PPT (39 Slides): Reconnaissance Strike Group (in FY 17 NDAA)
SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/RSG-Briefing
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Doug Macgregor: Reconnaissance Strike Group
10 Security, DoD, Ethics, Military, Officers Call, Peace Intelligence, StrategyRobert Steele: Reinventing the US Army Part III – Strategy, Reality, Precepts, Structure, & Leadership
Advanced Cyber/IO, Analysis, Capabilities-Force Structure, Geospatial, ICT-IT, Leadership-Integrity, Officers Call, Peace Intelligence, Political, Reform, Strategy-Holistic Coherence, Threats, True Cost
Steele, Robert. Reinventing the US Army Part III – Strategy, Reality, Precepts, Structure, & Leadership, Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, Press, Projected Publication 2017.
Part III in the Reinventing the US Army monograph series.
Robert David Steele
This is the author’s preliminary draft of the third of three monographs focused on the future of the US Army as an expeditionary force in a complex world that is rapidly decentralizing while also facing major development challenges.
We have, with the election of Donald Trump,a once-in-a-century opportunity to rethink, reinvent, and reinvest in our national military concepts, doctrine, human capital, organizations, technologies, and command structures, while eradicating much of the waste that is characteristic of a “government specifications cost plus” approach to contracting. Donald Trump won against all odds, against both parties, without the support of the military-industrial complex. Donald Trump is “unshackled” (his word) – his instincts on costly foreign entanglements and the utility of organizations such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are on display.
Wars are won or lost in the decade or two before those wars begin. Whether countries have a Grand Strategy or not; evaluate all high-level threats or not; devise a coherent force structure in which all services and civilian agencies are complementary, inter-operable, and sustainable or not; invest in the human factor for leadership and solider agility or not – these will determine the outcome of future wars a decade or two before the first shot is fired.
If the US Army does not re-invent itself, it will absolutely not win the next war.
DOC: EIN 7FV42 ERAP Steele Vol 3 Reinventing the US Army 2.5 LINKS
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Doug Macgregor: The Reconnaissance-Strike Group – Statement to the National Commission on the Future of the Army
04 Inter-State Conflict, 10 Security, Ethics, Military, Officers Call, Peace Intelligence, Strategy
SHORT URL:
http://tinyurl.com/RSG-Testimony
STATEMENT TO THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE FUTURE OF THE ARMY
The Reconnaissance-Strike Group Proposal
By Douglas Macgregor, EVP, BMG LLC
Taylor Building, 2530 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA
18 November 2015
Doug Macgregor: Fiscal Reality and the American Way of War
Civil Society, Commerce, Ethics, Government, Peace IntelligenceFiscal Reality and the American Way of War
What is the strategic meaning of America's military drawdown? In this article, Macgregor explains the rationale for a reduced footfrint overseas and the results demand for “high lethality/low density forces” in American military power.
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James Kitfield: How Mike Flynn Became America’s Angriest General
08 Wild Cards, 09 Terrorism, 10 Security, Corruption, Government, IO Deeds of War, IO Impotency, Military, Officers Call, Peace Intelligence
How Mike Flynn Became America’s Angriest General
He was one of the most respected intelligence officers of his generation. Now he's Donald Trump’s national security alter ego, goading a crowd to lock Hillary Clinton up. What happened?
James Kitfield, Politico,
Pre-Order Review: The Art of Peace – Engaging in a Complex World by Juliana Geran Pilon
5 Star, Complexity & Resilience, Decision-Making & Decision-Support, Diplomacy, Humanitarian Assistance, Peace Intelligence, Peace, Poverty, & Middle Class
5 stars
Compelling, Insightful, Useful – Glosses Over Some Fundamentals
This book excels at offering a compelling overview of the severe deficiencies in US national security strategy, policy, and operations – it is one of the strongest indictments I have seen of our total inability to wage peace instead of war. Among the many high points covered by the author and included in my extensive notes:
01 USA has no Grand Strategy and no process for creating and executing a Grand Strategy. Deep in the book the author observes that not only is Grand Strategy the only means of fully employing all sources of national power, but it is also how one anticipates and avoids unintended consequences.
02 The elements of the US Government (USG) nominally responsible for waging peace – the Departments of State and Commerce, the US Agency of International Development (USAID), the US Information Agency (abolished in 1999) are under-trained, unsynchronized entities unable to deter conflict or build a lasting peace.
Charles Eisenstein: The Lid Is Off – An End to Allowable Hypocrisy?
Commercial Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence, Earth Intelligence, Peace Intelligence
It is getting harder to keep a secret these days. The collective shadow of our society, once safely relegated to the dark basement of the unmentionable, is now exposed to daylight, forcing us to face our contradictions. I’ll offer three examples: Donald Trump’s leaked recordings, Hillary Clinton’s emails and Wall Street speeches, and the endless procession of videos of police brutality. . . .
I could go on to make similar points about drone strikes, refugee camps, clearcuts, and all the other injury and injustice that technology and social media are bringing into view. For a long time, propriety and ideology have buffered normalcy from the ugly inner workings of its maintenance. . . .
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