an army that is defeated in 2025 would obviate an army that's planned to be great a decade later. soak to control and protect the land and the populations that live there, strong forces are an indispensable part of america's national military power and provide the decisive force whatever the sister services may say the decisive force and operations conducted on the land or a clear compelling and convincing case for the importance of land power and in maintaining the strategic balance. america must have that to maintain its position of leadership and also to safeguard our vital interests. i hope i provoked some interest but i look forward to your questions following the presentation. thanks so much. [applause] thank you. the next presentation is being delivered by a soldier, leader, coach of the individual i had the opportunity to work with over a number of years and as you begin the presentation, please tell us how it came together. one final which. as you know i read the book for the commitment and this was laying on the couch as i was getting ready to move to the next one. my wi

he's asking for his army. for commanders to move their men quickly to try and get jackson while they still can before jackson gets away. the evening of august 27th after federal troops have recaptured bristow station. pope is going to send out an order to his core commanders specifically to porter to move to bristow station by daylight the next morning and pope tells porter very specifically to begin marching his men at 1am the morning of august 28th to reach bristow station by the time the sun rises later that morning porter in his officers believe that this march would not work and so they decided that it would be better for their men because of traffic jams because of how dark it was at that point. it would be better for their mentally two hours later at 3am instead porter does not inform pope about this, but i will say porter is not the most egregious offender of pope's orders for his army to concentrate because when phil kearney the division commander in the army of the potomac's third corps gets this ord

but gettysburg is mainly it's still mainly an army the army the potomac and the army northern virginia. they're still mainly army of volunteers actual volunteers by that stage of the work conscription had just come into place in the united states before gettysburg a few months. so they're mainly real volunteers. and they're and they do have a sense of being part of a republic in which a citizenry owes something to the republic that gives them benefits. but that's but on a battlefield. there's lots more nitty-gritty stuff on the ground. this is a woefully inadequate answer because i can't address it in this short term and thank you very much. thank you. i'm carol. do we have 10 minutes or five 10 minutes? okay. we have a ten minute break. please come back promptly at 10:30. right three of their -- problem. there is between my wife analyzs statesmanship. because that's

army. and they are bedraggled and they're they're dispirited. he crosses the delaware river into pennsylvania. they lick their wounds for a while. he is really desperate. it's december of 1776 and he comes up with this crazy idea to cross back into new jersey across the delaware. you know, what happens on christmas night 1776. he catches a german garrison at trenton by surprise. they are not drunk incidentally one of the many myths about the american revolution the commander colonel rawl is a very fine a combat veteran. he's not drunk. but they are surprised and they're destroyed. and so he collects his prisoners. there's hundreds of them crosses back into pennsylvania and instead of taking a victory lap and saying, you know, yay for me. i finally won one. he he doubles down and he crosses again. back into new jersey and this time he baits the british who are basically the british army is at princeton. 15 or 20 miles up the road and he baits them into attacking him at trenton where he has t

>> armies are armies. the days of nebuchadnezzar, armies descend upon the areas they are invading like locusts. and that simply eat up, take up, steel. that's what armies do. when an army comes into your neighborhood, all law was set aside. this is one of the horrors of war. and i use the word horrors deliberately i'm a son of an army officer the father of another army officer. i want to tell you frankly, i have in my lifetime known many officers the arno officers who are most dedicated, the most serious about their calling are also the ones whom i can call the most sincere and dedicated pacifist. they are really the ones who understand or cost. the also understand work cannot be entered into but reluctantly. won't happen in the environment of war is never anything to be enjoyed. and when i see or become a species of entertainment, that is when i had the uncomfortable feeling there is such a thing as war pornography. so while i have written a great deal about the american civil war and about war itself , i

now the army didn't have enough calf scouts. so what they did was they decided we're going to take a bunch of 11 bravo infantry rifleman, and we're going to put them all together shake them up and they're going to become five seven three calf. well for those of you that know infantry rifleman and cavalry scouts, it was an interesting thing. period of togetherness they did it. they were successful. there are some terrific stories in there about how they did it how they blended together. they went to katrina and a lot of them claim that katrina did it for them got them to become that cavalry at 573 cavalry squadron family. so i had the chance when five seven three and the rest of the third brigade came back to talk to brian owens. who is the as i mentioned the brigade commander. and at the end of the conversation, i always asked in folks. i've interviewed. who would you want me to talk to next who could you recommend? and without without a blink in the conversation a pause in the conversation brian said have you talked to the sky

