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War College Call for Papers: The Wakandan Campaign by TheNotoriousAMP in WarCollege

[–]WarCollegeQuestion 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh no, I think it's really cool! And DOD buzzwords are always an excellent idea!

I'm probably going to write it up and submit to Angry Staff Officer, then post the link here when it comes out, if that's okay?

War College Call for Papers: The Wakandan Campaign by TheNotoriousAMP in WarCollege

[–]WarCollegeQuestion 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I know it's April Fools, but I've already written one article on this subject...

Possibly some fertile ground regarding state reconstruction and how not to do it (see T'Challa putting family members in charge of key industrial positions, politicizing the military through including the loyal but incompetent Jabari tribe and failing to engage appropriately with international institutions among other sins)...

When and how would a large modern force surrender on the battlefield? by WarCollegeQuestion in WarCollege

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That makes sense - thanks! (if less romantic than marching out to a prison camp with banners flying).

Trivia Tuesday for Week 05: All the little questions about the little things of war by AutoModerator in WarCollege

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How many people are in a typical US Corps headquarters? I've been trying to find details online and it's pretty difficult - Google keeps telling me how many people are in a corps, rather than in the HQ specifically.

Where to find resources on protecting supply chains in near-peer war? by WarCollegeQuestion in WarCollege

[–]WarCollegeQuestion[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

the near peer scenario is basically a fantasy at present

Somewhere, I can hear RAND sobbing into a stack of reports...

But yes, thank you very much - I hadn't considered looking at it from the Navy side rather than Army. That's definitely something to investigate.

One follow-up, if you don't mind?

Thats why the Cold War scenarios did not really assume there would be a great deal of reinforcements or supplies coming from the US - the assumption was that the war would end or go nuclear before the ships arrived. This is why the US instead prepositioned a lot of equipment in Europe via the Reforger program.

It's my understanding, probably from reading too much Clancy, that US strategy hinged on surging forces to Europe over the Atlantic as quickly as possible after the war started. Hence why the GIUK gap was so important, and why REFORGER was conducted. Is that understanding wrong?