Financial Times – The world has been so focused on US military performance in the war on terrorism, particularly in Afghanistan and Iraq, that it has paid little attention to the growing problems within America’s military forces and the failure of many US plans for force transformation.
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Command Post – Thomas P.M. Barnett on how the ability to wage network centric warfare and fourth generation warfare will be essential in a transformed US military.
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Washington Post – The Pentagon has drafted terms for an ambitious reshaping of U.S. forces that would put less emphasis on waging conventional warfare and more on dealing with insurgencies, terrorist networks, failed states and other nontraditional threats.
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Technology Review – Fascinating article that draws from a classified RAND study that describes how the Iraq War was supposed to be a preview of the new U.S. military: a light, swift force that relies as much on sensors and communications networks as on heavy armor and huge numbers. But once the shooting started, technology fell far short of expectations.
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Washington Post – Thomas Ricks on how top Pentagon officials are considering a new, long-term strategy that shifts spending and resources away from large-scale warfare to build more agile, specialized forces for fighting guerrilla wars, confronting terrorism and handling less conventional threats, officials said yesterday.
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BBC – President Bush announces withdrawals and redeployments of American troops around the world.

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Ubiquity – By anticipating evolution in social, threat and technological landscapes, the Office of Force Transformation makes changes before they’re needed
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Washington Post – Thomas Ricks surveys how much transformation has actually occured in the military during the Bush administration.
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