We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/05/iraq_and_afghanistan_provide_a_needed_shapeup_to_the_army.html Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Not that I thought we were doing things badly before the war... but we're doing them much better now - at least in terms of training the troops. You can argue lots of things at the Colonel-level and higher! From today's Strategy Page update: THE WAY THINGS REALLY WORK: The Iraq Effect on Military Training May 28, 2004: Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have forced the U.S. armed forces to change the way it trains it troops. Especially for the army, which is supplying over two thirds of the troops (but has less than half the manpower in the Department... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/05/iraq_and_afghanistan_provide_a_needed_shapeup_to_the_army.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/05/iraq_and_afghanistan_provide_a_needed_shapeup_to_the_army.html Fri, 28 May 2004 06:32:48 -0600