LINING UP SUPPORT
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley meets with Soldiers and leaders of the 1st Infantry Division during a visit to Fort Riley, Kansas, Aug. 23. Milley has said that the capabilities fielded as part of the Army’s push for modernization will require more sophisticated training capabilities, and that Soldiers at all levels will need to be able “to make thousands of simulated combat tactical decisions against a thinking and adaptive enemy in order to gain confidence and skill and learn from their mistakes.” (U.S Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Porch, Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army)
that “in a major power war, we will be required to innovate on timelines of months, not years. And we must have these pro- cesses of innovation in place today.”
With a nod to the creation of new organizations, such as DOD’s Strategic Capabilities Office and the Army’s Rapid Capabilities Office, to institutionalize some of the rapid innovation processes used in Iraq and Afghanistan, Scharre stated, “We must also make speed-to-market a goal in our standard acquisition process as well.” A former Army Ranger who deployed multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan, Scharre subsequently worked in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, where he played a leading role in establishing policies on unmanned and autonomous sys- tems and emerging weapons technologies.
“Te reason we have failed to adapt is because our system lacks sufficient strategic agility,” Scharre stated. “We have seen these threats coming a long ways off. We have spent money. Yet we have a force that is not appropriately designed for the threats we face because we have not adapted quickly enough.”
MODERNIZATION PIVOT POINTS Identifying the most pressing needs was one of the Army’s first steps toward an effective modernization strategy.
Te Army’s mission remains fundamentally the same: Move, shoot, communicate, protect and sustain. But as the barrier to entry continues to fall for extremely sophisticated tech- nology, including, increasingly, artificial intelligence, the nature of battle has become ever more complex. Key systems
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