Reforming the US Army: can be done, must be done
Don Vandergriff urges that the Army do drastic reform now, rather than waiting until after a serious defeat. It can be done.
Vandergriff explains the US Army’s leadership problem
A $trillion per year doesn’t buy a force that can win wars. A top military reform expert explains why.
Reforming the US Army: can be done, must be done.
{Military reform} is not attacking the people in the Army, many of which sacrifice so much so many times. It is not the people, the vast majority which really adhere to the values of the services; it is the systems that manage them that are so bad and out of date. A lot of people …
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How did the US Army’s leadership problem grow so bad?
Summary: The US spends $600 billion on the US military (narrowly defined; almost a trillion broadly), yet repeatedly fails to defeat our poorly trained and equipped foes. In this chapter of our series asking “why”, Don Vandergriff points to ways the Army selects and promotes officers (its problems are usually about people; seldom about hardware). …
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A Thanksgiving Day note
Summary:  Don Vandergriff tells us about a well-deserved Medal of Honor presented to SSG Giunta by President Obama.  As a contrast, Obama awards an undeserved Medal of Freedom to money, in the person of Warren Buffett. . For those of us not able to be present when this young NCO received the Medal of Honor, here is a video link to the …