Get Real on Military Readiness
Get Real on Military Readiness by Admiral John C. Harvey Jr. at War on the Rocks.
… We have seen an ocean of ink spilled over such weighty questions as how big (or small) the Army should be, how many ships (and what type) the Navy should have, should the Air Force divest itself of entire fleets of current aircraft to make room for new procurement, etc. It’s a pretty long and impressive list containing most of the things we like to argue with each other about. And, in this town, things (aircraft, ships tanks, vehicles and missiles) have powerful advocates—things are built in congressional districts and building things provides jobs and helps drive economic development.
However, coming up with the why we need to develop, build and deploy these various things is a much more challenging task and one that this town does not do very well at all…
