Quote Originally Posted by Cavguy View Post
Command risk acceptance is highly, highly chain of command driven.
Are these decisions made at battalion-level in the Army?

Quote Originally Posted by Cavguy View Post
Would be nice if we actually had enough helicopters. Unfortunately we don't, and won't until Iraq is finished. Iraq sucked down most of the army's Aviation asset. Until 2009-10, Iraq consumed 80% of the U.S. Army's combat forces of all kinds, while Afghanistan remained a secondary effort. We are only seeing change now.
Do we still maintain as national policy that our military should be able to fight two regional, mid-sized wars (Korea + 1) at a time? I remember that was the case when I was in high school (over 10 years ago), but don't know if it still is.