ʻOiai ʻo COVID-19, e hoʻomau nei ka pūʻali koa US i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kaua ma Europa a me nā mākele a ʻo ka Pākīpika no nā ʻoi aku ma 2021

Na Ann Wright, Mei 23, 2020

I ka wā o ka maʻi ahulau COVID 19, ʻaʻole wale ka pūʻali koa US ka nui o ka maneuvers pūʻali koa moana ma ka honua, me Rim o ka Pākīpika (RIMPAC) e hele mai ana i ka wai ma waho o Hawaiʻi ʻAukake 17-31, 2020 e lawe ana i 26 mau lāhui, 25,000 pūʻali koa, a i 50 mau moku a me nā submarines a me nā haneli o nā mokulele ma waena o ka maʻi maʻi COVID 19 ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, akā aia he 6,000 kanaka pāʻani kaua a ka pūʻali koa US i Iune 2020 ma Polani. ʻO ka mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaii nā hana ʻoi loa e kūʻē ai i ka laha ʻana o ka maʻi COVID19, me ka quarantine he 14 mau lā no nā poʻe āpau e hōʻea ana i Hawaii-e hoʻi ana i nā kamaʻāina a me nā malihini kipa. Kēia koi ʻia ma ka liʻiliʻi ʻo Iune 30, 2020.

Inā ʻaʻole nui kēia o nā hana pūʻali koa i ka wā o kahi maʻi ahulau kahi i iho ai nā limahana ma nā moku kaua he 40 me ka COVID 19 nui loa a ua ʻōlelo ʻia nā limahana koa a me ko lākou mau ʻohana ʻaʻole e huakaʻi, ke hoʻomaka nei nā hoʻolālā no ka pūʻali koa US. hoʻokaʻawale ʻokoʻa hoʻoneʻe ʻokoʻa ma ka ʻāina Indo-Pacific  ma lalo o hoʻokahi makahiki-i ka 2021. ʻIke ʻia e 2021 Defender, ua noi aku ka pūʻali koa US i $ 364 miliona e alakaʻi i nā ʻano kaua ma loko o nā moku o ʻAsia a me ka Pākīpika.

ʻO ka mea pivot a i ka Pākīpika, hoʻomaka i lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana o Obama, a i kēia manawa ma lalo o ka alakaʻi ʻo Trump, ua hōʻike ʻia ma ka ʻO Ke Kōkena Hoʻolālā National US (NDS) ke ʻike nei i ka honua he "hoʻokūkū mana ikaika a ʻaʻole i hoʻokūkū ma ka hoʻolālā ʻana i kāna hoʻolālā e kū ai ʻo Kina he hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū lōʻihi."

I kēia mahina, Mei 2020, ka US Navy i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka kulekele “manuahi a wehe ʻia ʻo Indo-Pacific” a ka Pentagon i manaʻo ʻia e pale aku i ka hoʻonui ʻana o Kina i ke kai Kina Hema a ma ke ʻano he hōʻike ikaika e kūʻē i nā manaʻo i ka hiki o ka US Navy. ua hoʻemi ʻia nā ikaika e COVID-19, hoʻouna ʻia ʻehiku submarines, me nā moku lawepio hoʻouka kaua ʻehā o Guam, kekahi mau moku i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Hawaii a me USS Alexandria ma San Diego i ka Pākīpika Komohana i ka mea a ka Pacific Fleet Submarine Force i hoʻolaha aku ai i ka lehulehu e hana ana nā mea i hoʻouna ʻia i mua i ka manawa like. nā hana. "

E hoʻololi ʻia ka hale koa pūʻali koa US ma ka Pākīpika e hālāwai ai me ka hoʻoweliweli o ka National Defense Strategy mai Kina, e hoʻomaka ana me ka US Marine Corps e hana ana i nā batalyiona pēpē hou e ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi e kākoʻo i nā kaua expeditionary moana a hoʻolālā ʻia e kākoʻo i kahi manaʻo hakakā i kapa ʻia Nā Hoʻolaha Kūʻē Kūʻē Kūleʻa. E hoʻokaʻawale ʻia a hoʻoili ʻia nā pūʻali koa US ma waena o ka Pākīpika ma nā mokupuni a i ʻole nā ​​pae moku lana lana. Ke hoʻopau nei ka Marine Corps i ka hapa nui o kāna pono hana kuʻuna a me nā ʻāpana, hoʻolālā ka Marines e hoʻopukapuka i nā ahi kūpono lōʻihi lōʻihi, ka nānā hou ʻana a me nā ʻōnaehana unmanned, ke kau nei i ka helu o nā puʻuwai like ʻole. E hopena i kēia hoʻololi i ka hoʻolālā, e iho i lalo nā pūʻali koa pēpē moana i 21 mai 24, e iho i lalo nā pākana pū ʻelima mai 2, e hoʻemi ʻia nā ʻoihana kaʻa amphibious mai ʻeono ʻehā a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mokulele F-35B a me F-35C Lightning II i kēlā me kēia mokuna. mai ka 16 mokulele a i ka 10. E hoʻopau ka Marine Corps i kāna mau pūʻali koa hoʻokō kānāwai, nā hui e kūkulu i nā alahaka a hoʻemi i nā limahana lawelawe e 12,000 i 10 mau makahiki.

