Will US military failures touch off a ‘revolution from below’?
The civ-mil divide and the health of our volunteer forces are of urgent concern right now, with blame pointed at the top.
Jeff Groom is a former Marine officer and the author of American Cobra Pilot: A Marine Remembers a Dog and Pony Show (2018). He is also a regular contributor to The American Conservative magazine. Follow him on Twitter @BigsbyGroom.
The civ-mil divide and the health of our volunteer forces are of urgent concern right now, with blame pointed at the top.
This isn’t about seizing islands on the other side of the globe, but keeping territory in the Pentagon bureaucracy.
The defense secretary is being hailed for his reforms, but what we got is standard budget fare dressed up to look like a new menu.