2025 Focus Areas

2025 Focus Areas

STRENGTHENING THE TOTAL ARMY

Representing more than 1.8 million members, AUSA advocates for the Total Army—Regular Army, National Guard, Reserve, Army Families, Civilians, Survivors, Caregivers, and Veterans.

Celebrating the Army’s 250th Birthday

  • Energizing national pride in the Army by telling Army and soldier stories and raising awareness of the value of service.
  • Leveraging AUSA’s nine Regions and 122 Chapters to help connect communities across America with their Army.

Forging Strong Partnerships with Allies, Industry and Academia

  • AUSA symposiums, events, and publications connect the Army with allies, industry, and academia to increase lethality and ensure the service has the resources it needs to fight and win.

Warfighting & Strengthening the Profession

AUSA supports Army warfighting by educating, informing, and connecting. This includes:

  • Providing leadership training (e.g. through its Center for Leadership) and professional development forums on timely topics such as Army transformation.
  • Providing networking opportunities, such as the Annual Meeting, symposiums such as Global Force (focused on transformation), LANPAC (highlighting the Indo-Pacific), and LANDEURO (focused on Europe), and the Strategic Landpower Dialogue, that connect the Army, Congress, partner forces, industry, and academia.
  • Encouraging discussion, educational programming, and writing through AUSA professional forums and publications.
  • Supporting Army families and veterans through region and chapter activities, which build Soldier and family resilience and contribute to delivering ready combat formations.

 

"Warfighting is the reason our Army exists. We’re a global force that fights when called upon at the scale required.”

Army Chief of Staff General Randy George, October 10, 2024

 

Recommendations for Congress

  • Support the Army and help celebrate its 250th Birthday.
  • Enact timely, adequate, and flexible authorizations and funding for the Army to enhance warfighting and readiness.
  • Support Army efforts to increase lethality and mobility and accelerate transformation to enable the fielding of cutting-edge capabilities.
  • Support Soldier and unit deployment and sustainment capabilities.
  • Support training and professional development so Army leaders and Soldiers can serve with competence and character.
  • Support programs to build effective, cohesive teams.
  • Support Army recruiting and retention initiatives.
  • Provide sufficient compensation, benefits, health care, housing, and quality-of-life programs for Soldiers, families, and Army Civilians in support of readiness, resilience, and retention.
  • Strengthen the industrial base and Army infrastructure while securing the supply chain.

 

"The Army is indispensable to preserving national security as a member of the joint force. We must provide the Total Army the resources and support it needs and deserves to achieve its mission."

General Robert B. Brown, U.S. Army, Retired, President & CEO