Originally Posted by
Sonny
Steve, et al,
My two cents on the Air Force article.
When I went through ROTC (back in 95-96, I was a "six-weeker"), they had a block of instruction for MOOTW; it was a short lesson, but at least it was an introduction. I am sad to hear that even that is going away, which runs counter to what you would expect considering our current operations. There must be a disconnect down at Maxwell.
Sad to say that IMHO the USAF pays little attention to small wars and MOOTW in its educational system (ROTC, SOS, ACSC, various FTU's, etc.)and published doctrine. To me this is a problem considering that we are more likely to be involved in a MOOTW or small war than in a major theater war. Somehow we need to balance what we teach and our doctrine so that we can better address operations at the lower end of the spectrum. We are the best when it comes to addressing conventional and nuclear war, but we need to do a better job in the realm of MOOTW, COIN, etc.
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