The Aging Two MRC Force: An Alternative Approach to Force Modernization

Abstract

The National Military Strategy (NMS) is the force structure roadmap the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff provides to the President the National Security Council and the Secretary of Defense. In his cover letter introducing the 1995 National Military Strategy, General Shalikashvili emphasizes that "dramatic events comprising the end of the Cold War and the demise of the Soviet Union, as well as longer-term economic, demographic, environmental and technological developments, have profoundly altered the international security environment." He further "defines" the new security challenges as more ambiguous and equally dangerous. The most challenging aspect of the current NMS is the 1993 "Bottoms Up Review" (BUR) core requirement that US military forces be capable of fighting and winning two major regional contingencies - nearly simultaneously.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA441999

Entities

People

  • John W. Tennant

Organizations

  • National War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Asia
  • Attack Aircraft
  • Attack Helicopters
  • Battle Damage Assessment
  • Cold War
  • Force Structure
  • International Security
  • Military Strategy
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Reconnaissance
  • Security
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Strategic Security Studies