GDG- Gettysburg as a learning ground

[Tom Ryan]

George Will went to Carlisle Barracks to see how the U.S. Army is training
its officers.  His article on the Washington Post Op-ed Page yesterday has
this opening paragraph:

"Officers studying at the Army War College walk the ground at nearby
Gettysburg where Pickett's men walked across an open field under fire.  They
wonder:  How did Confederate officers get men to do that?  The lesson:  Men
can be led to places they cannot be sent."

Will's article is about the war in Iraq and how army officers are learning
to deal with it.  You can read the entire article titled "Letting Soldiers
Do the Thinking" at
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/07/AR2007090702
252.html.

Tom