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HOW THE PENTAGON IS LATE ON REFORM & THE ARMY ON RUTHLESS PRIORITIZATION

8/23/2019

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Congress needs to get its act together for defense funding
Mackenzie Eaglen | The Hill
Congress needs to solidify the new norm of on-time funding and let the political fight over the wall get hashed out in a fight separate from its most basic task of keeping the government open.

Pentagon acquisition chief provides update on major programs
(Defense News) Undersecretary of Defense Ellen Lord briefs reporters on the progress of several major defense programs.

A sneak peek of the Army’s modernization strategy
(Defense News) Get a preview of the new plan from Lt. Gen Eric Wesley, set to be rolled out later this year.

The Pentagon is almost two years late on efficiency reforms
(Defense One) Little progress have been made on various requirements ordered in the 2018 authorization act, GAO found.

Avoiding past mistakes: Are the Army’s modernization plans on the right course?
(Defense News) To avoid past mistakes that have all but crippled the Army’s ability to procure new equipment, the service should ensure its top modernization priorities are aligned with its emerging warfighting doctrine, which could mean rearranging some of its top efforts, conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation is arguing in a new report.

Ruthless Prioritization: The Army’s Realization of the National Defense Strategy – A Conversation with Acting Secretary Ryan D. McCarthy
Bradley Bowman — FDD Event
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) and its Center on Military and Political Power (CMPP) hosted Acting Secretary of the Army Ryan D. McCarthy on Tuesday, August 20, 2019. Secretary McCarthy delivered remarks and then participated in a moderated discussion with CMPP Senior Director Bradley Bowman. Topics included the threats the U.S. confronts, great power competition, and future wars, as well as Army readiness and modernization... Watch Here

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OUR CRISIS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC, WHERE THE ARMY IS NOW, HOW CHINA ENVISIONS THE USE OF A.I. & RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIAL BASE COLLAPSING

8/21/2019

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China now strong enough for a surprise move in the Indo-Pacific
(Defense News) China is gaining an increasingly favorable military position in the Indo-Pacific, leaving the United States no longer able to enjoy military primacy in the region, a new report by an Australian think tank has warned.

U.S. Strategy, Military Spending and Collective Defence in the Indo-Pacific
From The United States Studies Centre: “America's defence strategy in the Indo-Pacific is in the throes of an unprecedented crisis."

The Army’s outgoing leadership: Where the service stands, and where it’s aiming
(Army Times) As the top Army leadership changes and the newcomers grow accustomed to their roles, there remains much to be done to prepare the Army’s brigade combat teams and individual soldiers for potentially the next big fight.

U.S., CHINA:
DIA: China Plans to Use Information to ‘Dominate in the Future’
By Russ Read, Washington Examiner: "The data industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the world, set to reach $100 billion by 2020, and China is laser-focused on using it to its advantage when competing with the U.S., according to Army Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley, the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency."

RUSSIA:
Russia's Aircraft Industry In Crisis
By Piotr Butowski, Aviation Week: "The Russian aircraft industry is struggling. After peaking early in this decade, oil-price reductions and sanctions imposed by Western countries have caused both civil and military aircraft production to dwindle."

The U.S. Needs a New ICBM Now
By C. Robert Kehler, National Institute for Public Policy: " As the late renowned professor Bernard Brodie observed decades ago, “We have ample reason to feel now that nuclear weapons do act critically to deter wars between the major powers, and not nuclear wars alone but any wars.”"

Raytheon nets $47.9M contract for laser-guided Maverick missiles
(UPI) The Defense Department awarded a $47.9 million contract to Raytheon Missile Systems to purchase AGM-65E2/L laser-guided Maverick missiles.

AFSPC Study, Eye On China, Urges ‘Expansive’ New Strategy
A new AFSPC study posits a possible future — named after ancient Chinese warlord Zhang He — where China dominates space even as human presence vastly expands to the Moon and beyond.

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MULTI-DOMAIN BATTLE, CIVIL MILITARY RELATIONS & REFORMING THE INTEL SWAMP

8/8/2019

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The Myth of American Military Dominance
By Justin Lynch, War on the Rocks: "The assumption of historic military dominance, often understood as fact, is almost entirely unsupported by meaningful evidence."

Creating the Army After Next, Again
By Dan Gouré, RealClearDefense: “Following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, the U.S. Army began an effort to re-invent itself in anticipation of changes in the political, operational and technological environments."

Multi-Domain Operations, Bad for Civil-Military Relations?
By George Fust, RealClearDefense: "If the military has formally adopted MDO, which it appears they have, they should understand its full impact beyond military operations. One such category of concern is in the field of civil-military relations."

Reconsidering Division-Cavalry Squadrons
By Nathan Jennings, Armor Magazine: "Since the U.S.Army adopted tactical modularity in 2004, reorganized its final deployable armored-cavalry regiment (ACR) as a Stryker brigade combat team (BCT) in 2011 and, more recently, restructured its battlefield surveillance brigades without cavalry squadrons, it has lacked dedicated and optimized ground formations to conduct forceful information collection (IC) above the brigade level."

A Nuclear World in Disarray
By Ramesh Thakur, The Strategist (ASPI): "A hostile international security environment, the proliferation of nuclear weapons and the emergence of new space, cyber and AI technologies have increased the risk of accidental or deliberate use of nuclear weapons. The growing strategic risks and uncertainty in turn fuel the vicious cycle of renewed interest among U.S. allies in a nuclear deterrent as a hedge against receding U.S. primacy and reliability."

How China Violates International Law With Impunity
By James Borton, The Washington Times: "China’s violation of UNCLOS, its indifference to the Arbitral Tribunal award at The Hague three years ago, its frenetic atoll building spree, not to mention the militarization of the Spratly Islands, fishing bans in disputed waters and rampant ecological destruction of coral reefs, makes it painfully clear that Beijing’s endgame amounts to a global security threat."

No, MDO is not bad for Civil-Military Relations
By Allyson Christy, RealClearDefense: "The President deciding to violate the Constitution is, therefore, not a function of doctrine but rather a strategic choice in pursuit of some political end. An Army-specific operating concept could not be the genesis of this decision."

Bureaucracy, Intelligence, and Oversight
By Allyson Christy, RealClearDefense: "Although the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 is credited for revising the National Security Act, it was expected to strengthen consolidation. By overhauling a nearly impenetrable bureaucracy, the Act created a central I.C. authority—the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)—an alternative response to integration, communication, and coordination failures."

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HOW THE PENTAGON IS LATE ON REFORM & THE ARMY ON RUTHLESS PRIORITIZATION

OUR CRISIS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC, WHERE THE ARMY IS NOW, HOW CHINA ENVISIONS THE USE OF A.I. & RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIAL BASE COLLAPSING

MULTI-DOMAIN BATTLE, CIVIL MILITARY RELATIONS & REFORMING THE INTEL SWAMP

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