Ngakhale COVID-19, Asitikali a US Akupitilizabe Kuchita Nkhondo Ku Europe Ndi Pacific Ndi Mapulani A Zambiri Mu 2021

Wolemba Ann Wright, Meyi 23, 2020

Pakati pa mliri wa COVID 19, asitikali aku US sadzakhala ndi zida zankhondo zazikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) ikubwera m'madzi ku Hawaii August 17-31, 2020 ikubweretsa mayiko 26, asitikali 25,000, zombo mpaka 50 ndi sitima zapamadzi ndi ndege mazana ambiri pakati pa mliri wa COVID 19 wapadziko lonse lapansi, koma Asitikali aku US ali ndi masewera omenyera anthu 6,000 mu Juni 2020 ku Poland. Boma la Hawaii lili ndi njira zovuta kwambiri kuthana ndi kufalikira kwa kachilombo ka COVID19, ndikulamula kuti anthu azibwera kwawo ku Hawaii-obwerera kwawo komanso alendo. Izi kuikidwa mokhazikika kuyenera kufikira June 30, 2020.

Ngati awa sanali magulu ankhondo ochulukirapo panthawi ya mliri momwe ogwira ntchito zombo za 40 US Navy abwera ndi kachilombo koyambitsa matenda a COVID 19 ndipo asitikali ndi mabanja awo auzidwa kuti asayende, mapulani a US Army magawo olimbitsa thupi agawo ku Indo-Pacific  pasanathe chaka chimodzi mu 2021. Amadziwika kuti Defender 2021, Asitikali aku US apempha $ 364 miliyoni kuti ayendetse ntchito zankhondo mdziko lonse la Asia ndi Pacific.

Pivot ya Pacific, yomwe idayamba muulamuliro wa a Obama, ndipo tsopano muulamuliro wa a Trump, akuwonetsedwa mu Njira Yachitetezo cha US National (NDS) yomwe imawona dziko ngati "mpikisano wamphamvu wamagetsi m'malo mopikisana nawo ndipo wapanga njira yolimbana ndi China ngati mpikisano wanthawi yayitali."

Mwezi uno, Meyi 2020, gulu lankhondo laku US pothandizira mfundo za Pentagon "zaulere komanso zotseguka ku Indo-Pacific" zomwe cholinga chake ndi kuthana ndi kufalikira kwa China ku South China Sea komanso ngati chiwonetsero chotsimikizira malingaliro oti kuthekera kwa Gulu Lankhondo Laku US magulu achepetsedwa ndi COVID-19, adatumiza sitima zaposachedwa zisanu ndi ziwiri, kuphatikiza zida zonse zinayi zankhondo zaku Guam zochokera ku sitima zapamadzi, zombo zingapo zaku Hawaii komanso USS Alexandria yochokera ku San Diego kupita ku Western Pacific pazomwe Pacific Fleet Submarine Force yalengeza poyera kuti mabungwe ake onse omwe amapita patsogolo anali kuchitira limodzi "kuyankha mwadzidzidzi ntchito. ”

Gulu lankhondo laku US ku Pacific lisinthidwa kuti likwaniritse chiwopsezo cha National Defense Strategy kuchokera ku China, kuyambira pomwe US ​​Marine Corps ipanga magulu ankhondo apamadzi omwe ang'onoang'ono kuti athandizire nkhondo zankhondo zapamadzi zomwe zapangidwa kuti zithandizire kumenya lingaliro lotchedwa Expeditionary Advanced Base Ntchito. Asitikali apamadzi aku US adzagawidwa m'malo ndikugawidwa kudutsa Pacific pazilumba kapena mabwalo oyandikira. Pamene Marine Corps amathetsa zida zake zambiri, ma Marines akukonzekera kuti azigwiritsa ntchito moto mosamala, mosavomerezeka komanso mosavomerezeka, kuwirikiza chiwerengero cha osakonzekera oyendetsa gulu. Kuti yambitsa kusintha kwa njiraMagulu ankhondo oyenda panyanja apita ku 21 kuchokera pa 24, mabatire azankhondo apita mpaka asanu kuchokera ku 2, makampani oyendetsa magalimoto amphibious adzachepetsedwa kuchoka pa sikisi anayi ndipo F-35B ndi F-35C Lightning II omenyera nkhondo azikhala ndi ndege zochepa pa unit, kuchokera pa ndege 16 mpaka 10. Gulu Lankhondo lithetsa magulu ake oyang'anira malamulo, magulu omwe amamanga milatho ndikuchepetsa ogwira ntchito ndi 12,000 mzaka 10.

