The Civil-Military Dialogue presents "The Army and the Long War" with Thomas McNaugher

Start: Nov 28 2007 - 7:00pm

End: Nov 28 2007 - 8:30pm

Event Description:

After six years of war spanning multiple theaters around the world, today's Army faces many challenges. In the near-term, continuing rotations through Iraq and Afghanistan raise questions about whether the volunteer force is suited to "persistent conflict," whether in Iraq or elsewhere. In the longer-term, the Army is challenged with developing a truly full-spectrum force, capable of operating in many different environments. The story in both cases is not entirely bleak, despite the substantial stress in recent years, but much remains to be done - some of it requiring serious adaptation that is never easy.

To address these issues, YPFP is pleased to welcome Thomas McNaugher, Senior Principal Researcher and the former Director of the Arroyo Center (Army Research Division) at the RAND Corporation. The discussion will be held from 7:00-8:30 pm on Wednesday, November 28th. To attend, please register by responding to events@ypfp.org

Thomas McNaugher

Thomas McNaugher is a Senior Principal Research at the RAND Corporation. From November 2001 until April 2007, he served as Vice President for the Army Research Division of the RAND Corporation, and Director of RAND's Arroyo Center, the Amy's federally-funded research institute. He was Deputy Director of the Center from March 1997 to November 2001. He is also a Professorial Lecturer at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Dr. McNaugher received a B.S. degree from the United States Military Academy and an M.P.A. and Ph.D. (in Political Science) from Harvard University. He was a policy analyst at the RAND Corporation from 1977 to 1981. From 1981 until he rejoined RAND Corporation in January 1995, Dr. McNaugher was first a Research Associate and then a Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program of the Brookings Institution.

As an active duty Army officer from 1968 to 1975, CPT McNaugher served in the Republic of Vietnam from 1970 to 1971. As a mobilized Army Reservist, LTC McNaugher participated in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, on the Arabian Peninsula, from December 1990 to May 1991. Colonel McNaugher retired from the US Army Reserves in January 2000.

Dr. McNaugher's books include The M16 Controversies: Military Organizations and Weapons Acquisition (Praeger, 1984); Arms and Oil: U.S. Military Strategy and the Persian Gulf (Brookings, 1985); and New Weapons, Old Politics: America's Military Procurement Muddle (Brookings, 1989). He is the author of " Refining Army Transformation," in Lynn E. Davis et al., The U.S. Army and the New National Security Strategy, His articles on military strategy, defense organization, and weapons acquisition have been published in numerous books and scholarly journals.