McMaster on war (merged thread)

[Granite_State]

I think the elephant in the room on this is the FCS system of systems. Every time you see the word transformation in this paper think "FCS."

Was thinking the same thing. But I think that ship has already sailed.

[Steve Blair]

can we at least get his name right? It's McMaster, not McMasters. That last 's' doesn't belong.

Pet peeve of mine.

As for Anaconda...there was certainly enough blame/confusion/whatever to go around, but it also played into what the AF does not really want to do: CAS. They don't like it. Never have, no matter how much lip service it gets. We've had instructors here dismiss it as a waste of assets (and yes...I'm serious. And we're talking about O-5s instructing future AF officers). The Army messed up to be sure in a number of areas (some of which can be traced back to Franks, who is not high on my favorite 'leader' list), as Ken points out.