Future Defense Visions

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

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Careerism and Psychopathy in the US Military

Weekend Edition April 29 - May 1, 2011 "Glibness, Superficial Charm, Grandiose Sense of Self-Worth, Deceitful, Cunning, Manipulative, L...

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

A Radical Plan for Cutting the Defense Budget and Reconfiguring the U.S. Military

Total savings: $279.5 billion. BY DOUGLAS MACGREGOR APRIL 26, 2011 In the spirit of spending wisely, here is my plan to reconfigure the mili...

Lean, Mean Fighting Machine

How to slash the Pentagon budget? Declare victory and go home. BY DOUGLAS MACGREGOR APRIL 26, 2011 Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, sai...

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Obama and Eden, kindred connivers

MACGREGOR: Obama and Eden, kindred connivers President repeats British leader’s Mideast blunders 60 years later By Col. Douglas Macgregor Th...

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Thoughts on Losing Our Way

Herbert sounds like a classic New Left socialist -- the evil capitalist warmongers are ensuring there are, few if any quality, good-paying j...

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Whither Army: A Frontline View

DoDBuzz.com March 14, 2011 By Colin Clark The Army is trying to figure out how to take advantage of the coming period of retrenchment and re...

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Fix the Army, Now!

Fix the Army, Now! By Douglas Macgregor Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011 11:59 am Posted in Land, Policy EDITOR: Doug Macgregor is alternately rev...

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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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