cast on the Pentagon Channel. “We want to shape the region to maintain economic vitality” important to the United States. The Asia-Pacific area…

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