Future Defense Visions

General examination of future defense trends and
considerations for reform to achieve maximum efficiency.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

U.S. Army Drafts Some Specs for New Vehicles

See the article below. Funny, but General Vane argued just months ago how the MGV was definitely the answer to the 'lessons learned in ...

Bacevich is Right!

In 1991 the United States government was perfectly willing to stand by while the Shiite Arabs and Kurds rebelled, toppled Saddam Hussein, an...

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Leave Now, Not Later

In a memo that has been made public by The Times, Col. Timothy Reese, a senior American military adviser in Baghdad, calls “for the U.S. to ...

Response to: WISHFUL THINKING AND INDECISIVE WARS

Peters is becoming increasingly shrill in his desperate call for the expenditure of more American blood and treasure in conflicts entirely u...

Thursday, July 2, 2009

ARMY TO COMPETE FCS ‘SPIN-OUT SETS’ BEYOND FIRST THREE BRIGADES

Inside the Army - 7/6/2009 Negotiating first production contract with Boeing ARMY TO COMPETE FCS ‘SPIN-OUT SETS’ BEYOND FIRST THREE BRIGADES...

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Army Picks the Wrong Future

Army Chief of Staff General George Casey is considering an increase in the number of light infantry brigades centered on the Stryker armored...

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Iraq on brink of third great mistake

Asia Times Online May 8, 2009 Iraq on brink of third great mistake By W Andrew Terrill It is at least possible, if not likely, that differen...

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Future Defense Visions

Douglas A. Macgregor, Ph.D.: Colonel (ret) Douglas Macgregor is a decorated combat veteran, the author of four books and a PhD. He is also Executive Vice President of Burke-Macgregor Group LLC, a consulting and intellectual capital brokerage firm based in Reston, VA. He was commissioned in the US Army in 1976 after one year at VMI and four years at West Point. His groundbreaking books, Breaking the Phalanx (1997) and Transformation under Fire (2003) has influenced change inside America’s ground forces. His doctoral dissertation, The Soviet-East German Military Alliance, published as a book by Cambridge University Press in 1989. In 1991, he was awarded the bronze star with “V” device for valor under fire with the Second Armored Cavalry Regiment that destroyed a full-strength Republican Guard Brigade on 26 February 1991. The Battle of the 73 Easting, the U.S. Army’s largest tank battle since World War II is the subject of his book, Warrior’s Rage. The Great Tank Battle of 73 Easting. Macgregor has testified as an expert witness on national security issues before the House Armed Services and House Foreign Relations Committee. He is a frequent guest commentator on radio and television.

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