{"id":616,"date":"2023-09-18T00:59:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T00:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daily-bullet.com\/?p=616"},"modified":"2023-09-18T00:59:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T00:59:03","slug":"army-leaders-gather-at-fort-moores-maneuver-warfighter-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daily-bullet.com\/?p=616","title":{"rendered":"Army Leaders Gather at Fort Moore\u2019s Maneuver Warfighter Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fort Moore, Ga. \u2013 Top Army leadership from the Pentagon and major commands gathered here Sept. 12-14 for the Maneuver Center of Excellence\u2019s Maneuver Warfighter Conference. The annual event, hosted by Maj. Gen. Curtis Buzzard, MCoE commanding general and Fort Moore\u2019s senior commander, focused on the way forward for large scale combat operations, including presentations on maneuver modernization, multi-domain operations, robotics, electronic warfare, and data literacy as well as holistic health and fitness.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor three days, we get to hear from the leaders of our Army. We get to focus on driving change and meet the challenges of Army 2030, shape the Army of 2040, and build a common visualization of where we\u2019re going,\u201d Buzzard said, emphasizing the importance of the MWFC.<\/p>\n

Buzzard also mentioned the Army pivot to large scale combat operations, combined arms in a multi-domain environment, transparent battlefields, and the proliferation of unmanned systems as topics to be covered and discussed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are at the epicenter of the changing character and immutable nature of war at the Maneuver Center of Excellence. This is exactly what we do: we focus on building the foundation and delivering trained and combat ready Soldiers and leaders to the operational force while also developing and integrating the doctrine and capabilities for the future,\u201d Buzzard said.<\/p>\n

Senior leader presenters attending the event included Gen. Randy A. George, U.S. Army acting Army Chief of Staff; Sergeant Major of the Army, Sgt. Maj. Michael R. Weimer; the U.S. Army Forces Command command team, Gen. Andrew P. Poppas and Command Sgt. Major TJ Holland; the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command command team, Gen. Gary Brito and Command Sgt. Major Daniel T. Hendrex; U.S. Army Pacific commanding general, Gen. Charles A. Flynn, and the U.S. Army Futures Command command team, Gen. James E. Rainey and Command Sgt. Maj. Brian A. Hesler; among others.<\/p>\n

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Special guest speakers included author and strategist Peter Singer and Mike \u201cCoach K\u201d Krzyzewski.<\/p>\n

Realizing the Strategic Vision<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI want to talk to you a little bit about where the Army\u2019s going,\u201d said Gen. Randy George, acting Chief of Staff of the Army.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to talk about our four focus areas,\u201d the general stated, noting his newly refined focus areas of warfighting, continuous transformation, strengthening the profession, and delivering ready combat formations which were published only a week prior. \u201cOur Army exists to fight and win wars; that\u2019s why our number one focus area has to be warfighting \u2013 and be laser-focused on that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The general expanded that thought. \u201cI expect you to focus on what makes you more lethal and cohesive,\u201d he said, adding that anything \u201cnot contributing to lethality and cohesiveness\u201d would have to be reviewed for possible removal.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe going to have to change how we\u2019re organized,\u201d George continued, stating that he asked commanders at the four-star level to review their structure and adjust based on capability and environmental advances.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to change how we train,\u201d he said, noting the current multi-domain environment. \u201cWe\u2019re going to have to adjust going forward. We\u2019re going to have to do things more rapidly.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The best ideas, he added, most often were \u201cbottom up\u201d, originating in the field and the operational environment. \u201cI ask you to think that, to write about it, to pass them up and to make sure we\u2019re seeing them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got some work to do,\u201d said Michael Weimer, the recently sworn-in Sergeant Major of the Army. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to transform how we develop our non-commissioned officers; we have to transform how we train; we have to transform how we manage our time, and I do believe that, at echelon, the non-commissioned officer has a key role to play in every one of those things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Achieve Army 2030<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gen. James E. Rainey presented remarks on the future of war from his perspective as head of U.S. Army Futures Command.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are three big things that are not going to change.\u201d Rainey said, describing the first enduring element of the future of war as its definition: a contest of wills, the second as the immutable decisiveness of the land domain, and the third as the Army\u2019s commitment to its values.<\/p>\n

