There is nothing new about this. It dovetails with private-public fusion. Taking a partial cue of China's approach to infrastructure development, the US milita

There is nothing new about this. It dovetails with private-public fusion. Taking a partial cue of China's approach to infrastructure development, the US military should expand its civilian domestic involvement beyond the Army Corps of Engineers involvement in megaprojects to assist under-resourced communities, especially those lacking sanitary sewers, clean water, basic broadband, and public transportation. Flood protection is one of its existing primary missions that will need greater funding and preparation for more extreme droughts and storms.