Hawaii is used to train island-hopping military
Hawaii isn’t an island chain in the Western or South Pacific, but it is being used to replicate one for multiservice military training as the Army and Marines prepare to become a 21st-century island-hopping force to counter China.
A recent two-week Schofield Barracks exercise run by the 3rd Battalion, 7th Field Artillery called “Steel Crucible” is a case in point. A total of 587 troops took part in the Jan. 18-31 training, with about 60 Hawaii Marines within the total.
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