Prior to World War II, the Army had a deeply ingrained facility
with and acceptance of what we now term unconventional
warfare-raising, training, advising, and cooperating with tribal
militias, local paramilitaries, and other nonstate armed groups.
This culture of irregular warfare was attributable to nearly 300
years of American military tradition from the colonial period until
1941, including extensive experience in cooperating with Native
American tribes and individual scouts during the expansion of the
western frontier. These traditions of unconventional war reached
maturity in the years of fighting on the western plains after the
Civil War, and were given ultimate expression in the creation of
the Philippine Scouts at the beginning of the 20th century. Since
World War II, the wider military has lost this expertise in and
comfortable familiarity with unconventional operations, with the
Special Operations community taking on the sole proprietorship of
this role. Given the variety of political environments in which
today's conventional soldiers may find themselves and the current
nature of conflicts ongoing and likely to occur in the world, the
Army culture as a whole can and must readapt itself to the new old
realities of irregular war.
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