Posted on Feb 4, 2016
What are the US principles of war and what do they mean?
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MAJ Ken Landgren The first one to come to mind is: Direct every military operation toward a clearly defined, decisive and attainable objective. It's self explanatory
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MAJ Ken Landgren
One example was despite the differences on strategy, the allied forces wanted to attack Germany.
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Modern principles of War 2016.
1. Sequestration.
2. Lead from the rear.
3. Put off maintenance.
4. Lower morale by having COLA pegged to 1% less than CPI.
5. Have the ability for one humanitarian contingency operation.
6. Cut troops of RA to 420,000
7. Defer important decisions to next administration
8. Hollow Army 1970s or 1940 all over again
1. Sequestration.
2. Lead from the rear.
3. Put off maintenance.
4. Lower morale by having COLA pegged to 1% less than CPI.
5. Have the ability for one humanitarian contingency operation.
6. Cut troops of RA to 420,000
7. Defer important decisions to next administration
8. Hollow Army 1970s or 1940 all over again
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LTC (Join to see)
MAJ Ken Landgren - add to that...when Gen. Shinseki was fired after he asked Rumsfeld what about the After in Iraq 2003? Shinseki wanted 3 times the forces and if you see How We lost Iraq on PBS' Frontline show...within 48 hours of firing of the Iraqi army, the IEDs and the insurgency began.
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LTC (Join to see)
LTC (Join to see) - I am for a strong military and not a hollow force that we are morphing into now.
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MAJ Ken Landgren
Take an insurgency elective if you can. Its fun, easy, and eye opening. You live in Seattle?
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I think the last Principle is Unity of Command. There is a singular chain of command. The union army had a difficult time because generals would not agree when they started their campaigns.
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MSgt Darren VanDerwilt
Very good point. The Union Army didn't start winning the war until Grant took charge and the other armies started their campaigns in concert with the overall attrition strategy. Sherman's march through Georgia and Sheridan's Valley campaign through the Shenandoah coupled with the Navy's blockade and Farragut's victory and capture of Mobile Alabama.
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