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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 …
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All Arms Warfare in the 21st Century Subcommittee: SUBCOMMITTEE ON AIRLAND Date: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 Time: 03:30 PM Location: Room SR-232A, Russell Senate Office Building Colonel Douglas A. Macgregor, USA (Ret.) Executive Vice President of the Burke-Macgregor Group Download Testimony
The U.S. Army May Have Prepared for the Wrong War On February 7, Vice Chief of Staff for the Army Gen. Daniel Allyn stated that only three of fifty-eight combat brigades in the U.S. Army were sufficiently trained for wartime deployment, blaming the condition on sequestration. It is not the lack of money, however, that …
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Trump’s mission: Build a new American Army In January 1943, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, together with their respective military advisers, met in Morocco at Casablanca to devise the strategy that would win World War II. To some, the Casablanca Conference may seem like ancient history, but the exchange between …
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On the evening of 9 February 2017 Col Dr Doug Macgregor presented a new briefing to a packed house at the Metropolitan Club of Washington, DC. Summarizing his latest book, Margin of Victory, his extemporaneous commentary was riveting. His two most important points: first, that Grand Strategy covers all elements of national policy, not only …
Below is the briefing that was given to General Eric Shinseki, USA, then Chief of Staff of the US Army, by the British Army. Bottom line: wheels are limited to roads and permissive environments; tracks are essential for all-weather operations and non-permissive environments. PPT (19 Slides): FSCS/TRACER Wheels v. Tracks LTC Jakc Reiff DMP FSCS …
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