Posted on Aug 1, 2016
SGT Alejandro Sarandrea
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By restructure and reorganize that includes introducing new MOSs and scrapping or folding over obsolete ones. It also means looking at strategic plans and unit structures for more efficient operational impact.
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SFC Richard Giles
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I think the military is constantly changing. The question is are they changing things for the good of the military or is all about PC? I don't know if this is a military thing, Pentagon thing or what but we need to learn how to win wars/conflicts again, really and truly we haven't won a war since WWII.
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To quote a military instructor of mine, "The answer is... it depends."

We can be our own worst enemy. At times we, DoD, are doing nothing but chasing our own tails not realizing that if we stop and turn around our tail is right there for the catching. We have advanced militarily beyond our Founding Father's wildest imaginations. However, even with all our advancements the battlefield remains the same. Our enemies know they will never be able to defeat us on the modern battlefield. They realized this starting in Korea (1950) continuing into Cuba (1961), Vietnam (1964), Somalia (1992), Afghanistan (2001) and culminating in Iraq (2003). Our enemies do not possess nor will they ever possess the technology to match us. We have been given a "run for our money" by a lesser enemy who should have been defeated by our superior firepower. Knowing they will never defeat us they have changed their tactics while we have largely ignored them. They use whatever means necessary to level the playing field. IEDs, VBIEDs, guerrilla tactics, terrorism, "lone wolf" attacks, civilian shields are their new tactics. We are not trained to defeat this "modern" enemy. Sometimes advancement and technology is a hindrance. Instead we are more concerned with people's feelings and their personal identity crisis, hurt feelings (PC) police, what uniform to phase in/out, what benefits to cut/keep, "mandatory" training, what is "fair", etc. Our enemies could care less about these things. I'm not saying these things are not important, just that we need to not lose sight of the real issues hindering us on the battlefield.

Our military is properly structured and force shaped for efficiency of a bureaucratic process as well as a fighting force on a modern battlefield. However, SOF is trained to perform unconventional warfare; we, as a whole, are not. If changes were to be made unconventional warfare is where we would need to develop our future force. We would need to integrate unconventional warfare into the lowest levels of the warfighter. How do we go about implementing that? Well... there lies a whole new conversation requiring echelons way above my rank.
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I think there are security concerns with disseminating our unconventional warfare tactics and that is why they keep it compartmentalized. But I see a trail of logic in what your saying. Also I think PC is a battlefront as well, meaning I see it as part of the fight; psychological tactics or at least that's what I hope. But you show you've given the question some thought thanks for your response.
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Yes it does, this is a constant thing. We must always look to how to do things better. The question is not if we should change it question is how should we change.
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If we didn't we'd still have the Camel Corps
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