US Military Operations
The last and most important battle of any war is
writing its history.
Walt Rostow wrote in 1996 that "...every conflict in which Americans have been engaged has involved public controversy. And this is to their credit, for who wants war? In the Revolutionary War, perhaps one-third of the people wanted independence; one third were pro-British; and one-third were simply out to make a fast buck by selling supplies to the Continental Army. In the war of 1812, the New England states, after the Hartford Convention, passed a resolution calling for withdrawal from the union rather than joining in the war against Canada. The Mexican War stirred great controversy in the United States. The Civil War split the nation from top to bottom. The Spanish-American War was followed by the unpopular conflict with the Philippine guerrillas. The First World War, like the Civil War, touched off draft riots. The Korean War left Truman more unpopular than either Nixon at the nadir of his fortunes, or Lyndon Johnson at his lowest point in the polls."
"At what point shall we expect the approach of danger? Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant to step the ocean and crush us at a blow? No! All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with the treasures of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest, with a Bonaparte for a commander, could not, by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years. At what point, then, is this approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It can not come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time or die by suicide."
Abraham Lincoln
Iraq
World War IV
Counterterrorism
Southwest Asia
Former Yugoslavia
Counterdrug
Other Current Ops
Exercises
Where are the Legions?
Boots on the Ground - Active
Boots on the Ground - ARNG
Where are the Carriers?
Where are the Gators?
Operation Plans [OPLAN]
Status of Forces Agreements
Major Theater War (MTW)
Small-Scale Contingency (SSC)
Stability Operations (SASO)
Flexible Deterrent Options (FDO)
Air Power
Sea Power
Land Power
Amphibious Warfare
The World At War
Then conquer we must,
for our cause is just,
And this be our motto:
"In God is our trust";
And the star-spangled banner
in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free
and the home of the brave.
The Star Spangled Banner
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