U.S. Military Not Prepared to Execute Its Primary Mission

Abstract

The U.S military has repeatedly been unprepared to execute its primary mission at the outbreak of hostilities. We have been prepared for the initial outbreak of any war. I think we have not been prepared for the aftermath of the invasion. We, the United States, have a bad habit of not really learning from history. My question would be why we dont? Is it our leadership that should understand? Do our military leaders learn from our past mistakes? We spend a lot of time in our schools studying previous lessons learned.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 18, 2008
Accession Number
AD1111671

Entities

People

  • Ronald C Cowan

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Army
  • Combat Operations
  • Human Behavior
  • Iraqi-War
  • Law Enforcement
  • Leadership
  • Lessons Learned
  • Night Vision
  • Noncommissioned Officers
  • Police
  • Prisoners Of War
  • Seal Teams
  • Security
  • Stability Operations
  • Storms
  • Terrorism
  • Training
  • United States
  • War
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.