Hold Joint Armed Services-Foreign Relations Defense Hearings

Hold Joint Armed Services-Foreign Relations Defense Hearings
Hold Joint Armed Services-Foreign Relations Defense Hearings

The best way for America to develop a consensus on what our defense and global security commitments should be is for Congress to have a lengthy series of posture hearings that delve deeply into these issues.    They could be jointly held by the Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committees from the two chambers, patterned…

Mattis Warns Against US Unpreparedness, Eye On Korea

Mattis Warns Against US Unpreparedness, Eye On Korea
Mattis Warns Against US Unpreparedness, Eye On Korea

AUSA: T.R. Fehrenbach’s seminal history, “This Kind of War: A Study in Unpreparedness” was center stage during Defense Secretary Jim Mattis‘ opening speech here this morning. The message to Congress and the American people, as well as the Army, seemed clear: war against North Korea is possible, though we’ll do everything possible short of war…

Korean War 2.0? The Signs To Watch

Korean War 2.0? The Signs To Watch
Korean War 2.0? The Signs To Watch

After threatening to rain four missiles around Guam, North Korea’s pudgy leader, Kim Jong-un appeared to back off today. The (spoof) official North Korean News Agency issued a fabulous tweet describing it, declaring: “Esteemed General Kim Jong-Un reprieves US colony of Guam, citing concern for ocelots and sea turtles. Fate of Los Angeles remains unclear.”…

Bring Back Artillery Submunitions; Russian Threat Too Great

Bring Back Artillery Submunitions; Russian Threat Too Great
Bring Back Artillery Submunitions; Russian Threat Too Great

Bob Scales has run a lot of war games. I covered him doing them back in the late 1990s. Plus he’s held a lot of the most important jobs in the Army, including at the Army’s home of artillery, Fort Sill. He was around when the battle was on to ban landmines, which bear many similarities…

Preparing for The Next War in Korea

Preparing for The Next War in Korea
Preparing for The Next War in Korea

Preparing for war can sometimes help prevent one, and those preparations are probably helpful if one does start. Perhaps it’s time to show North Korea what its forces would be in for, and to show our allies in the South that we are with them, seriously. The best course may be through field exercises conducted jointly by…