Retired colonel says Army failing to modernize fast enough

Ret. Col. Douglas Macgregor, an author and executive vice president of the consultancy Burke-Macgregor Group, said the service is merely tinkering around the ed...

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The Army is failing to modernize and think radically about how it will remain dominant. Instead, it’s tinkering around the edges, wasting time and money — at least that’s the view of Ret. Col. Douglas Macgregor. He’s now an author and executive vice president of the consultancy Burke-Macgregor Group, and he joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for more discussion.

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