Keep pulling the thread on General Gio.
The large number of U.S. military forces in the U.S. Southern Command's area of responsibility raises concerns about draining forces from other regions like U.S. European Command, U.S. Central Command, and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
There is a resource allocation tension within the Pentagon between geographic combatant commands for high-demand, low-density assets.
The U.S. military strategy for the U.S. Southern Command region includes using "softer power" resources to counter influence from the People's Republic of China.