Evolution Of The US Army
The Evolution of the US Army from the Cold War to Present
The evolution of the US Army from the Cold War through today has transformed from just a traditional army to a multifunctional army. That means the army can fight in all types of terrain and environments simultaneously and then transition immediately into a peace keeping force. The Army has undergone many changes since the Cold War in references to equal opportunity, civil rights, and sexual harassment.
During the Cold War the U.S.A.’s military was strong and big and was meant to be a deterrence. It was a race to keep up with Russia. Money was spent in excess on weapons development intended on a traditional war. Our adversaries were uniformed soldiers back by a recognized government, state vs. state and soldier vs soldier (Gorka, n.a., p. 31). As time progressed to today, the Cold War ended as we knew it in the 1950’s and new type of war started; a technology war. The same adversaries we had during the Cold War to include China are in another race for technology dominance. The US Army has adapted in responses with US Army cyberwar teams. …show more content…
Once the army was focused on the bigger the stronger the better (like a weight lifter in a gym), now today we area focused on light, mobile, agile, multi-environment warfare (The Role of Forward Presence 2017, p. 59-60). Today we are fighting unconventional armies and ideologies. These fighters don’t wear uniforms and usually don’t have a central government. Whereas, the Cold War had ample military budget, todays military works on budget and manning cuts regularly and is still expected to maintain the same readiness levels at all
The evolution of the US Army from the Cold War through today has transformed from just a traditional army to a multifunctional army. That means the army can fight in all types of terrain and environments simultaneously and then transition immediately into a peace keeping force. The Army has undergone many changes since the Cold War in references to equal opportunity, civil rights, and sexual harassment.
During the Cold War the U.S.A.’s military was strong and big and was meant to be a deterrence. It was a race to keep up with Russia. Money was spent in excess on weapons development intended on a traditional war. Our adversaries were uniformed soldiers back by a recognized government, state vs. state and soldier vs soldier (Gorka, n.a., p. 31). As time progressed to today, the Cold War ended as we knew it in the 1950’s and new type of war started; a technology war. The same adversaries we had during the Cold War to include China are in another race for technology dominance. The US Army has adapted in responses with US Army cyberwar teams. …show more content…
Once the army was focused on the bigger the stronger the better (like a weight lifter in a gym), now today we area focused on light, mobile, agile, multi-environment warfare (The Role of Forward Presence 2017, p. 59-60). Today we are fighting unconventional armies and ideologies. These fighters don’t wear uniforms and usually don’t have a central government. Whereas, the Cold War had ample military budget, todays military works on budget and manning cuts regularly and is still expected to maintain the same readiness levels at all