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War Games Brings Army, Foreign Liaisons, Together Working Toward The Future

Friday, June 22nd, 2012

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The U.S. Army’s Unified Quest 2012 war game examines the challenges and opportunities of the future and includes foreign liaison officers (FLO) who are equally interested in the future that for most means a smaller force and budget. Building partnership capacity to improve coalition efforts and cope with an uncertain future is a given for the United States, most recently stated in the Strategic Guidance from the White House released in January, for which President Obama said, “in contrast to…

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