In large part, this is due to regional sensitivities. On a visit to the unit in May, found troops assigned to the unit had even been instructed not to use the word "Russia" in interviews with the media.
The rotational force itself is much more circumspect about its role in the region. We've got 300 Marines up here we could go from 300 to 3,000 overnight. Just like you watch them, they watch you. "Just remember why you're here," he said. Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Ronald Green put the Marines' role starkly. "With its invasions of Georgia and Ukraine, Russia demonstrates its willingness to violate the sovereignty of states in the region," the strategy states. The document discusses Russia's practice of "using information tools" to interfere with other nations' democracies and militant aggression that crosses borders. The United States' position that Russia presents a major threat was re-emphasized in the new National Security Strategy released Monday.
Neller later told the Marines that he expects the Pacific and Russia to be the service's operational points of focus as the nation looks beyond the fights in the Middle East that have stretched into the better part of two decades. You're in a fight here, an informational fight, a political fight, by your presence." "I hope I'm wrong, but there's a war coming," Neller said.
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