The United States remains “clear-eyed” about China’s growing military capabilities, but China’s overall rise is more likely to boost American creativity and ingenuity than lead to the United States’ demise, said Vice President Joe Biden. “I remain convinced that a successful China can make our country more prosperous, not less,” wrote Biden in his New York Times opinion piece Wednesday. The United States has every intention of remaining a Pacific power, wrote Biden, who believes that leaders from both countries are committed to building a stronger, “stable” relationship. “Some here in the region see China’s growth as a threat, entertaining visions of a Cold-War-style rivalry or great-power confrontation. Some Chinese worry that our aim in the Asia-Pacific is to contain China’s rise. I reject these views,” he stated. (See also Pentagon: China Years Away from Effective J-20.)
Active-Duty Airmen only have a few days left to submit an official waist-to-height ratio into the Air Force’s new online application. But the service clarified July 23 that this first body composition measurement is not meant to be scored as part of the new Physical Fitness Readiness Assessment, or PFRA