JOHN M. McHUGH: “We must be seen as a credible ally and a dangerous enemy.”

With defense budgets shrinking, it's important to evaluate if our current Active Component and Reserve Component force mix is appropriate for future engagements.

We need to stop talking and start acting. We need wisdom, not words. We need results, not rhetoric.

There has been some discussion that our examination and attempt to establish what we call MOS-specific physical requirements is intended to lower standards to facilitate bringing women into certain jobs, and that is simply not the case.

The worst the thing that we can do is ask the men and women serving in our Army to perform a task that we do not equip and train them to do.