Doug Macgregor: Army Makes Another Bad Move — “Light” Tanks for Dead Infantry

Army picks two companies to build prototypes for a new cannon-toting vehicle to back up infantry My comment: The Army is pursuing a 1942 tactical solution to contemporary warfare. Providing light infantry with light tanks was a desperate measure in 1942 to make up for a lack of firepower and protection. It did not work …

Doug Macgregor: Jeff Groom on the Military Swamp

Drowning in the Military Swamp This Marine officer got out, but he left a dysfunctional, sclerotic bureaucracy behind. EXTRACTS: …company commanders had to fit 297 days of mandatory training into 256 available training days. …is it reasonable now to maintain nearly 160 golf courses across the world when less than half of Marine aircraft can …

Doug Macgregor: Europe’s Army, Macron’s Disease, Leaving NATO

Europe’s new regional defense ANALYSIS/OPINION: It’s official. Europe will soon have its own army and, presumably, its own regional defense. At least that is the stated goal of French President Emmanuel Macron. Mr. Macron is restating a position that German Chancellor Angela Merkel adopted some time ago that, “We Europeans must really take our destiny …