The Adults are Heard From: National Defense Panel 2014

Last week brought with it the release of the National Defense Panel’s Assessment of the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) entitled“Ensuring a Strong U.S. Defense for the Future“.  It is well-written, straightforward, and quite readable.  Most importantly though, it represents the CONSENSUS view of a bi-partisan group of defense and national security experts that we are moving toward a “high risk” military force as the result of dangerous cuts in defense spending.

First, a story.  Back in the olden days when I was part of a team writing strategy for the Navy, we were exposed to a quiet study done by an outside organization on how the Navy was viewed by policy elites on both sides of the political spectrum.

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Bryan McGrath is the Managing Director of The FerryBridge Group defense consultancy and the Assistant Director of Hudson Institute’s Center for American Seapower.