Army strategizing for holistic change, not just new tech

By Sean Kimmons, March 31, 2017
The Army Maneuver Center of Excellence plans to publish the maneuver force modernization strategy this summer that will allow the service to move into the future rather than trying to continue to improve on the past. Not necessarily driven by new technology, the strategy could spark changes across the Army in doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel and facilities, or simply known as DOTMILPF. (Photo Credit: Spc. Harley Jelis)

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TYSONS CORNER, Va. (Army News Service) -- Developing technology for a new combat vehicle or other gear should not be the sole focus as the Army prepares for future warfare, according to the head of the Army Maneuver Center of Excellence.

As the center publishes the Army's maneuver force modernization strategy, Maj. Gen. Eric Wesley said, collaboration efforts regarding the future of warfare must be in high gear.

Many of those efforts won't necessarily be driven by new technology, but may instead spark changes in doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel and facilities, or DOTMILPF.

"It's not just about armored platforms," Wesley said. "It's about a transcendent strategy that allows us to lift this entire enterprise, which includes industry and also our NATO partners, in order to move into the future rather than to continue to improve on the past."

The strategy, which is expected to be out this summer after its underlying maneuver concept was signed off last month, will provide direction on where work in those areas should go. That could lead to a paradigm shift in what's being taught at schoolhouses or the restructuring of organizations so the Army can compete against near-peer threats.

"It's imperative that this entire enterprise collaborates and works together," he said, speaking Monday at an armored vehicles forum hosted by the Institute for Defense and Government Advancement. "Otherwise, you'll have nothing but stovepipes going out and exploring their own ideas without a lens or an azimuth."

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