Military

U.S. ARMY PREPARES FOR LARGE-SCALE GLOBAL COMBAT AS NEW CHIEF OF STAFF TAKES COMMAND

The Army Chief of Staff said the army must bolster its presence around the world. It's not just a show of power, but rather a quicker response to ever-changing global events. These range from boots on the ground to crews working behind computers to counter cyber attacks—and everything in between.

Gen. James McConville said he wants mass deployments of troops around the globe to be ready, rather than sitting at standby from a base in the United States.

"It's wonderful that we have a brigade, sitting maybe at Fort Campbell, that's at the highest level of readiness," McConville told the Army Times. "But we also need to get that brigade to where we need ... and that may be by airlift, it may be by sealift."