Posted on Sep 23, 2014
LTG McMaster and his outlook on future warfare.
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I found this article this morning and figured I would share. LTG McMaster was my Squadron commander back when I was a PVT and the man is simply one of the best (if not the best) motivators I have ever met and had the pleasure of serving with.
http://www.army.mil/article/133446/McMaster_busts_myths_of_future_warfare/
http://www.army.mil/article/133446/McMaster_busts_myths_of_future_warfare/
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Excellent, short and to the point. No matter what whiz-bang tech develops you will always need boots on the ground to fight and win wars. I really liked the Tolstoy paraphrase. "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you." I must beg to differ only subtly: 1. While boots on deck will always be required this does not mean we get to sit out the tough process of innovation (see related thread ) 2. Just because war is interested in us doesn't mean we need to fight every war we can.
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1SG (Join to see)
I have seen that thread as well Sir. Just wondering what SSG Scott Williams thinks about what the LTG has to say in this link that I posted?
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LTC Paul Labrador
While I agree that we shouldn't necessarily get into fights at every turn, the world today is too interconnected for ANY kind of isonlationism. As much as we long for the good old days of the early 1900s, that world is long gone and short of a global catastrophe, is never coming back. Problems in other parts of the wolrd invariably WILL affect us. The question is do we shape the situation to our benefit or do we let the situation shape and limit our respsonses to it....?
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LTC Paul Labrador
And to use a commonly used analogy: It doesn't matter if we have the best kept backyard if the rest of the neighborhood has gone to crap.
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Interesting. I will have to give this a thorough read when I get home this evening. Thanks for sharing!
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This is the first time I have heard of this individual and I must say I respect what he had to present. I would be interested in finding more articles, postings or publications he has put out. Seems to "Get it"
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He wrote a book "Dereliction of Duty" (good read) and he is featured in a few different documentaries, this being about the most popular
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHRCSuvhcFE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHRCSuvhcFE
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Well respected officer for sure that I have ever met in the Army. Our entire class was able to meet him here on Ft Benning in April during our career course and he spoke about leadership and command. Won't ever forget that great evening along with other guests I met there.
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Amen 1SG (Join to see) He was our boss during OIFI and made the top 100 influential people list for the last century. BAMF!!!
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LTC Paul Labrador
Actually he took command a few months after we got back. The RCO for OIF1 was COL Teeples. LTG McMasters was the RCO for OIF3. I PCS'd out of the Regiment about a month or two after he took command. It was one of my regrets that I didn't get to serve under his command.
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Splendid. I agree. People do the work. No matter the tech or the gear, without the people we lose.
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What a down to earth evaluation! It DOES seem that everyone wants to take the human equation out of planning to fight current and future wars. Thanks for sharing this!
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1SG (Join to see)
He is an Officer that is very down to earth MSG. He is not afraid to put things in terms that anybody can understand, and there is no need to analyze anything the man says because he means what he says and says what he means.
If you look at the Wikipedia page for him it talks about him being passed over for promotion a few times and many say that the book he wrote as a CPT (if I recall correctly) "Dereliction of Duty" was pretty controversial and likely the cause of it.
If you look at the Wikipedia page for him it talks about him being passed over for promotion a few times and many say that the book he wrote as a CPT (if I recall correctly) "Dereliction of Duty" was pretty controversial and likely the cause of it.
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MSG Wade Huffman
1SG (Join to see) , all too often doing (or saying, or writing) the right thing has consequences. It's good to hear that there are still those out there willing to do it anyway!
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