Future Defense Visions

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

Monday, February 27, 2012

Lean, Mean Fighting Machine

Cutting defense doesn’t mean going defenseless Topics for Discussion: •What is America’s top priority? •What are the threats to the U.S.? •H...

Should Special Operations Be Given More Autonomy?

DEBATE CLUB The United States Special Operations Command, or SOC, is comprised of elite military units that perform mostly covert missions i...

A Less Costly but Stronger Military?

Link to audio Thursday, Feb 09, 2012 Col. (Ret) Douglas MacGregor, a decorated combat vet, PhD and author of four books explains how we can ...

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

An Attack on Iran is Pearl Harbor Redux

When the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor, they did so on the basis of assumptions that were all false. First, the Japanese assumed that Americ...

Monday, February 6, 2012

Don’t waste a drawdown

As budgets shrink, let’s rethink how we organize, train and equip the Army http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2012/02/8817152 BY DOUGLAS MACG...

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Wake Up: America Can't Afford Its Military

AOL Defense December 27, 2011 By Doug Macgregor Through the last year the defense industries and their supporters in Congress worked overtim...

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Thoughts on Force Design in an Era of Shrinking Defense Budgets

By Douglas A. MacGregor ABSTRACT No force design can guarantee success, but an agile design may reduce risk and maximize options across toda...

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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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