Breaking Boundaries: Integrating Military and Technological Cultures to Enable Transformation

摘要

The idea of transformation' began in 1999, but the process of building a military which embraces the concepts of transformation', meaning a state of continuous change, requires that significant cultural adjustments be made in our military services. Further, the constant state of change requires the ability to identify and integrate technological advances much more quickly than we have in the past especially across the doctrine, organizational, training, material, leadership, personnel and facilities (DOTMLPF) performance pillars. Our warfighter and technologist professions are the key to achieving transformation as a process not, an end state. This paper explores the integration of these two communities as a critical point on the path to true transformational capacity for the U.S. military. Both communities have proven to be rich in ideas, innovation and adaptability; however, there are cultural barriers to their ability to cooperate effectively. This SPR will demonstrate that there is common ground and a framework for integration of these cultures and offer systemic solutions aimed at overcoming clashes. Cultural integration has the potential to offer a smoother process of transformation for the Army and possibly DOD as a whole and reduce both the time and cost of bringing new capabilities to the field.