We Fight Tonight: Corps Capabilities for a Contested Indo-Pacific

Paul Gillikin

April 25, 2025

We Fight Tonight: Corps Capabilities for a Contested Indo-Pacific

Since the 2018 National Defense Strategy reoriented the Joint Force toward great power competition, China — our primary pacing threat — has accelerated its military modernization and ramped up coercive behavior across every domain. Nowhere is this more evident than in the First Island Chain, where Beijing’s revisionist ambitions collide…