
The U.S. Pacific Command is working with its service components to maximize the assets they have today and bring in new ones where feasible, and PACOM Commander Adm. Samuel Locklear said those platforms could be used in some nontraditional deployment models to get the most out of the capability the military has bought, he told reporters at the Pentagon Thursday. Locklear said the U.S. Pacific Fleet is developing a plan that includes bringing more submarines to the Asia-Pacific area and…