Asymmetrical Challenges: Technology in an Era of Persistent Conflict (Army Space Journal, 2009 Spring Edition)

Abstract

The following edited text was taken from a presentation given by U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command's Commanding General, LTG Kevin T. /Campbell, at the 11th Annual SPACECOM Defending America Symposium. Before I get into talking about Space and missile defense, I want to just take a moment and talk about your Army--an Army that's deployed 247,000 strong around the globe today. Today in the theater of war, in Afghanistan and Iraq, we have about 138,000 of our men and women deployed there. It's keeping us somewhat out of balance in our ability to meet every contingency. The Army does have a plan with the help of congress to field a larger Army over the next three years. And we think that by 2011, with some stabilization in Iraq, and what we see coming in Afghanistan that we'll be able to give our troopers more time at home. So it will look like boots on the ground for a year, and home for a minimum of two years. We think that's all achievable by 2011.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA514067

Entities

People

  • Kevin T. Campbell

Organizations

  • United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Commerce
  • Defense Systems
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • High Altitude
  • Information Systems
  • Navigation
  • Network Protocols
  • Networks
  • Satellite Communications
  • Space Based
  • Space Systems
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.

Technology Areas

  • Space