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美將軍稱,不規則作戰必須成為美軍的核心能力
[據美國《防務新聞》網站2009年3月24日報導] 美國聯合部隊司令部司令、海軍陸戰隊將軍Mattis 24日在美國參議院武裝部隊委員會作證時說,美軍必須開發出與我們的常規和核能力平等的制不規則戰爭能力,使之成為核心能力。
Mattis說,美軍必須足夠靈活和適應於所有的作戰。他要求國防部官員為普通部隊訓練不規則作戰能力,使之能適應敵人採取的各種作戰方式。
他說,在某些情況下,普通部隊需要能夠完成現在特種部隊執行的任務,為此我們已在與特種部隊進行聯繫;這樣有助於分擔特種部隊的一些任務,減輕他們的負擔,這樣的任務包括訓練當地部隊。
儘管Mattis的態度與美國防部高級官員的觀點一致,但一些軍事專家擔憂過多地專注於不規則戰爭。他還說,他的司令部正在著手改善美軍缺乏文化訓練的問題,加速將在作戰中獲得的經驗教訓列入作戰條例。(中國航空工業發展研究中心 姜曙光)
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Mattis: Irregular War Must Be Core Competency
By JOHN T. BENNETT
Published: 24 Mar 13:21 EDT (17:21 GMT)
The U.S. military must make combating irregular warfare a "core competency," one top American commander told a Senate panel March 24, while another warned Washington's relations with Russia will remain prickly for some time.
In testimony prepared for the Senate Armed Services Committee, Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, U.S. Joint Forces Command chief, said American "forces must develop a mastery of the irregular fight on par with our conventional and nuclear capabilities."
Echoing Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Mattis told the panel "our forces must be flexible and adaptable enough to operate across the spectrum of conflict - this is not an either/or proposition."
Mattis wants Pentagon officials to build into the general force irregular warfare expertise that "makes them adaptable to however the enemy chooses to fight."
In some cases, he said, general purposes forces need to be able to do things now done by U.S. special operators.
"We are working closely with U.S. Special Operations Command and the services to export traditional special operations forces expertise to our general purpose forces," according to Mattis' written testimony.
"Specifically, Security Force Assistance is a role well-suited to general purpose forces, and transitioning significant portions of the mission their way will help relieve pressure on our over-extended SOF," Mattis wrote, referring to things like training local forces.
During the hearing, he told the committee that the idea here is to prepare local forces "so we don't always have to use American troops."
While the JFCOM chief's comments are in line with those of senior Pentagon officials, some military experts are cautioning against putting too much focus on irregular fights.
Mattis also told the panel his command is working to improve the U.S. military's lack of cultural training and to speed lessons gleaned from combat operations into operating doctrine. The latter now takes more than three years, he said.
Meantime, Army Gen. Bantz Craddock, U.S. European Command chief, warned the panel Russia is likely to continue recent actions that have strained relations with Washington and Europe.
"The relationship with Russia is likely to be more difficult to manage in coming years than any time since the end of the Cold War," Craddock told the committee.
Moscow, he said, "seems determined to see Euro-Atlantic security institutions weakened and has shown a readiness to use economic leverage and military force to achieve its aims."
Several panel members expressed concern about U.S.-Russian relations, including Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., who told Craddock that Washington should be "talking with" Moscow.