In The Atlantic online, Brian Mockenhaupt writes a very interesting article about today's all-volunteer Army. He talks about changed training standards and less rigorous, less abusive basic training. If you are interesting in the issues of turning today's Ipod, XBox, cell phone generation into soldiers, this thoughtful, balanced article is for you.
Mockenhaupt has been there and done that. He goes back to see how the new approach is affecting his old unit, the 10th Mountain Division in upstate New York.
