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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: tekboy who wrote (26453)4/22/2002 11:17:41 AM
From: stockman_scott  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
tek: Great post from FA on The Defense Dept. under Rumsfeld...here's a passage that caught my attention...

<<...By and large, American generals and admirals today are, as senior military officers usually have been, competent and conservative. But underneath them exists a cadre of energetic young officers whose familiarity with information technology and willingness to experiment with it represents something more radical. Increasingly, they have both operational experience and advanced technical education, and they are slowly but surely dragging the system along with them. Whatever stodginess and hierarchy may exist in the U.S. military, the truth is that the majors and lieutenant colonels, and even the sergeants operating the hardware, have a certain power to press their superiors, and they use it...>>
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