The RMA of the U.S. and “Doing More with Less”

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The U.S. military seemed to be at its zenith in the 1990s. The U.S. made a symbolic victory in the first Gulf war and tried to build up its military into “full spectrum dominance.” Many countries followed the United States RMA model. The ambitious U.S. RMA programs were intended to build up the U.S. military into “full spectrum dominance.” However, the U.S. military forces in the beginning of the twenty-first century were not as dominant as was anticipated, but were smaller, over worked and demoralized more than ever. In the Bush administration, U.S. military readiness had deteriorated to levels not reached since the Vietnam War. This type of difficulty has not been analyzed and demands further research. Therefore, this article analyzes the difficulties that the U.S. military has been facing and furthermore it tries to find out the solution to the problem and the implication on RMA.
This article analyzes the U.S. military plans and its realities after the end of the Cold War. This research concludes that the U.S. military difficulties came from “Doing More with Less” since the Clinton administration. Drastic personnel reduction and increasing operations created a serious gap between the military’s capabilities and its goals. To solve these problems, the U.S. focused on its capability and considered various alternatives such as increasing active forces, allocating U.S. force to allies and military outsourcing (military commission to private military companies). However, each alternative created additional problems such as resistance from congress, friction with allies or financial burden. Finally, the U.S. took action to recalibrate the size of its forces and military missions.
The argument in this article introduces a unique analysis of current U.S. military problems and an implementation of RMA(Revolution in Military Affairs). Finally, this article emphasizes that more importantly than military technology for RMA, appropriate personnel levels are crucial for future military success.

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