of the most violence that the army committed again, is up to service because of the, of the army going further with being in the, the, the, the old regime, but she's given phrases today to the cabinet. the so basically because of the attitude of the army and because of the implementation of the agreement that signed with him on the 23rd of november. so that's a good question. and actually degrees in the book, you know, the of the prime minister in the city. some you. so for the 1st time since a bow, a dog has been appointed as a prime minister. the people on the ground a get it so so it sounds like he lost a street to a certain extent if i can just move on to the army, of course has been killing protesters in recent weeks, calling for a return to civilian rule. but now the military isn't so control. so where does this leave the protest you think they'll continue? yes, actually they did. the resignation of one of the main consequences of this is admission . is that the that would be under the full military rule currently. and that is under the people on the ground and on despite the sco

the army wants to field a system in '23.he navy wants to follow on with that same system, shipboard-based in '25. we're going to slow that program down if we can't move money around to keep it alive. another area where we want to -- where we have overmatch right now and we want to maintain that overmatch, would be in the undersea. we want to keep on building submarines and the submarines that we have, we want to continue to maintain them, to sustain them. so basically year-long cr, we will delay doing maintenance on 10% of our submarine force, that's five submarines, we're not going to do maintenance on them, we'll push it down the road. we know what the cost of that has been in the past and we're going to do it again. aircraft carriers, we need them in the water, we need them forward and totally maintained. we're going to stop that. in areas where we have gaps where we're trying to catch up, another good example, weapons with range and speed. that's where we're putting money. but we're going to slow that down in important a

i'm the son ofan army officer and the father of another army officer .i want to tell you frankly i have in my lifetime known many army officers. and the army officers who are most dedicated, the most serious about their calling are also the ones whom i can call the most sincere and dedicated pacifists. because they are the ones who really understand what war costs. they also understand war can never be entered into reluctantly because what will happen in the environment of war is never anything to be enjoyed. and when i see war become a species of entertainment, that's when i begin to have the uncomfortable feeling that there is such a thing as war pornography . so while i have written a great deal about the american civil war eaand about war itself i'm nota military historian . and approach the subject of war with a certain degree of hesitation and caution. knowing that the costs that it imposes on people are simply beyond definition. it's been said that war is one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse along with famine and plague.yes, it is on that sa

the dispersal begins when the armies, all of the armies leave petersburg. but the roads that take men south also take them west. they take them to other points of potential transportation. they take them to places like brookfield, junction which is small free for those people might be familiar with the southside, brooksville junction is not much of even a little village anymore. it was incredibly important railroad junction just east of appomattox. it is worthy working railroad line as far as the light is working in the immediate aftermath of appomattox. they're making their way there showing the parole passes you just gave us an example of, using that to get russians or hopefully to get passage on a train that will take them to someplace like a city point on the river at the junction of the appomattox and james rivers where they will hopefully either take a boat maybe to richmond to be the quickest way to get to richmond or perhaps i'll take a steamer and go all the way up to baltimore. maybe they need to get home to tennessee or kentucky. and so at their

george washington and the continental army could not. the army had to live off the land and so washington for example in the winter at valley forge, this when the uniforms such as they were were falling off of them and they were getting frostbitten feet and they were low on food. he has to weigh okay i've got to keep the soldiers from starving but on the other hand i can't starve farmers and the surrounding area by depriving them of what they need to live so it's a very difficult balancing act. in the same vein washington did became extremely frustrated with the continental congress because the continental congress was supposed to be providing the wherewithal to fight this war. the continental congress was operating -- they weren't operating under anyone before 1781 and that's in the battle of georgetown but i mention they operated under the confederation but the congress had no authority and they couldn't compel them to pay up to deliver so many head of cattle or so much of this and so much of that. they could request that the states re

an army officer has just read a statement on state tv saying the army has ended president cowboys post. you also said the government and the national assembly have been dissolved security. soci say the president had been detained at a military base. soldiers asserted taking control of the main tv station. united alabama has, has intercepted ballistic missiles fired by who the rebels. it's retaliated by a launching air strikes in yemen, who the spokesman is threatening further attacks on the u. e. former lebanese primer society, however, he says, is suspending his wall in political life and will not run in the upcoming parliamentary elections. really has urged his political party to not participate either. the afghan taliban and western diplomats have begun. no 1st official talks in europe since the group took control of of ghana stand last august. the closed door meetings with u. s. and e. u officials are taking place in norway. the former roman catholic for benedict has admitted giving a false statement to a child, sex abuse inquiry. he says he mistakenly told investigators in germany

