美国国防部一直强调,美军必须根据新的战略现实进行适应性调整。本文简要梳理了美国陆军在财政紧张情况下,如何为维持部队结构和备战能力而进行自身调整。美国陆军号称“世界上最强大的地面作战部队”。即便如此,其发展同样面临着许多问题,包括应对来自俄罗斯、伊朗等国的常规威胁,以及来自恐怖组织、非正规武装力量等非常规威胁。更为重要的是,美国陆军还必须面对同时应付常规威胁和非常规威胁的复杂情况。美国国内已经有批评人士认为,在 The U.S. Defense Department has always stressed that the U.S. military must adapt itself to the new strategic realities. This article briefly reviews how the United States Army adjusted itself for maintaining the military structure and preparing for the war under tight financial conditions. The U.S. Army is known as “the most powerful ground combat force in the world.” Even so, its development faces many problems at the same time, including dealing with the conventional threats from Russia and Iran, as well as unconventional threats from terrorist organizations and non-regular armed forces. More importantly, the U.S. Army must also face the complexities of coping with both conventional and unconventional threats. Some critics in the United States already believe that