Today senators grilled senior DoD officials about the closer of JFCOM. I say they should save their breath. The command has been nothing more then a bloated cheerleader for failed RMA policies and phony 'Transformation'.
It, like the policies it espoused, were made for a kind of war the US isn't likely going to fight. The US isn't going to fight a 1970-80 Soviet-style military in open terrain. The US got lucky when it was able to beat up on a Poor Man's version in the Southern Iraqi and Kuwaiti Desert in 1991. The US will likely fight wars either against insurgent/guerilla forces like it did in Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan or fight a military who will use difficult terrain (cities, mountains, forests, jungles) and non-linear tactics to offset the US' technological advantage. Unfortunately JFCOM has only ever focused on re-fighting either Desert Storm or notional 'indirect firepower dominance' that failed for weak foot-mobile infantry in Vietnam and continues to fail in Afghanistan.
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