ʻO ka pae ʻĀina Hawaiʻi i kāhea ʻia a Ke Kahi Lauleʻa   ke manaʻo ʻia nei he 1,800 a 2,000 paha kā Māina i kālai nui ʻia i hoʻokahi o ʻekolu mau pūʻali koa pēpē i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Kaneohe Marine Base. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ʻoihana a me nā pila uila e hana i kahi battalion anti-air littoral e hele mai ia mai nā kikowaena i hoʻonohonoho ʻole ʻia ma Hawaii i kēia manawa.

ka ʻO ka Maluhia kaiaulu moana, e noho ma Okinawa, Iapana, ka papa moana nui i loko o ka ʻāina ʻo ka Pākīpika, e hoʻololi ʻia i ʻekolu mau palena moana littoral i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia a mākaukau e hana ma loko o nā wahi moana i hoʻohālikelike ʻia. E loaʻa mau i kēia wahi ʻekolu mau pūʻali koa moana e hoʻoheheʻe nui ʻia i ka honua. ʻO nā hui ʻelua no nā pūʻali koa moana e hāʻawi i nā ikaika i ka III MEF.

ʻO nā pāʻani kaua pūʻali koa US ma ʻEulopa, Defender Europe 2020 ke hoʻomaka nei me nā pūʻali koa a me nā pono e hōʻea ana i nā awa ʻEulopa a e kūʻai ʻia ma kahi o $ 340 miliona, i kūlike me ka mea a ka US Army e noi nei i FY21 no ka mana Pākīpika o ka Defender. moʻo kaua o ke kaua. ʻO Defender 2020 ma Polani Iune 5-19 a e mālama ʻia ma Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area ma ka ʻākau komohana o Polani me kahi hana ʻeueau Polani a me ka hele ʻana o ka muliwai mahele nui o US-Polani.

Ma mua o 6,000 pūʻali koa ʻAmelika a me Polani e komo i ka hana, i kapa ʻia ʻo Allied Spirit. Ua hoʻonohonoho mua ʻia ia no Mei, a ua hoʻopili ʻia me Defender-Europe 2020, ka hana nui a ka Pūʻali i ʻEulopa i loko o nā makahiki he umi. Ua hoʻopau nui ʻia ʻo Defender-Europe ma muli o ke ahulau.

Ke hoʻolālā nei ka US Army Europe i nā hana hou aʻe e pili ana i nā mahina e hiki mai ana e noʻonoʻo ana i nā pahuhopu aʻo mua i kuhikuhi ʻia no Defender-Europe, e komo pū ana me nā mea hana mai nā kahua mua ma Europe a me ka hana ʻana i nā hana mokulele ma ka mokupuni ʻo Balkans a me ke Kaiʻula.

Ma FY20, e hana ka Pūali i kahi liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi loa o Defender Pacific ʻoiai E hoʻokokoke ʻo Defender Europe i nā waiwai hou a me ka hoʻokele. ^ E Ha yM. Akā ʻo ka nānā ʻana a me nā kālā e lele aʻe i ka Pākīpika i FY21.  Hoʻokomo iā Europe E hoʻihoʻi hou ʻia i FY21. Ke noi aku nei ka pūʻali koa i kahi $ 150 miliona e alakaʻi i ka hana ma ʻEulopa, e like me ka pūʻali koa.

Ma ka Pākīpika, ua loaʻa i ka pūʻali koa US he 85,000 mau pūʻali koa i hoʻonoho mau ʻia ma ka ʻāina Indo-Pacific a ke hoʻomāhuahua nei ia i kāna mau hana lōʻihi o ka hana i kapa ʻia  Ke Alanui Pakipika me ka hoʻolōʻihi ʻana i ka manawa o nā pūʻali koa i nā ʻāina ma ʻAsia a me ka Pākīpika, e like me ka Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia a me Brunei. E loaʻa kahi keʻena luna a me nā brigades he ʻO ka pāpaʻi moana o Kina Hema kahi lākou e kū ai a puni ka ʻaoʻao o ke Kina Hema a me ke kai o East East ma ka holo ʻana o kahi manawa 30- a 45-lā.

