US Military Performance Depends Upon Its Professionalism

US Military Performance Depends Upon Its Professionalism
U.S. military personnel stand during an official handover ceremony at the Resolute Support headquarters in the Green Zone in Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 12, 2021. PWakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images
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The weak performance of the Russian military in its invasion of Ukraine underscores that military effectiveness is dependent upon many factors such as maintenance and training, which, in turn, depend upon possessing a professional military that can accurately assess its own weaknesses and flaws.

Bradley A. Thayer
Bradley A. Thayer
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Bradley A. Thayer is a founding member of the Committee on Present Danger China and the coauthor with Lianchao Han of “Understanding the China Threat” and the coauthor with James Fanell of “Embracing Communist China: America’s Greatest Strategic Failure.”
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