Seven questions with Gen. Rainey, head of US Army Futures Command

This is all well and good for the most part. However, we relied on superior technology before and we found ourselves back to a warof attrition. See Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

We need to find a balance.

If you go into the next decade, 2030-2040, we are working hard on the next Army Operating Concept based on the big evolutions, unprecedented disruption in terms of technology. There are some big changes to warfare, and figuring that out starts with [identifying] the future operating environment — not just our enemies, but demographics, climate, the economy, urbanization, what the future battlefield is going to look like, and how we need to operate to stay the best army in the world.

Then the third period of time that I’m starting to get more interested in is inside of two years — rapid acquisition, the speed of change. The amount of disruption and the character of warfare right now is unprecedented, so inside two years we need to do a better job of seeing something that’s happening on the battlefield, in technology, out in the Pacific, and turn that into no-kidding capability in a formation.

Does (or did) anyone at FC have a map of the epicenter of high tech? Link = from siliconvalley.com

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2018/04/20/army-considering-san-francisco-for-home-of-new-futures-command/