I ka 2019, ma lalo o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana o nā Pacific Pathways, aia nā pūʻali koa US ma Thailand no ʻekolu mau mahina a me ʻehā mau mahina i ka Philippines. Ke kūkākūkā nei ka pūʻali koa US me ke aupuni India e pili ana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā pūʻali koa mai kahi mau haneli a ʻoi paha o nā limahana a hiki i 2,500 no ka lōʻihi o ʻeono mau mahina. "E hāʻawi iā mākou i mua o ka ʻāina me ka lōʻihi o ka noho ʻole ʻana ma laila," e like me ka US Army o ka Pākīpika e kauoha ana i ka pūkaua. Ma ka haki ʻana i ka hoʻolālā nui aʻe, e hoʻoili ʻia nā pūʻali koa US liʻiliʻi i nā ʻāina e like me Palau a me Fiji e komo i nā haʻuki a i ʻole nā ​​hanana hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻē aʻe.

I Mei, 2020, Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ke aupuni o Australia e hoʻolohi ʻia ana he ʻeono mahina ka hoʻololi ʻana o 2500 US Marines i kahi kahua pūʻali koa ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻĀkau o Australia o Darwin e hele i mua e pili ana i ka mālama pono ʻana i nā ana Covid-19 me kahi lā quarantine he 14. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia nā Marines e hōʻea i ʻApelila akā ua hoʻopaneʻe ʻia ko lākou hōʻea ʻana i Malaki ma muli o COVID 19. ʻO ka Teritori mamao loa, kahi i hoʻopaʻa ai he 30 mau hihia Covid-19 wale nō, pani ʻia kona mau palena i nā malihini kipa a waena ma waena o Malaki, a me nā mea i hōʻea pono i kēia manawa ke hana i ka quarantine mandatory no 14 mau lā. Hoʻomaka ka US Marine hoʻouna ʻana i Australia i 2012 me 250 limahana a ua ulu a 2,500.

ʻO ka waihona Joint US Defense Pine Gap, ʻo ka US Department of Defense a me CIA hale kiaʻi nāna e kuhikuhi i nā airstrikes a puni ka honua a me nā pahuhopu i nā mea kaua nuklea, i waena o nā hana koa a me ka ʻike ʻē aʻe. ka hoʻokuʻa ʻana i kāna kulekele a me nā kaʻina hana e hoʻokō me nā koikoi o COVID aupuni.

Ke hoʻonui nei ka pūʻali koa US i kona kū ma ʻAsia a me ka Pākīpika, kahi kahi e hoʻi ʻole ai ʻo Wuhan, Kina. I ʻOkakopa, 2019, ua hoʻouna ka Pentagon i nā kime he 17 a ʻoi aku ma mua o 280 nā mea pāʻani a me nā limahana ʻē aʻe i ka Nā Pāʻani Koa ʻEleau i Wuhan, Kina. ^ E Ha yM. ʻOi aku ka 100 o nā lāhui i hoʻouna ʻia he pūʻali koa 10,000 no Wuhan i ʻOkakopa, 2019. ʻO ka hiki ʻana o kahi pūʻali koa lehulehu o ʻAmelika ma Wuhan mau mahina ma mua o ka puka ʻana o COVID19 ma Wuhan i Kekemapa 2019, ua hooulu aku i ka manao a kekahi mau luna o Kina no ka mea i pili ai ka pūʻali koa US i ka ʻeha i hoʻohana ʻia e kēia manawa e ka luna hoʻomalu a Trump me kāna mau hoa a i loko o ka ʻ Congresslelo ʻa hopia e hoʻopilikia i ka honua a ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka hōʻoia no ka kūkulu ʻana i ka pūʻali koa US i ka ʻāina ʻo ka Pākīpika.

Ua lawelawe ʻo Ann Wright i nā makahiki he 29 ma ka US Army / Army Resares a haʻalele ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kolone. He diplomat ʻo ia no 16 mau makahiki a ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma US Embassies ma Nicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Afghanistan a me Mongolia. Ua haʻalele ʻo ia mai ke aupuni US ma Malaki 2003 i ke kūʻē ʻana i ke kaua US ma ʻIraka. He lālā ʻo ia o World BEYOND War, Veterans no ka Maluhia, Ka Maluhia Hawaii a me ke kaulike, CODEPINK: Wahine no ka Maluhia a me ka hui ʻana o Gaza Freedom Flotilla.