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From: tedrick@ernie.Berkeley.EDU (Tom Tedrick)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Defense Dept. Cuts
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Date: 27 Nov 89 03:54:38 GMT
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From: tedrick@ernie.Berkeley.EDU (Tom Tedrick)
On the subject of cuts in the defense budget, a good reference is
"Thoughts of a Soldier" by von Seeckt (who rebuilt the German army
after WW1).

In outline, von Seeckt's program for rebuilding the army in a
time of severe constraints was to create a highly trained, highly
mechanized, highly mobile, hard hitting force. Soldiers were to
be trained so well that they could be immediately used at higher
rank so that the army could be quickly expanded in case of need.

Hope this isn't too political for this group.

Best,

      -Tom


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