The Department of Defense will upgrade infrastructure in Australia and throughout the Pacific as part of its strategy to confront China’s growing influence in the region, according to the DoD’s 2021 global posture review. The U.S. military will also increase its presence in Germany, marking a reversal of former President Donald Trump’s efforts to draw down there, officials said when announcing the global posture review. The DoD released a summary of its global posture review Nov. 29, outlining a broad plan for how the U.S. military will position resources globally. The U.S. military will largely maintain the status quo in the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, but will devote more resources to the Indo-Pacific region, according to the summary. “In Australia, you’ll see new rotational fighter and bomber aircraft deployments. You’ll see ground forces training and increased logistics cooperation,” Mara Karlin, who’s performing the duties of Deputy Under Secretary of …