Has the term “strategy” completely lost its meaning in the U.S. defense community? Some scholars bemoan the overall decline or lack of capacity for strategic thinking in the United States.1 The situation appears compounded by a weak grasp of what a true strategy is, and a thin understanding of the process by which strategy is formulated and implemented. More specific to this audience, Navy Commander Michael Junge asserts that the service no longer has a culture of strategic thought.2
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