A NEW “LODGE ACT” FOR THE U.S. ARMY – A STRATEGIC TOOL FOR THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM . . . This paper proposes new legislation that would authorize the U.S. Army to recruit overseas from critical strategic areas in the Middle East, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia. Based on this bill, the U.S. Army would conduct a program to recruit, screen, assess, select, train, and deploy these non-citizens as soldiers. . . This paper discusses how a new Lodge Act would be an effective strategic tool in the GWOT. New Lodge Act soldiers would be useful in combat operations,...