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Red Teams; The Misunderstood Key To Defeating The Asymmetrical Warfighter, Carter Matherly

Carter Matherly PhD

The US Armed Forces are very well trained and prepared to take a fight to the shores of its enemies. A prime example of this preparedness occurred on 18 March 2011 when President Obama called troops into action to protect Libyan civilians against a tyrannical dictator. Within hours B-2 bombers were on their way to bomb Kaddafi’s Air Force and cripple his air power without a single American casualty. However, on November 5, 2009 Major Nidal Malik Hasan shot and killed thirteen US Service members and wounded 30 others before being shot and arrested by base police on Ft Hood, …