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	Wikinfo \| Armed force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Militaries in many larger countries are divided into an army, an air force, and a navy (if necessary).
		The investment in military forces and their associated technologies can result in many ancillary benefits to the society as a whole.
		These military investments are increased during a war or other conflict, and in a virtuous cycle can accelerate the technological development of the society as a whole.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=military (616 words)

	Military incompetence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Military incompetence refers to failures of military organisations, whether through incompetent individuals or through a flawed institutional culture.
		The effects of isolated cases of personal incompetence can be disproportionately high in military organisations, where strict hierarchies of command and an institutional culture devoted to following orders without debate mean that a single bad decision can direct the work of thousands.
		N.F.Dixon - On the Psychology of Military Incompetence
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_incompetence (361 words)

	Psychology of Military Incompetence : Melbourne Indymedia
		One of the principle factors in the origin of military disasters is the inability of commanders to heed bad news or inconvenient intelligence reports; preferring to lie to themselves, their troops and their nation and to rely on triumphal thinking.
		Incompetence may be due to a lack of adequate training, skill, aptitude or experience.
		Administrative incompetence refers to the inability of an organisation as a whole to adapt to change and innovation as well as the inability of an organisation to learn from past mistakes.
	www.melbourne.indymedia.org /news/2006/10/127912_comment.php (2093 words)

	Armed force
		The state of readyness of a military organisation may be indicated by its DEFCON state (US) or BIKINI state (UK).
		On the other hand they may also harm a society by engaging in counter-productive (or merely unsuccessful) warfare, by domestic repression, or simply by supporting the idea that violence (or the threat thereof) is the way to get what one wants.
		Military investment in science and technology sometimes produces side benefits, although some claim that greater benefits could come from targeting the money directly towards things that would improve life instead of ending it.
	www.knowledgefun.com /book/a/ar/armed_force.html (575 words)

	How the US military stumbled to victory in Grenada - Military Photos
		But according to officers responsible for settling damage claims, the military knew full well that a machine gun was positioned on the mental hospital grounds, and decided to attack the facility because it had become a combat area.
		The one constant in the Mayaguez rescue, the Iran raid, and the Lebanon incursion is the intelligence failure.
		From the perspective of military bureaucracy it was also a success, insofar as almost every unit and officer that took part (and even many who did not) was able to enhance his career by being awarded a medal.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=29208 (5263 words)

	LankaWeb News
		Like all previous catastrophic military defeats suffered by the Sri Lankan Armed Forces, the destruction of the strategically vital Elephant Pass base, its' satellite bases and the immense loss of lives and military ordnance to the LTTE will soon be whitewashed in the official record.
		Even when military officials are involved in the specification and purchase of weapons systems, they display staggering levels of naivety and ignorance that would be laughable if the results of their criminal negligence were not so serious.
		In a display of military incompetence almost unparalleled in the post-World War II era, the Sri Lankan Armed Forces have demonstrated one consistent organisational trait.
	www.lankaweb.com /news/features/lionled.html (1976 words)

	Military_futurecast
		Military strategy continues to be influenced by the same principles as those that influenced Hannibal over 2,200 years ago.
		Western military might must be substantial enough, and the willingness to use it must be visible enough, to convince even the most rabid and heavily propagandized rabble that compromise and accommodation is the only prudent course for their leaders to follow.
		At least where Western interests are involved, this Western military might must be substantial enough - and the willingness to use it must be visible enough - to convince even the most rabid and heavily propagandized rabble that compromise and accommodation is the only prudent course for their leaders to follow.
	www.futurecasts.com /Military_futurecast.html (10227 words)

	CHAPTER 15
		And the military denied that "atomic soldiers," positioned near nuclear detonations, were not affected by radiation.
		Military production reactors for plutonium and tritium have not operated since mid-1988, and the last U.S. nuclear test was conducted in September 1992.
		In the 1990s there were growing complaints about military readiness, both from within the military and from Republicans who claimed that the president allowed the military to erode.
	www.angelfire.com /ca3/jphuck/BOOK3Ch15.html (20055 words)

	Russian Military Reform - CDI Russia Weekly #239
		This was all part of the military's continuing belief that they only lost the first Chechen war because the politicians sold them out, a view not unlike that of the stab in the back that so corroded Germany's politics after 1918.
		Rather than accept professionalization, the military leadership still believes in conscription and mass mobilization, as evidenced by their recent calls to draft deferred college students, because the autumn draft collared only 11 percent of the eligible pool.
		For while this military continues to dominate defense policy and Russian leaders refuse to democratize the armed forces and defense policy; Russia will have armed forces that cannot defend the country but that actually will continue to be the main threat to Russia's security, prosperity and democracy.
	www.cdi.org /Russia/239-9.cfm (1453 words)

