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After years of fighting insurgencies, the Army pivots to training for a major war
“We have a bad habit of not being able to stop the pendulum in the middle,” said retired Col. Joe Collins, a professor at the National War College.
That's not a bad thing, Col Collins. It allows different generations of military professionals to focus on different types of conflict. When an actual conflict comes, whoever's most expert will train the others.
What I'd rather see, however, are members of the military proficient at all types of conflict. When I got into B-52s in the early 1990s, I became proficient in SIOP (nukes), but within two years we were just as proficient dropping munitions in conventional conflicts.
Our military needs to be ready for anything. The more prepared they are to not only win, but absolutely decimate any opponent, the less likely they are to find themselves in such a conflict.
OCDO: What do you believe OUR role will be in the next war? How will our Second Amendment rights play a role? Do you think the antis will finally grow a brain and jump on board, or will they impede the war effort back here on the home front?
“We have a bad habit of not being able to stop the pendulum in the middle,” said retired Col. Joe Collins, a professor at the National War College.
That's not a bad thing, Col Collins. It allows different generations of military professionals to focus on different types of conflict. When an actual conflict comes, whoever's most expert will train the others.
What I'd rather see, however, are members of the military proficient at all types of conflict. When I got into B-52s in the early 1990s, I became proficient in SIOP (nukes), but within two years we were just as proficient dropping munitions in conventional conflicts.
Our military needs to be ready for anything. The more prepared they are to not only win, but absolutely decimate any opponent, the less likely they are to find themselves in such a conflict.
OCDO: What do you believe OUR role will be in the next war? How will our Second Amendment rights play a role? Do you think the antis will finally grow a brain and jump on board, or will they impede the war effort back here on the home front?