Future Defense Visions

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

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Syrian Fiasco

General (ret) Barry McCaffrey, MSNBC’s favorite four-star military analyst, is telling Americans how easily the modest application of Amer...

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Building a True 21st Century U.S. Military

When it comes to reform of the U.S. military establishment, we’ve tinkered on the margins far too long. We are currently in the ninth ver...

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Strategic Implications for the Army in the Post‐ 2012 Election Environment

A presentation by Douglas Macgregor, PhD Colonel (ret) U.S. Army Executive VP Burke-Macgregor Group LLC Command and General Staff Coll...

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Colonel Douglas Macgregor on Two Failed Wars and Why He Supports Ron Paul for President

Sunday, April 15, 2012 – with Anthony Wile http://www.thedailybell.com/3791/Anthony-Wile-Colonel-Douglas-Macgregor-on The Daily Bell i...

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Turkey to host another round of nuclear talks with Iran

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...

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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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