ARMY CHALLENGES - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates addresses the cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., Feb. 25, 2011. Gates told cadets here that they must continue changing the culture of the Army to ensure the service can handle the challenges facing America. DOD photo by Cherie Cullen In One Of Final Addresses To Army, Gates Describes Vision For Military's Future -- Washington Post
WEST POINT, N.Y. - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, in one of his last addresses to the Army, said Friday that he envisages a future ground force that will be smaller, pack less heavy firepower and will not engage in large-scale counter-insurgency wars like those in Iraq or Afghanistan.
"In my opinion, any future defense secretary who advises the president to again send a big American land army into Asia or into the Middle East or Africa should 'have his head examined,' as General MacArthur so delicately put it," Gates quipped.
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