Future Defense Visions

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

Monday, July 28, 2014

One retired colonel is campaigning for more cuts - and Congress is listening

Reductions in end strength have to equate to thinning the operating force, Army leadership explains. (Army) By Michelle Tan Sta...

Calm before the storm as Europe poised to join economic war

The author of the Daily Telegraph essay exaggerates the 'danger' for journalistic effect. As we've noted before, Russia is ...

Saturday, July 26, 2014

Militarizing the Southern Border

July 23, 2014 - 03:47 PM By George Jackson Texas Governor Rick Perry says he will deploy up to 1,000 national guard troops to th...

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

U.S. Army Times

Colonel Macgregor has made the front page of U.S. Army Times! The "radical strategy that has Congress listening" is the Macgregor...

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Blowback in Iraq

The Petraeus Legacy Comes Home By Kelley Vlahos • July 15, 2014 Colin Kahl probably didn’t realize he was playing oracle when he l...

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Army Sends Congress Long-Awaited Analysis Of Combat Vehicle Industrial Base

Posted on InsideDefense.com : July 8, 2014 The Army has completed its long-awaited analysis of the combat vehicle indu...

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Official Ordered Out Of Bahrain After Meeting

Not happy with having screwed up most of the Middle East, the Administration wants to see our Allies burn too. This morning Obama r...

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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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