Sec. 1064. Potential role for United States ground forces in the Pacific theater
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The Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall jointly conduct a comprehensive operational assessment of a potential future role for United States ground forces in the island chains of the western Pacific in creating anti-access and area denial capabilities in cooperation with host nations in order to deter and defeat aggression in the western Pacific region. In conducting the assessment, the Secretary and the Chairman shall assess the feasibility and potential effectiveness of the deployment by United States ground forces, jointly with host nations, of the following:
Anti-ship mines and mobile missiles as a means of neutralizing adversary naval forces, including amphibious forces, and inhibiting their movement, and protecting the shores of host nations and friendly naval forces and supply operations. Mobile air defense surveillance and missile systems to protect host-nation territory and ground, naval, and air forces, and to deny access to defended airspace by adversaries. Electronic warfare capabilities to support air and naval operations.
Hardened ground-based communications capabilities for host-nation defense and for augmentation and extension of naval, air, and satellite communications. Maneuver forces to assist in host-nation defense, deny access to adversaries, and provide security for air and naval deployments. The Secretary and the Chairman shall also jointly assess the potential geopolitical impact on the United States posture in the Pacific theater of a strategy of long-term engagement by United States ground forces with the island nations of the western Pacific to enhance United States strategic relationships with potential partners in the region.
The Secretary and the Chairman shall conduct the assessment required by subsection
(a)using operations research methods and war gaming, in addition to historical analysis of the use of ground forces by the United States and Japan in the Pacific theater during World War II. In conducting the assessment required by subsection (a), the Secretary and the Chairman shall use the following, as appropriate: The United States Pacific Command. The Joint Requirements and Analysis Division and the war gaming resources of the Warfighting Analysis Division of the Force Structure, Resources, and Assessment Directorate of the Joint Staff, augmented as necessary and appropriate from the war colleges of the military departments. The Office of Net Assessment. Appropriate Federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs). The assessments required by this section shall be completed not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act Upon the completion of the assessments required by this section, the Secretary and the Chairman shall provide a briefing on the assessments to— the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.