Chigawo chokhazikitsidwa ndi Hawaii chotchedwa a Gulu Lankhondo Lanyama   akuyembekezeka kukhala ndi Marines 1,800 mpaka 2,000 osemedwa makamaka m'modzi mwamabato atatu oyenda ku Kaneohe Marine Base. Makampani ambiri ndi mabatire owombera omwe amapanga battalion yolimbana ndi mpweya adzachokera kumagulu omwe sanakhale ku Hawaii pano.

The III Marine Expeditionary Force, wokhala ku Okinawa, Japan, gawo lalikulu la Marine m'chigawo cha Pacific, asinthidwa kuti akhale ndi magawo atatu apamadzi oyendetsa nyanja omwe aphunzitsidwa ndikuti agwiritse ntchito malo oyendetsa nyanja. Dera ladzakhalanso ndi mayendedwe atatu apamadzi oyenda pansi omwe akhoza kupezeka padziko lonse lapansi. Magulu ena awiri apamadzi apamadzi apamtunda adzaperekanso magulu ankhondo ku III MEF.

Masewera ankhondo aku US ku Europe, Defender Europe 2020 ayamba kale ndi asitikali ndi zida zofika ku madoko aku Europe ndipo zidzawononga $ 340 miliyoni, zomwe zikugwirizana ndendende ndi zomwe Asitikali aku US akupempha mu FY21 ya Pacific mtundu wa Defender zochitika zingapo zankhondo. Defender 2020 ikhala ku Poland Juni 5-19 ndipo ichitika ku Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Poland ndi ndege zaku Poland komanso kuwoloka mtsinje waukulu waku US-Polish.

Kuposa Asitikali 6,000 aku US ndi ku Poland adzagwira nawo ntchitoyi, yotchedwa Allied Spirit. Poyamba idakonzedwa mu Meyi, ndipo imagwirizanitsidwa ndi Defender-Europe 2020, ntchito yayikulu kwambiri yankhondo ku Europe kwazaka zambiri. Woteteza-Europe adathetsedwa makamaka chifukwa cha mliriwu.

US Army Europe ikukonzekera zolimbitsa thupi zowonjezera m'miyezi ikubwerayi yomwe ikuyang'ana zolinga zakutsogolo zotetezera Defender-Europe, kuphatikizapo kugwira ntchito ndi zida kuchokera m'matangadza asanafike ku Europe ndikugwirira ntchito yoyendetsedwa ndi ndege mdera la Balkan ndi Black Sea.

Mu FY20, Gulu Lankhondo lizitsogolera mtundu wocheperako wa Defender Pacific pomwe Defender Europe ipeza ndalama zambiri ndikuyang'ana. Komano chidwi ndi madola azigwera ku Pacific mu FY21.  Chitetezo Europe idzachotsedwa mu FY21. Asitikali akupempha $ 150 miliyoni kuti ayendetse zochitikazi ku Europe, malinga ndi Gulu Lankhondo.

Ku Pacific, gulu lankhondo la US lakhala ndi asitikali 85,000 omwe akhazikika mchigawo cha Indo-Pacific ndipo akukulitsa mndandanda wawo wotalikirapo wochita masewera olimbitsa thupi wotchedwa  Njira Zaku Pacific powonjezera nthawi yomwe magulu ankhondo ali m'maiko aku Asia ndi Pacific, kuphatikiza Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia ndi Brunei. Likulu lachigawo ndi ma brigade angapo amakhala ndi South China Nyanja komwe akhala mozungulira Nyanja ya South China komanso East China Sea patadutsa masiku 30 mpaka 45.

