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Dragging American Military Culture into the 21st Century

By / Leave a Comment / 2 June 2013

Summary:  Our soldiers fight using 21st century weapons but ancient methods.  Under the stress of a decade-long and running long war against adaptive but poorly equipped enemies, our military slowly evolves from its WWI doctrines (massed firepower, 2GW), towards methods used by the Wehrmacht in WWII ( maneuver war, 3GW).  The origin of these doctrines lies in the century following …

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One telling similarity between the Wehrmacht and the US Military

By / 27 Comments / 3 October 2010

“Center of Gravity versus Lines of Effort in COIN“, Herschel Smith, at the Captain’s Journal (3 March 2008) — An article well worth reading.  Thoroughly researched, Smith provides several powerful insights and provides an excellent operational and tactical perspective. From a larger perspective this article shows how the 21st century US military is locked into a historically common trap.  No matter how …

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