Fighting the 20th Century Army into the 21st Century

摘要

The Army of the future is undergoing a transformation from a forward deployed 'Cold War' army to a power projection force. This transition will eventually result in a fully digitized, more tailorable, rapidly expandable, strategically deployable, and effectively employable organization. Until this transformation is complete, it may require a change to our doctrine and to our tactics, techniques, and procedures on how we integrate digitized and non- digitized systems and organizations into the fight. This paper addresses those possible changes. To leverage the true power of the future battlefield, commanders and their staffs must have a clear understanding on the capabilities and limitations that these new systems possess. Our challenge and primary goal of America's Army in this process is to keep the preeminent war-fighting skills ready and relevant while the Army evolves into the world's premier 21st Century fighting force.