The head of US Forces Korea, Army Gen. Burwell B. Bell, says that he envisions future “US military support to the alliance to be air and naval-centric.” Bell was explaining to lawmakers that the South Korean push toward an independent combat command would eliminate the need for a huge US ground force. He went on to say that the US is prepared to respond to an attack on the South by the North, “first and foremost with an aggressive air campaign.” (Read our 2004 article on air operations in Korea.) Any future war on the peninsula, says this senior soldier, would not be “a war like 1950;” instead, it would be “concluded on the alliance’s terms fairly quickly.”
Pentagon Releases Cost of Living, BAH Rates for 2026
Dec. 30, 2025
The Pentagon will pay cost of living allowances to 127,000 service members in the continental U.S. in 2026, an increase of 66,000 members in 2025. Airmen and Guardians across the U.S. will also receive an average increase of 4.2 percent for their Basic Housing Allowance, compared to the 5.4 percent…
