05-24-2016, 09:07 AM
Did General Mark Milley just say they would be fighting "little green men" and "hybrids"?
Yeah, that's what it sounded like to me.
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Oh well... hurry up and wait. :(
Yeah, that's what it sounded like to me.
Quote:"You’ll be dealing with terrorists, you’ll be dealing with hybrid armies, you’ll be dealing with little green men, you’ll be dealing with tribes, you’re going to be dealing with it all, and you’re going to be dealing with it simultaneously,” Milley said.
Actually...
Quote:Military officials batted down any talk of aliens and intergalactic war.
The phrase “little green men” typically refers to foreign troops or paramilitary forces who dress in green attire instead of traditional military gear, the officials said.
“It does not mean fighting troops from outer space,” the officials said.
Cadets preparing to don the uniform will find themselves “engaged in a very deep, long struggle with radical terrorism,” Milley said during his speech. They also will face a revanchist Russia, an aggressive China, a provocative North Korea and Iran, and “any other multiple contingencies that may arise.”
The term “little green men” was used in a non-extraterrestrial, military context as recently as 2014 when Russia annexed Crimea, to refer to men wearing unmarked green uniforms. Reporters in Russia and Ukraine alike used the term to refer to the color of the uniforms and the men’s unconfirmed origin, the BBC reported.
Meanwhile, the military has talked for years about preparing to face a hybrid threat, which can consist of regular forces, criminal elements, terrorist groups, cyber threats and more, all at the same time. This complex battlefield signals a shift away from the more traditional force-on-force battles of the past.
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Oh well... hurry up and wait. :(
