Training for Peace: The U.S. Army's Post-Cold War Strategy.

Abstract

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the U.S. national military strategy had to go through dramatic change. This paper traces the policy and doctrinal evolution of this change and the corresponding adjustments to the Army's training strategy. A case is made that because operations other than war are significantly different from war itself, an expanded training approach is necessary. How the U.S. Army has responded to this need is examined in detail by evaluating the innovations occurring within the professional military education system as well as pre-deployment unit training. Considerable attention is devoted to documenting training enhancements made over the past several years. Where shortfalls exist, recommendations for improvement are made. The paper concludes with a problematic question resulting from an increasing operational tempo and a decline in real defense expenditures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 04, 1996
Accession Number
ADA311157

Entities

People

  • Michael J. Hardesty

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Interagency Coordination
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Education
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • Tactical Training
  • Training
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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  • Systems Analysis and Design