Our program will be the third in our series on whether the United States Military is heading toward a ââ??Hollow Force.ââ?¬Â The term was first used during the period after the Vietnam War when the United States had a large number of soldiers but a level of funding insufficient to maintain the pace of operations, procure equipment, or pay for modernization. Today, the United States operates in a period of strategic uncertainty that requires the Armed Forces to be equipped for countless contingencies. Maintaining a trained and combat-ready force is therefore critical to America’s preparedness for war, but does the military have adequate resources for this to be possible? Investing in equipment and force structure alone will not be enough ââ?‰?? the armed forces must provide improved military education and training programs to sustain their ability to expand and adapt.

Please join us as we continue our Hollow Force series with a discussion of how avoid this problem.

Date: March 27, 2006
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Speaker(s): Daniel Goure, Ph.D.
Vice President,
The Lexington Institute

Colonel Henry Alden Leonard, USA (Ret.)
Associate Director,
Manpower and Training,
The Rand Corporation’s Arroyo Center

General Dennis Reimer, USA (Ret.)
President,
DFI Government Services, and
Former Army Chief of Staff

Host(s): James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
Senior Research Fellow,
Defense and Homeland Security,
The Heritage Foundation

Details:
Location: The Heritage Foundation’s Lehrman Auditorium

Tags: Heritage Foundation

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