Balancing strategy and budgets
"Five times in the last 90 years, the United States has disarmed after a conflict: World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam and then the Cold War," testified Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Capitol Hill in March
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"Five times in the last 90 years, the United States has disarmed after a conflict: World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam and then the Cold War," testified Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Capitol Hill in March
LAURINBURG, N.C. – A retired Explosive Ordnance Disposal sergeant major, elite Special Forces operator and Army civilian led the charge to create the EOD companies that combat Weapons of Mass
The U.S. military has now made over 2 million individual deployments to Iraq and or Afghanistan. The preponderance, of course, has been our "ground-pounding" soldiers and Marines - many on multiple tours.
The Army has done much to adapt its programs to strategic realities, but ensuring its ability to support a protracted war against terrorism requires additional initiatives that are fiscallyprudent, preserve combat readiness, and promote furthertransformation. Congress should ensure adequate funding for Armyprograms, carefully weigh proposals for increasing force structure,and push for further reforms in military education.