Can the Army hit the curveball?
The Army today is like a baseball hitter who thinks he is great but refuses to swing at curveballs, alleges Andrew Hill, a professor at the Army War College.
The Army today is like a baseball hitter who thinks he is great but refuses to swing at curveballs, alleges Andrew Hill, a professor at the Army War College.
That is, he says, the Army can’t succeed if it continues to refuse to think about the lessons of the last 15 years in Afghanistan and 13 years in Iraq.
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