	Chechnya suicide bombers 'used Russian military links' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The vehicles, the heavier of which bore Russian military plates and caused the greatest number of casualties by speeding a ton of TNT into the canteen during the lunch hour, had been driven from the Nadterechny district in northern Chechnya and passed unimpeded to Grozny.
		Many think that the Chechen government and Russian military are themselves in conflict, trying to preserve their control of the region while the Kremlin imposes a peace plan and elections for a new government on the republic, ravaged by two separatist wars in the past 12 years.
		The military has also faced a series of embarrassing security breaches during its wars in Chechnya and subsequent attempts to restore 'peace' to the region.
	www.prisonplanet.com /news_alert_123002_terror.html (512 words)

	DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Conversely, it is why, given the sustained nature of contrary outcomes throughout the world, the initial question must address the competence of this regime to rule, or rather, its incompetence in the face of circumstances beyond its comprehension and control, but not, it seems, its ambitions.
		temperamental incompetence is not, therefore, even a remotely possible explanation even though, the purpose of the following analysis is to explain how a relative minority of global economic strategists came to be able to wreak so much havoc upon humankind.
		Conversely, defecting from Economics would be the source – and probably the only imaginable source -- of shame inasmuch as it would be not only a public admission or wrongdoing, but an act of flight in the face of a threatening situation which if followed by others in sufficient numbers would culminate in a rout.
	www.isanet.org /noarchive/mckinley.html (6827 words)

	Military Competence
		So was it the military that caused all of those casualties, or were some superb infantrymen inhibited in their military functions because they were held hostage to an ongoing debate among the Congress, the administration, and the media?
		These are the sorts of issues that the military reform movement should be addressing, and they should be addressed from the umbrella of national policy, not solely from the narrow perspective of the implementers of that policy.
		Our political system should encourage the military to pick its leaders according to their dedication to such military intangibles as duty, discipline and leadership, rather than their ability to deal with the political system itself, and then trust their recommendations and actions.
	www.jameswebb.com /speeches/milcompetence.htm (3502 words)

	Al-Muhajabah's Islamic Blogs: The Coming Military Takeover of America?
		Unlike its role in the past, the military is now involved in policymaking—a state of affairs that inevitably raises the specter of a figure-head president manipulated by the military elite.
		This concentration of power in one military office was specifically and overwhelmingly rejected by Congress in the past—in 1947, 1949 and 1958—on the grounds that in a democracy, no single military officer, no matter what his personal qualifications, should have such power.
		Fourth, we must ensure that the military is staffed at both the officer and enlisted levels with diverse elements of all races and classes.
	www.muhajabah.com /islamicblog/archives/the_clipboard/005628.php (2357 words)

	Rebellion in Chiapas and the Mexican Military
		The incompetence and unpreparedness of the Mexican armed forces in facing the rebels was a recurring theme in the American documents.
		The Mexican military is rebuilding elements of its force structure to better fight the same type of internal enemy.
		In response to the uprising the government has "diverted many police and military units from their regular missions and assigned them to counterinsurgency duty in Chiapas." The analyst predicts that, should the rebels continue to successfully defend themselves, the changes may prove permanent.
	www.gwu.edu /~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB109/index.htm (5593 words)

	Why the U.S. Military is incompetent and American Survival is at Risk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The classical military historian sees political or religious causes playing their part is irritants; the Marxist sees purely economic factors; while others, perhaps, see the cause and conduct of war as embedded in, and the consequence of specific cultures.
		The first is that military organizations may have a particular propensity for attracting a minority of individuals who might prove a menace at high levels of command, and the second is that the nature of militarism serves to accentuate those very traits which may ultimately prove disastrous.
		Timing begin unexplained the even greater depth of incompetence shown on this occasion by the enemy, of whom is been said: quotation Martin the Russians, with more men in the field and immense potential reserves, were even bigger monitors than their invaders, and seen to move in the day dream of battle.
	www.geocities.com /militaryincompetence (21632 words)

	MILITARY REFORM: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Having defined military incompetence, Gabriel devotes most of the remainder of the book to discussions of military operations in which our armed forces have either failed outright or performed poorly in the presence of minimal opposition.
		The reformers generally believe that the basic causes of incompetence in the US military are to be found in an overly large bureaucratic officer corps.
		Hart and Lind, 189, 238-40; and Gabriel, Military Incompetence, 8-9.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/aureview/1987/baucom.html (4365 words)

	Commander in Iraq Mutiny Relieved of Duties
		Yet history has often proved the mutineers to be correct in their judgment of the incompetence or futility of military orders.
		The U.S. military has always refused to condone defiance of orders except in cases where the orders were unlawful, such as calling for committing war crimes.
		The U.S. military still follows this view by considering the incompetence of an order largely during the sentencing of the mutineers rather than when considering guilt.
	www.truthout.org /docs_04/printer_102204B.shtml (879 words)

	http://www.qando.net/ - Military Incompetence
		And before overrunning that military, we conducted a campaign to get Iraqi officers to defect or otherwise walk away from the fight.
		This guy has the ear of the SecDef and the JCOS as well as the all the military planners and, apparently, they are listening with great interest.
		Speaking of civil government, it is my understanding that the army has whole units, mostly reserve, that specialize in military government.
	www.qando.net /details.aspx?Entry=3740 (1853 words)