Regarding the last point, Rainey stated, \u201cI believe the United States is going to continue to abide by the law of armed conflict, and that matters because that\u2019s what separates us from the people we fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat is going to change?\u201d he asked. \u201cWe\u2019re going to have to learn how to fight under constant observation and in constant contact in one form or another. That\u2019s game changing. If I was a commander right now, I\u2019d make sure I was putting more into counter-C5ISR (command, control, communication, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) than my own C5ISR.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTechnology,\u201d he stated, \u201cindisputably favors the defense.\u201d While defensive postures are getting stronger, he said, offensive warfighting is only getting harder and \u201cmore costly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rainey also discussed the operational relationship between fires and maneuver.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think fires is going to bump up above maneuver again. We\u2019ve gotten into thinking that fires is something to condition maneuver. I think the future is going to be about maneuvering to position fires. That\u2019s a big, fundamental change.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rainey addressed other key issues facing the future Army, beginning with what he considers the impossibility of avoiding combat in urban areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re kidding ourselves if we think we\u2019re going to avoid fighting in cities. We\u2019re not going to be able to avoid it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shifting his comments to technology, he notably stated that, \u201cIf there\u2019s one thing that you recall from today, this is it: technology is increasing the punishment of unskilled commanders and untrained units. If you\u2019re not good, if you\u2019re not prepared, you are going to pay for it at an unprecedented level.\u201d<\/p>\n

His remarks were echoed by Brig. Gen. Brian Vile, commanding general of the U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence at Fort Gordon, Ga., in a later panel discussion.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt really boils down to two things,\u201d Vile said. \u201cFirst, we enable and defend friendly use of cyberspace and the electro-magnetic spectrum \u2013 EMS. The second thing we do is we deny our adversaries the use of cyberspace and EMS. If we\u2019re successful, you\u2019re going to fight like it\u2019s 2030 and the adversary is going to fight like it\u2019s 1914. We\u2019re going to force them back to carrier pigeons. We\u2019re going to force them back to runner-on-foot. We\u2019re going to force them back to dumb weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n

Look Beyond 2030<\/strong><\/p>\n

The future is going to be about artificial intelligence, but in a very different way from how it\u2019s been discussed so far, said Peter W. Singer, New York Times best-selling author and strategist for the New America Foundation. The age-old question of, \u201cWhat if machines became intelligent?\u201d is being addressed now, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s happening now, in our lifetime, and you are tasked to lead through this challenge,\u201d Singer stated. \u201cWe\u2019re only at the start of this journey. There\u2019s no other area that is seeing as much change, as much investment, as much activity as this space.\u201d<\/p>\n

Artificial intelligence, Singer said, involves every country, every industry and will create opportunities everywhere.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe editor of Wired magazine put it this way, \u2018I think the recipe for the next ten-thousand start-ups is to take something that already exists and add AI to it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Singer added that AI should be applied to the U.S. military today regarding maintenance, military medicine, acquisitions, intelligence analysis, and battle maneuver \u2013 nearly every aspect of what the Army does.<\/p>\n

The three-day event concluded with remarks by coach Mike Krzyzewski, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and former Duke University and U.S. Olympics basketball coach.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m retired from coaching now, but I\u2019m not retired from being a leader. I\u2019ve been a leader my whole life. It\u2019s the best profession in the world. It changes daily and you have to stay on top of things, and it really transcends every profession on this planet. If you do not have good leadership, you\u2019re going to fail.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are (leading),\u201d the coach told the audience virtually from his office in North Carolina, \u201cbecause you represent the best team on this planet \u2013 the United States Army. To be leaders on the best team in the world is such an honor and a huge commitment.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTo me, leadership simply is having a group of people that you have the honor to lead, to use their talents to the highest level \u2013 not to put a ceiling on their talents \u2013 and coordinate them in the accomplishment of a mission.\u201d<\/p>\n

By Randy Tisor, Fort Moore Public Affairs Office<\/em><\/p>\n

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