Posted on Sep 23, 2014
LTG McMaster and his outlook on future warfare.
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I found this article this morning and figured I would share. LTG McMaster was my Squadron commander back when I was a PVT and the man is simply one of the best (if not the best) motivators I have ever met and had the pleasure of serving with.
http://www.army.mil/article/133446/McMaster_busts_myths_of_future_warfare/
http://www.army.mil/article/133446/McMaster_busts_myths_of_future_warfare/
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Excellent, short and to the point. No matter what whiz-bang tech develops you will always need boots on the ground to fight and win wars. I really liked the Tolstoy paraphrase. "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you." I must beg to differ only subtly: 1. While boots on deck will always be required this does not mean we get to sit out the tough process of innovation (see related thread ) 2. Just because war is interested in us doesn't mean we need to fight every war we can.
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I have seen that thread as well Sir. Just wondering what SSG Scott Williams thinks about what the LTG has to say in this link that I posted?
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LTC Paul Labrador
While I agree that we shouldn't necessarily get into fights at every turn, the world today is too interconnected for ANY kind of isonlationism. As much as we long for the good old days of the early 1900s, that world is long gone and short of a global catastrophe, is never coming back. Problems in other parts of the wolrd invariably WILL affect us. The question is do we shape the situation to our benefit or do we let the situation shape and limit our respsonses to it....?
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LTC Paul Labrador
And to use a commonly used analogy: It doesn't matter if we have the best kept backyard if the rest of the neighborhood has gone to crap.
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Interesting. I will have to give this a thorough read when I get home this evening. Thanks for sharing!
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