New Ways to Fight

The Army envisions the battlefield of 2040

Good morning and Happy Monday!

Last week, the 4-star commander of the U.S. Army Futures Command, Gen. James Rainey, teased us with some revelations about the new Army Operating Concept.

This new concept should be released this fall in the “1.0 version.” (It’s gone through at least five draft iterations, each of which have had varying amounts of completeness and reviews associated with them).

The document is closely held, although not classified and will describe the trends that will characterize the battlefield of the future, the challenges that the U.S. Army (as part of the Joint Force) will likely face, and the central, organizing principals that the Army Futures Command believes will be critical for defeating a technologically advanced adversary.