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2] It is mentioned as the first of five priorities within the Australian Army’s ‘ Army in Motion ’ narrative, just as it’s virtually the only priority for the incoming US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Milley ( saying, in 2016, ‘there is no number two’ ).
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