Accession Number:

ADA399733

Title:

Talking About Defense: Leathernecks in Lab Coats

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

CENTER FOR ARMY LESSONS LEARNED FORT LEAVENWORTH KS

Personal Author(s):

• Wilson, George C.

Report Date:

2002-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

4.0

Abstract:

Groping for solutions in this fog of half-war, half-peace, which grips not only Indonesia but much of the world, is Col. Gary W. Anderson, a 51-year-old Marine who is chief of staff of the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory here. Anderson is not the typical bunker-charging, poster-boy Marine. An internationally known authority on new kinds of warfare, Anderson more resembles a militarized Thomas Edison, an experimenter in the science of war. Vexing Anderson now is the East Timor question How does a military force stop riots and ethnic slaughter while minimizing civilian and peacekeeper casualties

Descriptors:

• *URBAN WARFARE
• *COMBAT SIMULATION
• MILITARY EXERCISES
• WAR GAMES
• MILITARY TRAINING
• PEACEKEEPING

Subject Categories:

• Unconventional Warfare

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE