Gordon Sullivan

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Army Soldiers Will Fight: Buy Them The Tools To Win

Army Soldiers Will Fight: Buy Them The Tools To Win
Army Soldiers Will Fight: Buy Them The Tools To Win

Budget battles between the Army and what would become the Air Force date back to the court-martial of Billy Mitchell in 1925. In the late 1990s the two services hurled imprecations, arguments and doctrine at each other as they fought over a shrinking pool of money, a situation not unlike what we face today. Those stresses are…

Army 2016 Forecast: A Year of Peril

Army 2016 Forecast: A Year of Peril
Army 2016 Forecast: A Year of Peril

  The Army has gotten smaller every year since 2011, while the threats have gotten greater. Simply put, America’s Army – our nation’s foundational force since 1775 – is asked to face a dangerous and uncertain world with reduced and uncertain resources. It is confronted by turmoil abroad and hindered at home by politicians unable or…

AUSA: Seeking Stability (& Sanity) In 2015

AUSA: Seeking Stability (& Sanity) In 2015
AUSA: Seeking Stability (& Sanity) In 2015

The regular Army and the National Guard are increasingly at loggerheads — not because they don’t respect each other, but because both want to protect their funding, their mission, and their people from zero-sum budget cuts. We asked the chiefs of the two leading advocacy groups involved to present their very different views for the way…