The USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group and South Korean navy ships participate in tactical maneuver training in waters west of the Korean Peninsula, Oct. 13, 2013. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ricardo R. Guzman
Army Warns It Could Have Trouble Handling Single War -- USA Today
WASHINGTON — Budget reductions could render the Army at "high risk to meet even one major war," according to documents obtained by USA TODAY, a warning the Army is sounding because it sees another war as inevitable before long.
The dire assessment by top Army officials to Pentagon leaders provides a glimpse of the behind-the-scenes struggle for the future of the military in a time of declining budgets.
The Army provided its assessment as each of the services is conducting a four-year scrub of its strategy and the resources needed to meet it, a process called the Quadrennial Defense Review.
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My Comment: Quoting former Defense Secretary Rumsfeld .... "You go to war with the army you have---not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time". Unfortunately .... while I do have confidence that the U.S. military can conduct and fight a single major war .... because of cutbacks and not having enough money for equipment and training ... there will be consequences .... mainly higher casualties.
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