Posts Tagged ‘USMC’

Is Worry about Pakistani Nukes Serving to Keep the U.S. in Iraq?

Charles Knight. Project on Defense Alternatives Commentary, July 2007.

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It is my best guess that we won’t see an Army/Marine Corps invasion of Iran or Pakistan or North Korea. If the ‘new center’ in Washington was seriously considering interventions abroad that might require deploying up to 3 million troops, they would need to start providing basic training to a significant portion of Americans between the ages of 18 and 28 — and that, of course, means conscription.

Shaping U.S. Ground Forces for the Future: Getting Expansion Right By

Michèle A. Flournoy and Tammy S. Schultz, Center for New American Security, June 2007. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website (printable .pdf file).

No Good Reason to Boost Army, Marine Corps End Strength

Carl Conetta. Project on Defense Alternatives, 31 January 2007.

Counterinsurgency Field Manual FM 3-24

U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps, 15 December 2006