U.S. Military Establishment

1
U.S. Military Establishment

• Organizational Structure
• Evolution
• Present day
• Military Professionalism
• Doctrines
• Performance Patterns
• Military and Society

2
U.S. Military Spending vs. the World in
Billions

• "Allies" refers to the NATO countries, Australia
  Japan and South Korea. "Rogues" refers to Cuba,
  Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan and Syria.
  Source Center for Defense Information.

3
Military Professionalism

• Experts
• Continuing education
• Societal obligation
• Professionalism-legitimacy
• System fits into broader framework
• Reward system
• All Volunteer System

4
Weinberger/Powell Doctrine (1984)

• Vital national interest
• Total support
• Clear political and military objectives with
  forces large enough to achieve those objectives
• Continual reassessment between commitment and
  capabilities and objectives
• Public and congressional support
• Last resort
• Exit strategy?

5
Readiness?

• 4 measures of military capability
• Force structure
• Modernization
• Sustainability
• Readiness
• Ops Tempo

6
Civil-Military Relations

• Part of or Apart from society?
• Culture gap
• Social experiments
• Integration
• Dont ask
• USAFA
• Recruitment (ROTC?)
• Political Activities

7
Other Issues

• Two Regional Wars
• Transformation
• Weapons Acquisition
• BRAC
• Missile Defense