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Doug Macgregor: Fiscal Reality and the American Way of War

Fiscal 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. See Also: Macgregor @ Phi Beta Iota

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Penguin: Doug Macgregor on Army Headed for Collapse — and How to Fix It

A sharper spear (good) pointed nowhere (bad). Our Army’s Headed for Collapse Here’s how to fix it. By DOUGLAS MACGREGOR Politico, June 02, 2014 Today, the Army of 550,000 has 11 active-duty four stars, each of which comes with massive amounts of overhead. This makes no sense. If the Army were a rowboat with nine …

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Richard Wright: Doug Macgregor on Wake Up – America Can’t Afford Its Military

Wisdom! Strategy & Policy Wake Up: America Can’t Afford Its Military By Doug Macgregor   EXTRACT: It’s no secret what’s required in 2012 and beyond: an efficient and effective organization of military power for the optimum utilization of increasingly constrained resources. More specifically, a serious audit of the U.S. Department of Defense, along with a …

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Right-Sizing the US Military–Doug Macgregor

Although there are important elements I disagree with — in some cases strenuously — US Army Colonel Douglas Macgregor (Ret.) has written an important piece on the fundamental changes and massive budget reductions that are needed to improve America’s ability to survive into the future. Macgregor gets the three essentials right, I believe: 1) the …

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