OUR ARMY IN PERIL

In the last years of the Vietnam War our political and military leaders allowed the Army to disintegrate into a hollow force. During my stint in the Army in the late 1980s I heard many harrowing first-hand accounts from senior officers and enlisted men about the Army at that time. My greatest fear since 9/11 is that this current crop of leaders will also, for purposes of political expediency, allow that to happen.

Thus, this story generated by a memo from the head of the Army Reserve is very disturbing.

I have been saying since 9/11 that we're going to need more guys, Frederick Kagan agrees.