ACQUISITION AT SPEED
The lack of RDT&E funds precludes the Army Reserve from innovating on today's problems.
3. Establishing a regular battle rhythm to direct the innovation efforts and share lessons learned across the force.
Tese efforts are modeled after not only the Army doctrinal operations process, but the innovation process that follows three generally accepted phases: invention, incu- bation and implementation.
CONCLUSION Even with set processes in place for opera- tionalizing innovation, the Army Reserve is still challenged by the lack of labora- tories and development centers available for solving active-duty challenges funded through RDT&E funds. However, there has been a historic connection between the Army Reserve and academia, given the large number of Army Reserve Soldiers in undergraduate and graduate programs. Programs such as H4D serve as an excellent opportunity for the Army Reserve to leverage research expertise and harness innovation from academia given its constraints. Indeed, at any given time, the Army Reserve is connected to dozens of H4D efforts. Although some of these projects fail like Icarus, some soar like Daedalus.
TeArmy Operating Concept 2020-2040 defines innovation as conversion of new ideas into valued outcomes. To innovate for the future force, the Army should encourage efforts such as Project Daedalus
that not only advance solutions devel- opment for tactical problems, but also highlight needs to modernize the Army’s governance and resourcing for technology development.
In May 2021, Lt. Gen. Jody Daniels, chief of Army Reserve, said that “the Army Reserve is bringing innovation and depth to Army modernization efforts, with Army Reserve talent serving as an integral part of that effort.” Despite unique challenges the Army Reserve continues to advance toward operationalizing innovation through sustainable processes and part- nerships with academia. While continually learning and improving internally, the Army Reserve welcomes changes to policy or resourcing practices so that agile inno- vation success stories transcend myth and become a matter of routine.
For more information, go to https://
www.usar.army.mil/OCAR.
COL. CONRAD J. JAKUBOW is the director of Strategy, Plans, Policy, and Prioritization, G-3/5/7, Office of the Chief spans
of the Army Reserve. His career tactical and strategic echelons, and
includes a deployment to Afghanistan as a civil affairs officer with Army Special Operations Command and as a Congressional fellow for the late Congressman C.W. Bill Young (R-Fla.). He holds a master’s in legislative affairs from George Washington University, along with an M.A. in international relations and an MBA from Webster University, and a B.S. in geography from the United States Military Academy at West Point.
MAJ. WONNY K. KIM is an innovation and information operations officer in the U.S. Army Reserve 75th Innovation Command and has served at various echelons in Europe, Africa and the Middle
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East. He holds an M.A. in international affairs from
Columbia from National University,
a Master of Science and Technology Intelligence
Intelligence
University and a B.A. in philosophy and psychology from Binghamton University.
MAJ. VIKRAM MITTAL, Ph.D. is an acquisition officer in the U.S. Army Reserve 75th Innovation Command. He was previously in the Massachusetts Army National Guard, with which he deployed to Afghanistan in 2011. As a civilian, he is an associate professor in the Department of Systems Engineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He holds a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an M.S. in aerospace from the University of Oxford and a B.S. in aeronautics from the California Institute of Technology.
MAJ. CLAY D. MURRAY JR. is a strategist at the 9th Mission Support Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii. He was previously a strategist at the Office of the Chief of the Army Reserve, including HQDA where he served as the strategic planner for the Army Campaign Plan 2019, 2021 and 2022. His previous assignments include serving as a military intelligence officer across various echelons in the Army, including
tours at Defense Intelligence
Agency and in Iraq. He holds an M.A. in intelligence studies from American Military University and a B.S. in political science from the University of Louisville where he was a Reserve Officers’ Training Corps distinguished military graduate. He is a graduate of the Basic Strategic Art Program at the Army War College, and a member of the Army Strategist Association.
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