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)
1st Place 2014 DePuy Contest Winner
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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