US Homeland Would Be at Risk in Great Power War: Top Military Adviser

A future conflict between great powers would likely put the U.S. homeland at risk, either through kinetic or non-kinetic means, according to the nation’s most senior enlisted officer.

U.S. Marines line up on the beach after the amphibious landing exercise during the joint Cobra Gold exercise in the coastal Thai province of Chonburi on March 3, 2023. Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP via Getty Images

A future conflict between great powers would likely put the U.S. homeland at risk, either through kinetic or nonkinetic means, including psychological and cyber warfare, according to the nation’s most senior enlisted officer.

This means that the stakes of the next war will be much higher than those the United States faced during the Global War on Terror, said Ramón Colón-López, the senior enlisted adviser to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (SEAC).