Army Leaders See Land Power On the Rise Amid Global Crises

By Sebastian Sprenger / October 12, 2015 at 3:48 PM
Senior Army leaders are making the case this week that only land warfare can decide military conflicts in America's favor, pointing to global crises that they perceive as languishing without boots on the ground. Outgoing service Secretary John McHugh and Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley made that argument at the annual Association of the United States Army symposium in Washington, where the audience traditionally needs little convincing of the ground service's objectives. "If the last 18 to 20 months...

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