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IMO the Army is not short of personnel, it just woefully misuses those it has. I'd also suggest that any competent Infantry Squad Leader should be able to call in Air -- it was so with Marines in...

Good to know the change in wording occurred. As you say, at the time the item I quoted was written, it made sense. While logically agreeing with its premise, my fear was that it, like a lot of...

and agree that the Darling-Lawlor article is quite parochial and has some flaws while the Clark-Reeves article is not "hopeless" IMO (and I'm unsure why it was so tagged...). I further agree the...

Not terribly worrisome but it is a constant and it does have some minor adverse impacts.Yep, makes sense. Also more effective. Unfortunately, it's costly and not terribly 'efficient.' We're bigger...

If it were, I'd agree. Our problem is that other than the Marines who do have integral air to an extent -- but only to an extent and even they may often get support from the Dutch, the French, The...

Totally understand the problem and where you're coming from but the far better solution is for the troops on the ground to have better situational awareness and a sense of direction. That means...

Nor will it change in future MCO due to the comparative expense of other combat elements. Infantry will always have the numbers to achieve economies of scale denied others... :D :cool:

I'm often asked why I'm unreasonably and implacably opposed to 'Think' Tanks and academics who are 'Strategists' or military experts. Theoreticians with considerable book knowledge and little...

In reverse order, yes, our defense spending is terribly inefficient, no question. :mad:

However your "close to a trillion USD" is possible only if you count the Veteran's Administration, the...

fruitfulness is not one of our important tenets... :D

Payback is one.

And yes, that means we get trapped in messy situations. :wry:

Agree.
Don't think they can be 'defeated.' Rendered virtually impotent? Probably.
I'd paraphrase that; "National resources should be devoted to to something in proportion to their gross...

use air power for 'policing' is unlikely. The Afghans are pretty wily and more than willing to shop each other.

Add to that the lack of infrastructure to target, the dispersion factor (by ...

my day, the CCT Squirrels were accused of being far and away too Army - oriented by the rest of the AF ...:wry: