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Special Forces Equals Green Berets. Got It? – Kim Dozier of AP
By KIMBERLY DOZIER | Associated Press | Nov 17, 2011 6:19 PM CST WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Army Special Forces Green Berets get plenty of acclaim — sometimes too much acclaim. Often it’s a case of mistaken identity. All special operations forces tend to get called, incorrectly, “Special Forces,” and many in the military are trying to borrow their job description: training foreign forces to fight America’s enemies overseas.In a climate of shrinking budgets, the Green Berets are branding themselves as the go-to force for counterinsurgency that can do the job with fewer troops than conventional forces. As the Pentagon divvies up money and missions, the Green Berets want to make sure their job isn’t handed to someone else. It’s not that the Green Berets don’t have their hands full. Some 87 percent … Read entire article »
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Duffy Sends 13 Nov 2011
I chose this article from the Washington Post Editorial Board as it conflicted so badly with comments GEN Mattis made at the Institute for the Study of War sponsored “Security in the Middle East” event last Friday that I attended. Below each of the service chiefs predict dire consequences to any cuts to their forces, intimating to do so would end the American Way of Life. GEN Mattis, on the other hand, stated that these cuts are not without precedence and the military has adopted and maintained standards in the past. He states “We will have to do less, but we won’t do it less well.” That seems to me a hell of a lot more realistic and pragmatic, and in my opinion much more accurate. U.S. defense on the defensive? By … Read entire article »
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