Mu 2019, motsogozedwa ndi Pacific Pathways, magulu ankhondo aku US anali ku Thailand miyezi itatu ndi miyezi inayi ku Philippines. Asitikali aku US akukambirana ndi boma la India zakukulitsa zochitika zankhondo kuchokera kwa anthu ochepa chabe mpaka 2,500 kwanthawi yopitilira miyezi isanu ndi umodzi - yomwe "Amatipatsa mwayi wokhala m'derali komanso osakhala kumeneko," malinga ndi US Army of the Pacific commanding general. Kusiya ntchito yayikulu, magulu ang'onoang'ono ankhondo aku US atumiza kumayiko monga Palau ndi Fiji kuti akachite nawo masewera olimbitsa thupi kapena zochitika zina zamaphunziro.

Mu Meyi, 2020, a Boma la Australia zalengeza kuti kuchedwetsedwa kwa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi kwa ma 2500 US Marines kupita kumalo osungira asitikali kumpoto kwa Australia ku Darwin kudzapitilira chifukwa chotsatira mosamalitsa njira za Covid-19 kuphatikiza kupatula kwa masiku 14. A Marines amayenera kufika mu Epulo koma kufika kwawo kudasinthidwa mu Marichi chifukwa cha COVID 19. Northern Territory yakutali, yomwe idalemba milandu 30 yokha ya Covid-19, idatseka malire ake kwa alendo ochokera kumayiko ena komanso akunja mu Marichi, ndi obwera aliyense Ayenera kukhala kwaokha kwa masiku 14. Kutumizidwa kwa US Marine ku Australia kudayamba mu 2012 ndi anthu 250 ndipo akula mpaka 2,500.

Malo Ogwirizana a US Gulu la Pine, Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo ku United States ndi malo owunikira a CIA omwe amawonetsa ndege zapadziko lonse lapansi ndikulimbana ndi zida za nyukiliya, mwa ntchito zina zankhondo ndi zanzeru, analinso kusintha mfundo ndi njira zake kutsatira boma la Australia COVID yoletsa.

Pamene gulu lankhondo laku US likukulirakulira ku Asia ndi Pacific, malo amodzi SADZABWERANSO ndi Wuhan, China. Mu Okutobala, 2019, Pentagon idatumiza magulu 17 okhala ndi othamanga oposa 280 ndi ena ogwira nawo ntchito ku Masewera Omwe Ankhondo Padziko Lonse ku Wuhan, China. Mayiko opitilira 100 adatumiza gulu lankhondo lonse ku 10,000 ku Wuhan mu Okutobala, 2019. Kukhalapo kwa gulu lalikulu lankhondo laku US ku Wuhan miyezi ingapo lisanafike pa COVID19 ku Wuhan mu Disembala 2019, zinalimbikitsa chiphunzitso cha akuluakulu ena aku China kuti asitikali aku US adachitapo kanthu paziwawa zomwe tsopano zakhala zikugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi olamulira a Trump ndi ogwirizana nawo ku Congress ndi manyuzipepala kuti aku China adagwiritsa ntchito kachilombo koyambitsa dziko lapansi ndikuwonjezera kulungamitsidwa pakumangidwa kwa asitikali aku US ku Pacific.

Ann Wright adagwira zaka 29 ku US Army / Army Reserves ndipo adapuma pantchito ngati Colonel. Anali kazembe waku US kwa zaka 16 ndipo adatumikira kumaofesi a Kazembe aku US ku Nicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Afghanistan ndi Mongolia. Anasiya boma la US mu Marichi 2003 motsutsana ndi nkhondo yaku US ku Iraq. Ndi membala wa World BEYOND War, Veterans for Peace, Hawaii Peace and Justice, CODEPINK: Women for Peace ndi mgwirizano wa Gaza Freedom Flotilla.