One by one, the American soldiers slid down a muddy hillside to a river deep in the Hawaiian jungle. With guns on top of rucksacks, they kicked their way across, wobbling in the current, trying to stay quiet. It was a sluggish advance stinking of sweat and silt — reminiscent of Vietnam, and similar to what they might face in a potential fight with China almost anywhere in the Pacific. “It’s incumbent on us to become resident professionals,” said Col. Christopher D. Johnson, who traversed the river arm in arm…
U.S. Military Returns to the Jungle, Training for Future Threats
