Taiwan unveils Army restructure aimed at decentralizing military


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By: Mike Yeo May 17 Taiwanese soldiers stay behind armed vehicles during a drill at the Hsinchu military base on Jan. 19, 2021. (Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images) MELBOURNE, Australia — Taiwan will reorganize its Army’s command structure to emphasize joint operations between its services and give regional commanders more operational flexibility in the event of a conflict , the country’s defense minister told lawmakers. The reorganization will see the various corps and defense commands of the Taiwanese Army renamed as distinct “combat theater commands,” Chiu Kuo-cheng reported to the self-governing island’s parliament on May 10. The Ministry of National...