military preparations http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/ en The Challenge of Fighting Small Wars While Trying to Adequately Prepare for Big Ones http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jrnl/art/challenge-fighting-small-wars-while-trying-adequately-prepare-big-ones <span>The Challenge of Fighting Small Wars While Trying to Adequately Prepare for Big Ones</span> <span><span>SWJED</span></span> <span>Thu, 09/20/2018 - 2:51am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item">Except for the initial invasion of Iraq in 2003, America has been fighting small, counterinsurgency wars since 9-11. This begs the question of whether fighting small wars inhibits or enhances our readiness to transition to large, high-intensity conflicts against peer or near peer competitors? The answer is complicated and somewhat ambiguous.</div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/challenge-fighting-small-wars-while-trying-adequately-prepare-big-ones" rel="tag" title="The Challenge of Fighting Small Wars While Trying to Adequately Prepare for Big Ones" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about The Challenge of Fighting Small Wars While Trying to Adequately Prepare for Big Ones</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Thu, 20 Sep 2018 06:51:21 +0000 SWJED 105412 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com Contemporary American Military Innovation http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jrnl/art/contemporary-american-military-innovation <span>Contemporary American Military Innovation</span> <span><span>SWJED</span></span> <span>Mon, 07/17/2017 - 4:26am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> The challenge of fighting today's war while preparing to win the next war.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/contemporary-american-military-innovation" rel="tag" title="Contemporary American Military Innovation" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Contemporary American Military Innovation</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Mon, 17 Jul 2017 08:26:57 +0000 SWJED 72269 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com