Now the U.S. military is racing to catch up, dusting off big-war skills it hasn't used since 9/11.
Now militants are beginning to return with combat experience, guerrilla-war skills, ideological fervor and leadership status, European and U.S. officials say.
After the war, his skills with radar drew him to the attention of researchers at Manchester University who were hoping to apply the new technology to their efforts to make astronomical observations.
He cautioned against the "backsliding that has occurred in the past," as when, after the Vietnam War, counterinsurgency skills were lost as the military returned to preparing for a major conventional conflict against a nation-state rival.
The struggle to retain migrant nurses in Ireland takes place, as their recruitment did, in the context of an "international war for skills" [ 4].
"We out-source and privatize routine maintenance at bases and on ships so the highly skilled soldiers and sailors can specialize in their war-fighting skills.
But veterans' advocates talk of an inability to translate war-related skills into civilian job qualifications.
Putting his war-honed skills to use, Cal sets out to kill the man who killed her.
— Earlier this year, the Air Force unveiled an advertising campaign that sought to distinguish the service as being "Above All" — exceptional in its training, technology and war-fighting skills.
"There are things that will gather rust in our conventional war-fighting skills during our six months here," the task force commander, Brig.
Throughout the novel, Cleave portrays the visceral experiences of war with skill and empathy, whether it's Alistair's repeated near annihilation in Malta or the catastrophic effects of the blitz.
