Gen. Milley Warns West Point Graduates of Likelihood of War With Russia, China

Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrives for the 2022 West Point Commencement Ceremony at West Point Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., on May 21, 2022. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

The top U.S. general told the ​​U.S. Military Academy West Point’s class of 2022 that the nature of war is changing and the current rules-based international order is being threatened by Russia and China.

“Right now, at this very moment, a fundamental change is happening in the very character of war,” Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley said on May 21. “We are facing, right now, two global powers—China and Russia—each with significant military capabilities, and both fully intend to change the current rules-based order.”