How The US Military Is Adapting To Fighting Prolonged Wars

DRONES ON DECK - A BQM-74E drone launches from the USS Lassen during a missile exercise in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 21, 2010. The Lassen is assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15. U.S. Navy photo by Petty officer 1st Class Carl T. Jacobson

Ever-Changing Army Fights The Longest-Ever War -- HDS Greenway, GlobalPost

Senior military officials talk about how US troops are fundamentally different than 10 years ago.

BOSTON — In an unusually high-level telephone conference briefing last night, senior military officers discussed with selected listeners the changing role of the armed services in this, the ninth year of warfare — not only our longest war, but the longest ever fought by a volunteer army, having now passed the war of the American Revolution.

Under strict ground rules, I am not allowed to say who the officers were, but here is what they had to say.

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My Comment: Forget about the impact that America's wars are having on its military .... the upcoming budget wars and curtailing a massive defit cit will impact the shape and future of the US military more than what in happening in Afghanistan and elsewhere.