I think the same thing applies to the Army. They envision WWII conflicts. The enemy wears a uniform, and anyone not wearing a uniform just wants to stay out of the way.

Slightly off-topic, but this is just wrong. Yeah, the Army brass would love to fight WWII-style conflicts. The US technological superiority in such a conflict is so obvious and astounding that it's indisputable that they would come out looking very good in such a conflict.

But, the operational Army doesn't train for that kind of conflict at all anymore. From the time I went through basic training in 2006 until I got out in 2010, every single moment of training was focused on counter-insurgency. We trained on urban warfare, small unit tactics, and even spent a large amount of time on cultural sensitivity and how to interact with local populations in a positive way. I doubt any of that has changed significantly in the last 6 years.

What we absolutely never trained for was total war against the uniformed military of another nation. I never once saw anyone dig a foxhole. Only once in two and half years assigned to a cavalry unit did we do any kind of training involving coordinated maneuvers beyond the company level, and even that was still in the context of counter insurgency.

The Army might not actually be good at fighting modern wars, but they're sure as hell aware that they won't be fighting a full-scale nation vs. nation war again in the foreseeable future.