Mobile and resilient, the US military is placing a new emphasis on ground troops for Pacific defense

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In this photo released by the U.S. Army, gunners assigned to 1163 Battery, 16th Field Regiment, Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery, provide comprehensive fire support to 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, on Area X-Ray, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Nov. 2, 2023. In the largest-scale training held in Hawaii so far, more than 5,000 troops from the 25th Infantry Division, along with units from New Zealand, Indonesia, Thailand and Britain and supported by the U.S. Air Force, have been practicing fighting in an island jungle environment against an advanced enemy force, with exercises including paratrooper drops, a long...