Charles C. Krulak and Jay L. Johnson

Charles C. Krulak and Jay L. Johnson argue in the following viewpoint that a strong U.S. military presence overseas is essential to maintain peace in unstable regions. These troops can help prevent and deter small wars before they break out, the authors assert, as well as resolve or terminate crises after they erupt. Maintaining a U.S. military force overseas is a small “peace insurance premium” to pay for preventing a small conflict from becoming a major war, Krulak and Johnson contend. Krulak is the thirty-first commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps. Johnson is the twenty-sixth chief of naval operations for the U.S. Navy.

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