Author Topic: Pentagon’s Special Forces Need to Go Back to the Future  (Read 237 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

rangerrebew

  • Guest
Pentagon’s Special Forces Need to Go Back to the Future
« on: May 26, 2021, 10:47:26 am »
Pentagon’s Special Forces Need to Go Back to the Future

Green Berets and Navy SEALs have fought terrorists for two decades. The new mission against China and Russia requires Cold War skills.
By Hal Brands
May 24, 2021, 9:00 AM EDT
 

The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan this summer will bring an end to a supposedly “endless war.” It will also mark the close of a golden age for America’s special operations forces.

The global war on terrorism put the special operations forces, or SOF in military jargon, at the forefront of American strategy for a generation. It was a period in which SOF – these include not just the Army’s Special Forces (or Green Berets) but also Navy SEALs, Marine Raiders and others — made outsized contributions, reaped outsized rewards and suffered outsized losses.

Today, however, the U.S. is shifting its focus from counterterrorism to long-term competitions against China and Russia. To remain relevant in dealing with the threats of a new era, America’s special operators will need, somewhat ironically, to pivot back to their pasts.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-05-24/pentagon-s-special-forces-need-to-take-on-china-and-russia

rangerrebew

  • Guest
Re: Pentagon’s Special Forces Need to Go Back to the Future
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2021, 10:48:58 am »

Green Berets and Navy SEALs have fought terrorists for two decades. The new mission against China and Russia requires Cold War skills.
 

If this means having a stand down to get rid of PC "skills," I'm all for it. :yowsa: