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Government Executive Get the latest on need-to-know topics for federal employees delivered to your inbox. email They’ve become a major military player—and maybe a substitute for strategic thinking. Within the span of a few decades, the United States has utterly transformed its military, or at least the military that is actively fighting. This has taken place with little fanfare and little public scrutiny. But without any conscious plan, I have seen some of the evolution firsth...

How Special Ops Became the Solution to Everything They’ve become a major military player—and maybe a substitute for strategic thinking. Within the span of a few decades, the United States has utterly transformed its military, or at least the military that is actively fighting. This has taken place with little fanfare and little public scrutiny. But without any conscious plan, I have seen some of the evolution firsthand. One of my early books,  Black Hawk Down, was about a disastrou...