Before his retirement last week, the admiral who for the past three years managed US military forces in the Asia-Pacific region delivered a simple, stark message: “The security environment is the most dangerous I’ve seen in 40 years in uniform.”
The comments by Admiral John Aquilino came during a US congressional committee hearing in March as he pointed to the growing cooperation between China, Russia and North Korea.
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