the government denies an army take over. do we have any clear picture of what is actually going on? well antony, the situation in booking a fast so has really been confusing for a lot of people outside the country because of the conflict in reports coming out of there are sources on the ground. tell us that indeed emily takeover has happened and they are just waiting for the military to confirm via it t v broadcast or something like that. however. * the boykin, a fossil government have insisted that the situation is under control and there is no military takeover. so we're just waiting to see what more information we can get . it's also important to note that this morning the internet connection in boykin are facile, was put out, which might explain this law are flow of information out of there. so mixed messages, but why board burkina faso is army b staging a mutiny when they have all already tried several times to take over the leadership in the country. well this time around is the same reason they've tried to take over leadership of the country before. many of the soldiers are c

cornwallis had to surrender his army.. the british could have kept fighting, but they decided along the lines we spoke of earlier that it's just not worth it. the government and a briton fell, a new government came in and is it okay, we are going to change this and end the war and william franklin was very disappointed.re indeed he was very dismayed with the british. i risked my life for you and now -- his feeling was like sure akin to the feeling of many of the afghans who were shocked when the americans said we are pulling outll so william frankln went to england and nobody really wanted to talk to him, this is sort of a little bit like the reception given to some american vietnam vets after the war where we lost the war and nobody wants to talk to you. this is the same thing he receivedil a modest pension from the british government, but he still hoped for one thing above all. he knew he couldn't be could bed with americans generally. he could be reconciled with his father because the split, the split.al at the end of t

the idea behind the loudoun rangers of the scouts for the union armies are going to serve armies are going to as the anti- partisan troops against people like white, john mosby, they're going to help defend local union is here particularly in northwest and loudoun county. and at the tender age of 21 slater, despite any sort lack of any military experience is going to be elected first lieutenant. he is second in command and the loudoun rangers to the commander samuel mead. not word quickly spread throughout loudoun county there is a unionist calvary battalion being raised within the borders of confederate virginia. as you guys can probably imagine this is not very popular. it is particularly unpopular with a particular confederate officer with mentioned a few do you think that guy is? think that >> that his rights. at the same time is raising his own calvaryim battalion is going to be the 35th battalion of the virginia calvary. he's going to get word samuel is recruiting eight unionist calvary a unit here in virginia. he's going too declare in the summer of 1862 his intention to whip

hello, we're here today to support our army. that decided to save our lives were here today, tomorrow of the delta tomorrow we support our army. we have been protesting for 3 days, have been 7 years since president rock to pass. a lot of blood has been shed off akin, a faster is suffering. no, i am not a politician. i'm a sympathizer with civil society. we do not take a position at audio, we want soldiers to take back control of the country. well, henry wilkins during his life now on the phone from work. i do go l v c, a breaking news situation that we've just heard. the army has announced that a seize control of the country. what more do we know henry is still not information at the moment. we 3 of each be know you that the former president block boy is no longer president of the government have been to hold for the go, you know, the, the president, 8th, at the stage. so we think we're still very much up in the air at the moment. and what is the actual situation in wagon do go i itself, when it comes to security, for example. y

the continental army could not. they had to live off of the land washington, this is when the uniforms were falling off of them. okay, i've got to keep them starving, but on the other hand, i cannot starve the farmers and the surrounding area by depriving them of what they neet to live. it really was just a balancing act. washington became extremely frustrated with the continental congress. they were supposed to be providing to fight this war. [inaudible] they had no coercive authority. they could not come hell them to pair up. so much of this and so much of that they could request. very often they refuse their request. and so, a great amount of george washington's time was writing letters pleading with congress and pleading with governors of the state. you have to send us uniforms, you have to send us supplies or the army will fall apart. the british ultimately have the option of saying enough is enoughd, we are going home. a if they found that they were starving or it was often worse for them. they would get lette

the army responded army responded to these unfreezing requirements all while deterring aggression abroad strengthening relationships with allies and partners conducting counterterrorism operations and maintain the readiness of our soldiers and civilians innd preparation for the next mission whatever that may be. simultaneouslyal to keep pace wh potential adversaries we are currently undergoing the most significant transformation effort in the past 40 years to provide the joint force with the most capable and lethal land army in the world. the ability of the army to accomplish these diverse tasks would be impossible without the support of our congress and we sincerely thank you for that. however readiness is fragile and i can fsis enough how important timely, adequate, predictable and sustained funding is to keeping the army at the highest state of readiness possible because who knows what tomorrow will bring? over the past 10 years the department of defense has started all. one fiscal year out of the cr. although we have adapted a person's practices to the fiscal uncertainty and effects

