Future Defense Visions

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

Monday, January 27, 2014

Doug Macgregor responds to Elbridge Colby’s article

These comments refer to Elbridge Colby’s article below. I do not presume to change anyone’s mind, least of all the author’s, but I feel ...

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

War in Afghanistan: The Jig Is Up

http://original.antiwar.com/vlahos/2014/01/06/war-in-afghanistan-the-jig-is-up/ The last several years of US operations in Afghanistan hav...

Thursday, December 12, 2013

The U.S. and foreign affairs

December 11, 2013 - 02:20 PM By George Jackson Macgregor interview December 10, 2013 Macgregor interview December 10, 2013 A ne...

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

New US Strategy Carries Heavy Expectations

Douglas Macgregor responds: See the areas marked in yellow. This document will not address strategy. Like its predecessors since 19...

Monday, December 2, 2013

Iran's nuclear deal

November 27, 2013 - 04:14 PM By George Jackson Depending on who you ask, the deal with Iran is either an historic agreement or an...

Thursday, November 7, 2013

MTM Banner

Upcoming AFA Mitchell Institute Forum: The Department of Defense in an Era of Constrained Budgets: Smaller and Less Capable is Not the O...

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Special Conference 19 November 2013

The Macgregor Transformation Model (MTM) is growing in support on Capital Hill as well as the top ranks of our military as a way to const...

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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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