A Counter View
by Colonel Robert M. Toguchi and Colonel Victor M. Rosello
Small Wars Journal
The Future of U.S. Ground Forces (Full PDF Article)
During recent testimony on 20 March 2009 before the Airland Subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Dr. Andrew Krepinevich of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments provided an interesting perspective on the future of U.S. ground forces. In particular, he noted the declining quality of the U.S. Army, the need to create a bifurcated force or "Dual Surge" force, and criticized the Army as barely being a "jack-of- all- trades" and "master of none." Several of his characterizations of the Army are debatable and perhaps not taken within the whole context of the U.S. Army's challenges and experiences.
