Fighting the 20th Century Army into the 21st Century.

Abstract

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.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 09, 1999
Accession Number
ADA364565

Entities

People

  • Richard G. Cardillo Jr

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Artillery
  • Combat Support
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Digital Communications
  • Doctrine
  • Information Systems
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • Situational Awareness
  • Task Forces
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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