We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.
Need budget cuts? We probably can start by shutting the Air War College by Tom Ricks at Foreign Policy's Best Defense. BLUF: "... it costs at least $300,000 a year to send an officer to the AWC. So this looks like a good place to begin budget cuts, Secretary Gates. Close the place and send the students out into the world of civilian academia, where they will be challenged intellectually and might learn something."
Update
Gen. Kane's Response: Assessing the Air War College is a Matter of Perspective at Best Defense. BLUF:"At the end of the day, we've got perception and reality here, and as we all know sometimes the perception becomes the reality even if it is only in the mind of the individual observer. You can form your perception of our institution through Dan's chapter or my thoughts."
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Sorry, forgot the link to the other story.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/16/AR20090…
This suggestion doesn't really bother me. I mean, the impact of cuts to military trade schools would be negligible in the scheme of things, so this isn't really the greatest move to fix the budget, but it will gnaw at the group think that pervades the Officer ranks. Plus, I like the idea of military leaders-to-be attending graduate school with future leaders in other fields.
I'm not saying we need to flood MBA programs with military personnel, just that a graduate education in something like military history or mechanical engineering at civilian universities could widen perspectives and lead to a challenging of convention.