Military Review English Edition November-December 2014 | Page 113

NO SHORTAGE OF CAMPFIRES

Members of the United States Army 16th Infantry Regiment gathered around a campfire in
1916 during the Pancho Villa Expedition.
(Photo courtesy of the Department of Defense)

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No Shortage of
Campfires

Keeping the Army Adaptable,
Agile, and Innovative in the
Austere Times
Col. John Culclasure, U.S. Air Force, Retired
The fire is the main comfort of the camp, whether in
summer or winter, and is about as ample at one season as
at another. It is as well for cheerfulness as for warmth and
dryness.

Henry David Thoreau

MILITARY REVIEW  November-December 2014

H

e never fired a shot in anger.1 He never experienced combat on the actual frontline.2 Yet
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower became one of
the most effective, innovative, and prestigious officers
to serve in the U.S. Army and, eventually, as president.
Eisenhower, the soldier, grew into the leader that took
a somewhat untested Army, adapted it, and instilled
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