As heavily as the US has leaned on special ops for the past twenty years, this might not be a good call. Army Plans Major Cuts to Special-Operations Forces WASHINGTON—The Pentagon is poised to make controversial cuts to the Army’s storied special-operations forces, amid recruiting struggles and a shift in focus from Middle East counterterrorism operations to a threat from China. The Army is cutting about 3,000 troops, or about 10% from its special-operations ranks, which could include so-called trigger-pullers from the Green Beret commando units who have conducted some of the nation’s most dangerous and sensitive missions around the world, from the jungles of Vietnam to the back alleys of Baghdad. The reductions would enable the Army to rebalance toward the large conventional ground forces needed in a potential fight in Asia. Smaller special ops forces for larger conventional forces "to rebalance toward the large conventional ground forces needed in a potential fight in Asia. " seems like a bad tradeoff.
The ones who plan things like that never seem to be the ones who go themselves. They send other people's kids.
Its kind of strange seeing this. A decade or 2 ago our government seemed absolutely convinced that the era of large conventional armies waging war was over for good...an obsolete concept. Personally, I think reducing special operations forces is a big mistake. They are still a huge asset in a conventional war.
