Articles from Army Magazine, AUSA News, and Headline News relating to the Association of the United States Army's Annual Meeting
Setting the stage for a fight the Army must win, five of the Army’s most senior enlisted leaders provided in-depth briefings on the future battlefields NCOs need to prepare their soldiers for.
Last year, a small cadre of Army maintenance specialists was dispatched from the service's depot in Corpus Christi, Texas, to perform a complex repair on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter based in South Korea. The work took 13 days, rather than the 220 estimated to ship it back to the U.S. for repairs. The savings: An estimated $2 million.
Amid an uncertain threat environment, Army civilians play a vital role in the service’s success, said Agnes Schaefer, assistant secretary of the Army for manpower and reserve affairs.
The small, unmanned aircraft systems threat to ground forces is a problem that’s “not going anywhere any time soon,” said Maj. Gen. David Stewart, director of the Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office. Defending the homeland against the threat of small drones further complicates the issue, he said.
For the first time in 500 years, the Nordic nations of Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark are formal military allies. And with an existential threat in the form of an ambitious and pugilistic Russia close at hand, they're taking big steps to standardize their fighting gear and grow their forces.
Speaking Oct. 16 on a panel at the Association of the U.S. Army's Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C., the top military leaders of the four nations discussed their plans to modernize and build in the face of Russian aggression.
To craft a legacy of Army excellence, leaders can take inspiration from the culture and values of the All Blacks, the New Zealand national rugby team James Kerr analyzed in his bestselling book, Legacy: What The All Blacks Can Teach Us About The Business Of Life.
As the Army pursues a network that is simple, unified, rugged and easily upgradeable, the service must learn to harness innovations that already exist in the private sector, two senior leaders said.
The side that adapts and innovates first will win the next war, said Lt. Gen. Jonathan Braga, commander of Army Special Operations Command.
The key to achieving that is adopting a collective mindset, he said.
Once upon a time, if the Army needed a new weapon or communications system, it would send a list of requirements up the chain of command and wait for years to get the product fielded. But a new concept, called "transformation in contact," is streamlining that process.
"It's user-driven, as opposed to lab-based," Maj. Gen. Brett Sylvia, who commands the 101st Airborne Division, said Oct. 15 at the Association of the U.S. Army's Annual Meeting and Exposition.
If the Army goes to war, so will the Army Reserve, and the component’s formations must be ready now, said Lt. Gen. Robert Harter, the new chief of Army Reserve and commanding general of Army Reserve Command.
Speaking at the Association of the U.S. Army’s Annual Meeting and Exposition, Harter said the Army Reserve will be needed “early and often” because it has the bulk of the service’s combat support and combat service support capabilities, Harter said.
