Gavins Paratroopers

[Mike Sparks]

General Gavin's EXACT thoughts in DETAIL are posted below:

Airborne Warfare
www.combatreform.com/airbornewarfare.htm

Cavalry
http://www.combatreform.com/cavalrya...meanhorses.htm

War & Peace in the Space Age
http://www.combatreform.com/warandpe...hespaceage.htm

Crisis Now
www.combatreform.com/crisisnow.htm

FYI "Small Wars" is a bogus BS USMC self-oriented term that is fundamentally ignorant of reality. There are two basic types of wars; Nation-State Wars (NSW) and sub-national conflicts (SNCs).

www.geocities.com/transformationunderfire

Maximizing violence as required for NSWs is the wrong organizational principle with the wrong type of people for SNCs. We need an older, more mature, THINKING, non-egomaniac group of adults dedicated and equipped specifically for SNCs that SMOTHERS violence:

www.combatreform.com/johnpaulvann.htm

The 19th Century-linear culture USMC weak ego lemming is the wrong person for SNCs and modern, non-linear NSWs; though the U.S. Army Airborne Paratrooper who THINKS and takes initiative is a good place to begin if screened not to have narcissistic personality disorder and is older than 25 who practices SNC tasks. We tried using light NSW forces for SNCs and have failed miserably since they have an anti-physical, anti-mechanized and anti-engineering bias due to their narcissism. Narcissism is the #1 problem and threat to the U.S. military and our nation's survival. Humility is not just moral its functional; without it we are lost.

To prevail in SNCs we will need a totally different type of organization, equipment and people not just "full-spectrum" racketeers driven by greed and ego.

AIRBORNE!

Mike