Force Modernization and Readiness. A Zero Sum Game?
07.20.2013 at 01:37pm
Force Modernization and Readiness. A Zero Sum Game? By W. Jonathan Rue at War on the Rocks.
… Having made the decision not to size the military for large-scale, protracted ground combat, policymakers are attempting to prioritize modernization and readiness at the expense of personnel. There are, however, worrying signs that readiness is being sacrificed, and that budgetary pressure will result in the very thing we wish to avoid: a hollow military, which will make it impossible to project real power…
