摘要：As 2012 draws to a close, the 237-year-old U.S. Army is still at war. Although military operations in Iraq concluded successfully at the end of 2011, the Army continues to enable transition in Afghanistan and to target al Qaeda and its weakened leadership there and elsewhere. The United States and NATO are committed to our Afghan government partners, continuing to go into harm’s way to help stand up Afghan military and police forces through the end of 2014, when NATO forces will turn over combat operations to their Afghan counterparts. Even as these engagements continue, our Army has already entered a period of prolonged transition. Hybrid threats that incorporate regular and irregular
