{"588418":{"#nid":"588418","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Smart Mines, A Smaller Army, and the Trump Buildup That Won\u0027t Happen: Winnefeld","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAdmiral James A. \u0026ldquo;Sandy\u0026rdquo; Winnefeld, former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a distinguished professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was quoted in \u0026ldquo;Smart Mines, A Smaller Army, and the Trump Buildup That Won\u0026#39;t Happen: Winnefeld\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;by\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EBreaking Defense.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/breakingdefense.com\/2017\/01\/trump-wh-makes-it-official-bigger-navy-air-force-end-to-sequestration\/\u0022\u003ETrump\u0026rsquo;s promised defense budget boost\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;probably\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/breakingdefense.com\/2016\/12\/trouble-for-trump-fixing-sequester-dod-budget-may-be-a-bloodbath\/\u0022\u003Ewon\u0026rsquo;t materialize\u003C\/a\u003E, the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/breakingdefense.com\/tag\/adm.-james-sandy-winnefeld\/\u0022\u003Eformer Vice-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;said today, so we can\u0026rsquo;t afford to grow a larger military. Instead of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/breakingdefense.com\/2017\/02\/355-ship-fleet-costs-5b-extra-per-year-crs\/\u0022\u003Emore ships\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/breakingdefense.com\/2016\/11\/2017-defense-bill-heads-to-vote-adds-3-2b-16k-army-soldiers\/\u0022\u003Etroops\u003C\/a\u003E, retired\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.navy.mil\/navydata\/bios\/navybio.asp?bioID=422\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAdm. James Winnefeld\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;said in a rare public appearance, the military should prioritize investment in new ideas. His own service, for example, should overcome its post-1945 reluctance to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/breakingdefense.com\/tag\/mine-warfare\/\u0022\u003Elay mines\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;off enemy shores and deploy networks of smart mines.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/breakingdefense.com\/2013\/09\/vcjcs-winnefeld-tells-army-to-forget-long-land-wars-congress-get-out-of-our-way\/\u0022\u003EThe Army should cut soldiers\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to buy more modern equipment and stockpile a lot of it in Europe.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, read\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/breakingdefense.com\/2017\/02\/smart-mines-a-smaller-army-the-trump-buildup-that-wont-happen-winnefeld\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2017-03-07 19:58:14","changed_gmt":"2017-03-07 19:58:14","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"biological solutions","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/breakingdefense.com\/2017\/02\/smart-mines-a-smaller-army-the-trump-buildup-that-wont-happen-winnefeld\/","dateline":{"date":"2017-02-23T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-02-23T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"445431":{"id":"445431","type":"image","title":"James A. \u201cSandy\u201d Winnefeld","body":null,"created":"1449256217","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:10:17","changed":"1475895184","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:04","alt":"James A. \u201cSandy\u201d Winnefeld","file":{"fid":"203180","name":"150702-d-hu462-040.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/150702-d-hu462-040_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/150702-d-hu462-040_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":439314,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/150702-d-hu462-040_0.jpg?itok=fmYudce6"}}},"media_ids":["445431"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}