I will be perfectly honest (unlike a certain Senator): the inspiration for this post was spawned by a Washington Post opinion column by retired Army Lieut. Gen. David Barno. The opinion piece can be found here and I highly recommend it. Barno makes a series of excellent points concerning the so-called "end" of the thirteen years of …
Hurtling Towards Mediocrity: The Army “Garrison” Initiative and the Death of Innovation
The Angry Staff Officer 