Why The Army Matters: Human Factors And Killing by Sydney J. Freedberg, JR., Breaking Defense.
The intellectual ice is beginning to break in the Army. You could see it at the Fort Belvoir Officers’ Club on Tuesday afternoon.
The US Army is wrestling with how to stay relevant once large-scale counterinsurgency in Afghanistan comes to an end. The Marines are going back to their roots — amphibious warfare — and they’ve got a piece of the hot concept called AirSea Battle. The Navy has little to worry about with the Pacific pivot highlighting the importance of the service’s global reach — and they’re central to AirSea Battle. The Air Force is still trying to figure out its real future but AirSea Battle gives it a major role.
But the Army. Ah, the Army. After months, if not years, of debating opaque and often vague ideas such as “the human domain,” “prevent-shape-win,” “regionally aligned forces,” and “strategic landpower” itself, it now looks as if someone’s come up with a coherent case — and, even more important, they are beginning to win over key civilians as well…