Force Modernization
Abstract
The United States Armys strategic transformation program is correctly structured to prepare the Army to defeat future threats while simultaneously engaging terrorist forces in counter-insurgency campaigns on two fronts. Force modernization is a major component of this transformation program. It allows the United States to remain the most strategically dominant country in the world. In 1999 the Army began it largest transformation in almost 40 years by using three modernization tenets that support transformation and the ability to conduct combat operations (The Official Homepage of the United States Army Web site, 2007). The first tenet looks toward the Objective Force. Science and technology will allow the fielding of new equipment. This new equipment focal point is on Future Combat Systems. The second tenet requires the Army to transform in order to supply the Interim Force with the materials that it needs today. The third tenet focuses on the Legacy Force. Modernization, digitization, and recapitalization will maintain and improve its capability to remain superior in countering todays threats. Modernization is the introduction of new equipment that has advanced capabilities.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 27, 2007
- Accession Number
- AD1117789
Entities
People
- Hector Gonzales
- Peter Cramer
Organizations
- United States Army Sergeants Major Academy