Implementing the Transformation Vision

Abstract

In the Secretary's Transformation Planning Guidance, transformation is described as "a process that shapes the changing nature of military competition and cooperation through new concepts, capabilities, people, and organizations that exploit our Nation's advantages and protect against our asymmetric vulnerabilities to sustain our strategichposition, which helps underpin peace and stability in the world." There are, of course, other ideas about what defense transformation is or should be, but the main objectives of the Department of Defense (DOD) transformation process are clear: support the U.S. defense strategy, and sustain and enhance the Nation's competitive advantage in warfare. To achieve these objectives, transformation advocates aim to anticipate and create the future rather than react to a future that adversaries seek to impose. While the coevolution of military concepts, processes, organizations, and technology is not entirely new, the current DOD approach to transformation recognizes that a profound change in one of these areas can trigger a change in the others, creating both new competencies and new competitions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA518480

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People

  • Walter P. Fairbanks

Organizations

  • National Defense University

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  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
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  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
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  • Information Operations
  • Information Warfare
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Capabilities
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Network Centric Warfare
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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