Hard Choices for Ground Forces
10.18.2011 at 07:27am
Hard Choices for Ground Forces by David W. Barno, Nora Bensahel and Travis Sharp at Defense News.
Given today's fiscal constraints, together with a shift of emphasis to the Indo-Pacific Rim, the United States should make plans to reduce the Army and Marine Corps to roughly pre-9/11 levels. We believe that cutting below these levels would jeopardize the ability of the United States to prevail against determined adversaries in unexpected ground-force contingencies without potentially incurring heavy casualties…
