Lieutenant Colonel Eric A. Hollister is an Army Force Manager currently developing and teaching Force Management curriculum for the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. His previous assignment was as the 25th Infantry Division’s Force Integration Officer, during which time he spent 15 months in Iraq providing force management support for all of Multinational Division-North.LTC Hollister holds a BA in Music from UCLA and an MA in Humanities from California State University, Dominguez Hills. His recent publications include “A Shot in the Dark: The Futility of Long-Range Modernization Planning,” Institute of Land Warfare Paper 79 (October 2010); “Ike Warned Us About This: The MICC’s Stranglehold on Responsible Acquisition,” Joint Force Quarterly 59 (Washington, D.C.: National Defense University, 4th Quarter, October 2010); and The History of Force Management Education at the Command and General Staff College (Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: Army Command and General Staff College, January 2009