It's about time. Have talked to some guys in the Army and this seems to be playing out. They were quite culturally up to date. That is a really good thing.
Marcus Griffin is not a soldier. But now that he cuts his hair "high and tight" like a drill sergeant's, he understands why he is being mistaken for one. Mr. Griffin is actually a professor of anthropology at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Va. His austere grooming habits stem from his enrollment in a new Pentagon initiative, the Human Terrain System. It embeds social scientists with brigades in Afghanistan and Iraq, where they serve as cultural advisers to brigade commanders. Read More.
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This is a good and logical step to adapt the US military to the conflicts that are more the norm in today's world.
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