January 17, 2019
History Proves the U.S. Army Has a Big Problem
What’s odd here is we find similarities when comparing the latest FM 3-0, published in October 2017, to FM 100-5 Operations of Army Forces in the Field, published in September 1968 while Gen. William Westmoreland was the Army chief of staff. FM 3-0 resembles the losing strategy Westmoreland used in Vietnam. He sought victory by winning a head-to-head war by “grinding down†the enemy. If you were to compare the two Army field manuals, you would find that they are nearly identical.
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“You know you never defeated us on the battlefield,†said the American colonel. The North Vietnamese colonel pondered this remark a moment. “That may be so, but it is also irrelevant.â€
Tom note: Here is the second entry in our 10 Long March posts for 2018, the 9th most-read item of the year, which originally ran on May 10, 2018. These posts are selected based on what’s called ‘total engaged minutes’ (the total number of time spent reading and commenting on an article) rather than page views, which the T&P editors see as a better reflection of Long March reader interest and community. Thanks to all of you for reading, and for commenting–which is an important part of this column.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/history-proves-us-army-has-big-problem-41797
