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Video:PACFLEET Commander Discusses the Pacific
"Our RED FLAG exercise is different than Nellis' mostly due to terrain and space available."
The ELCAS-M can be built out to 3,000 feet and can be configured to accommodate the ships needed to support an operation.
The Navy is building the Elevated Causeway System-Modular (ELCAS-M) on Anzio Beach at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek/Fort Story through September 2015.
The B provides significant strategic advantages to having to rely on fixed airfields, as is being discovered by the USAF operating off of Turkish airfields.
A major shift is underway as well with the Navy and Marine Corps looking to distribute forces over the Pacific.
Deputy MARFORPAC highlighted USMC and USN efforts in their evolving approach to shaping a coalition among amphibious nations in the Pacific.