the government has confidence in the army which remains committed to the republic. we asked the people to remain calm to carry out their duties. we are following the developing situation so we can provide information on the real reasons for the shootings who handle good. so i can tell you that for the moment everything is under control and we ask our army to continue to support our republic and carry out its mission to protect its territory. and its people, it is, it was you and the protection of t. twa it plus, the unrest comes just a week off to 12 people, including a senior army officer, were arrested on suspicion of planning to d, stabilize institutions in the country. on the streets that were support for the army in the wake of attacks linked to al qaeda and the islamic state group, thousands of died in recent years, and around one and a half 1000000 have been displaced. all right, let's talk to henry wilkins. a journalist in wagon to good, thanks so much for your time, henry. there are rumors of a possible qu in became a foster, but the government denies an ar

i'd like to ask you a question about modernization efforts at the army.district that i serve in illinois. we are home to the rock island arsenal and as you know, that sits on an island in the middle of the mississippi river between the states of iowa and illinois. and the arsenal is home to the army's center of excellence for added and advanced manufacturing. and right now, the center of excellence is working on really just some amazing new research into the next generation combat vehicle. and it will soon be held to the world's largest metal 3-d printer manufactured in the northern part of our congressional district out of rockford. that will go from rockford manufactured and then come down to the quad cities. this program is critical to the future of the arsenal and we believe also to the future of the army. so, general martin, if you could share your thoughts about how a year long continuing resolution would impact major acquisitions and research programs within the army and if any thoughts that you have specific to the rock island arsenal as well? >>

going into 77 was again trying to recruit an army at this point and john h. hawkins re-enlisted in congress's own as he reenlisted. because he also had service time and i think also because he was so literate. he was a writer now come to that in a moment is that he was first given a corporal's enlistment and then very quickly within weeks was made a sergeant of the regiment. so john h hawkins, who is the i think he is from philadelphia. yeah some of this where i won't say full assumptions. i am following clues. i spent probably way too much time trying to find this guy in the records not always the easiest person to find but from what i could understand first of all by reading his journal is that he kept talking about his typographical brethren. he talked about printing offices. he talked about newspapers. he was holding newspapers and books in his knapsacks. in fact when you look at that journal over there, they've got it on the page where he's talking about what he lost when he shooked his knapsack when he was running before those british highlanders to get

is this army in the north that isn't very happy with the central army leadership as i guess is just pointed out. would you say that that's true. yes to oh, so d, c is compounded by the fact that there is literally a given to what we can consider that mexican or b we have been benefiting from on the resources of the state where the lower rank people would go up to you yesterday. didn't benefit from so this is a reality. but beyond that, i think the country was not when you manage before we think about it all 27 years after the demise of the month of october. 97 p by the people are surrounding a country for 37 years somehow with various forces by mr. our previous president. there are 2 little is a nice and a we work in a fossil from the countries affected by a and b. but now, what is happen a, by the way, we each form a really good we go to review but much to change gears because we haven't got a, b, a u. m 1500000. but you know, the people leave this place before we leave the country. you have a funny in the country, you economic difficulties and the military is given this broader or do you

. >> guest: armies and are armies, and since the days of the babylonians and nebuchadnezzar, armies descende areas they're invading like locusts. and they simply eat up, take up, steal. that is what army as do. when an army comes into your neighborhood, all law is set aside. and this is one of horrors of war. and i use the world horrors deliberately. i'm the son of an army officer, i'm the father of another army officer. and i want to tell you frankly, i have in my lifetime known many army officers. and the army officers who are most dedicateed, the most serious about their calling are also the ones who i can call the most sincere and dedicated pacifists because they're the ones who really understand what war costs. >> host: and that was historian allen guelzo who appeared on booktv's "in depth" program. and a reminder that "in depth" is live the first sunday of the month at noon. next month we'll be joined by georgetown university law professor cheryl cash inwho, in her latest book, argues that u.s. housing policies have created an uneven residential caste system. she recently discussed he

if we had a european army before we have an army, let's have a union. frances agenda for the union also includes relaxing roles to allow e u. countries to borrow more money to finance big infrastructure projects and trying to bring the block to consensus on the long standing thorny issue of migration. in december, emanuel con, summed up the goal of francis e u presidency. this way, you direct me to help us said, you know, we need to move from being a europe of corporation in cycle borders to a powerful europe, the world's fully sovereign. and most of the free to make its choice and most of its destiny. him, it's a little bit better. microns own destiny is in question. france is holding a presidential election in april. if he doesn't get reelected, he can't see his plans for europe. while from all that, that's brand hunting shot of a research at the german council on foreign relations here in berlin. mccaul has never made any secret of his ambition to be the motive for further european integration. does the u presidency give him a welcome platform to put his european record to the forefr