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There are indications, however, that serious Army traditionalists have come to recognize there may be a need for a specialized peacekeeping force. "We're clearly moving in that direction," said retired Lieut. General Dan Christman, a former superintendent of West Point. "There's a desire to serve in the generation now maturing--and they might well be attracted to the model that you describe. But it would have to be done within the culture and traditions of the military...
...Christman, Shalikashvili and other military experts proposed some reasonable parameters for a new force. First, it would have to augment the current troop levels. The purpose would be to free up units like the 101st Airborne, now nation building in northern Iraq, for combat. "We don't have enough troops to do what needs to be done now," Shalikashvili told me. Second, these would have to be real soldiers, mentally tough, physically fit and combat ready. "Any peaceful checkpoint can become a battlefield in a heartbeat," said retired Major General Bill Nash, who commanded U.S. troops in Bosnia. There...
...There are indications, however, that serious Army traditionalists have come to recognize there may be a need for a specialized peacekeeping force. "We're clearly moving in that direction," said retired Lieut. General Dan Christman, a former superintendent of West Point. "There's a desire to serve in the generation now maturing-and they might well be attracted to the model that you describe. But it would have to be done within the culture and traditions of the military...
...Christman, Shalikashvili and other military experts proposed some reasonable parameters for a new force. First, it would have to augment the current troop levels. The purpose would be to free up units like the 101st Airborne, now nation building in northern Iraq, for combat. "We don't have enough troops to do what needs to be done now," Shalikashvili told me. Second, these would have to be real soldiers, mentally tough, physically fit and combat ready. "Any peaceful checkpoint can become a battlefield in a heartbeat," said retired Major General Bill Nash, who commanded U.S. troops in Bosnia. There...
...Council also discussed the possibility of holding reading and exam periods before Christman vacation...