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Jim Mattis’ ‘Dynamic Force Employment’ just got real for the US Navy

Defense News: The Harry S. Truman carrier strike group is returning to Norfolk after just three months on deployment, a dramatic shift from the Navy’s standard seven-month deployment and a move that has been signaled at the highest levels of the military as the Navy moves to rebuild readiness and surge capacity.

The decision to cut the deployment short is in line with a concept pushed by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Joe Dunford known as “dynamic force employment,” which calls on the military to be more agile and less predictable. Truman’s abbreviated deployment to Europe, which also cut out the standard maritime security patrol in the Arabian Gulf, is a radical step toward the ultimate goal of restoring readiness so forces can be ready for a major conflict on short notice.

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