	Inside the Iraqi forces fiasco \| Salon News
		Back in March, Marine Maj. William McCollough, the commanding officer of a small team of U.S. military advisors training an Iraqi army battalion in the volatile Anbar province, found out that his team had failed to receive a supply of 40 mm grenades.
		They were crucial munitions: Since the 15-man team of Marines had arrived in late January in the al-Jazirah region, an insurgent hotbed between Fallujah and Ramadi, the small compound they shared with their Iraqi counterparts had been attacked almost every night.
		Initially, the prospect of embedding with what appeared to be a team of military baby sitters was uninspiring.
	www.salon.com /news/feature/2006/08/14/military_advisors/index.html (531 words)

	Military Zone - British Council
		The charge of the Light Brigade, which took place during the Crimean War, is one of the most famous incidents in British military history.
		It is also one of the most obvious examples of military incompetence.
		And so Lucan instructed Cardigan to enter 'the valley of death' and the quite unnecessary 'Charge' of the Light Brigade entered the annals of military incompetence.
	www.learnenglish.org.uk /militaryenglish/magazine/people.asp?person=72 (600 words)

	Asia Times: Putin builds a big hammer
		The current delay is not a reflection of Russian military incompetence or fear, but is the result of Putin assembling a substantial hammer.
		The elite forces being deployed to Dagestan are intended to set a new precedent for Russian military power and to form the nucleus of the rebuilt Russian military.
		According to anonymously sourced military estimates in the Russian press, the Russian military intends to commit from 10,000 to 15,000 troops to combat in Dagestan - a force roughly equal to that deployed against Chechen separatists during the 1994-1996 war.
	www.atimes.com /c-asia/AH21Ag01.html (1367 words)

	RUSSIA'S INVASION OF CHECHNYA: Foreword and Summary
		The aim was to suppress the republic's government, led by General Dzhokar Dudayev, compel it to accept Moscow's authority, and to force it to renounce its bid for independence and sovereignty.
		This invasion, which quickly turned into a military quagmire for Russia's troops, triggered a firestorm of domestic opposition, even within the higher levels of the Ministry of Defense.
		As a result, in Moscow, scapegoating has already begun between the government and the military while the reputation and stability of the government and the armed forces have been severely impaired.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/1995/blank.htm (407 words)

	Commonwealth Club Speech
		It is fair to say that I am speaking today as a result of Dr. Gabriel's presentation, although I wish to make it clear from the outset that I am not here for the purpose of directly responding to it.
		Officials at West Point indicate that from 8 to 12 percent of each class is comprised of the sons and daughters of career military personnel.
		William Lind, a military theorist who had the opportunity to serve during Vietnam and declined, has written a "Maneuver Warfare Handbook," analyzing different World War II battles.
	www.jameswebb.com /speeches/commonwealthclub.htm (3554 words)

	Taylor's Bookstore
		He continues to serve as a model of leadership by example and the idea that soldiers have a right to demand professional competence from their leaders.
		Military Incompetence : Why the American Military Doesn't Win by Richard A. Gabriel
		Excellent analysis of the repeated failures of US military operations from the end of the Vietnam war through the assault on Grenada.
	www.winternet.com /~taylor/profbook.htm (815 words)

	Bush's Military Past
		The one tangible record that has emerged is that in January of 1973, Bush turned up for a dentist's visit in Alabama--which is intriguing in itself since he was supposed to be back in Texas by then.
		The dentist is the only military person in Alabama with a credible memory of Bush attendance.
		Or rather, he affirmed that it was his signature on the examination card although he had no specific memory of peering into the mouth that later launched the Iraq War.
	www.thenation.com /doc/20040816/williams (1051 words)

	TIME.com: Searching for a Scapegoat -- Apr. 25, 1983 -- Page 1
		His candid account of military incompetence and official bungling stunned not only his countrymen but members of the ruling three-man junta and his successor, President Reynaldo Bignone.
		If Argentina's current military rulers have overreacted to Galtieri's outspokenness, it is because they too bear responsibility for the Falklands fiasco.
		Buenos Aires is rife with speculation that Galtieri's arrest is only the first step in a campaign by the junta to saddle him with the Falklands failure, allowing the rest of the military establishment to escape blame.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,923563,00.html (730 words)

	Re: New Zealand Military Incompetence
		There was incompetence but it does not logically or necessarily follow from what I said.
		Never, ever were any American forces considered elite troops in WWI by military authorities then or now.
		The elite troops on the Western front were unquestionably the ANZACs and the Canadians (some military historians say the Canadians should be ranked ahead of the ANZACs but that's a quibble - the American troops simply are not on the list).
	www.pahealthsystems.com /message202946.html (560 words)

	FOXNews.com - Franks Says War Is on Track - U.S. & World
		Tommy Franks, speaking at a daily briefing of the U.S. Central Command in Qatar, was responding to published reports that the requests of U.S. generals for more ground troops were repeatedly denied by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.
		Reports also quoted U.S. military officials as saying the lack of troops and weapons meant the war might last into the summer.
		He said ground troops had attacked to within 60 miles of Baghdad "on multiple fronts" and that air operations were using "a number" of seized Iraqi airfields.
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,82591,00.html (1105 words)

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