{"id":52075,"date":"2023-10-09T11:18:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T11:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/10\/09\/the-armys-new-chief-has-a-plan-and-its-all-about-warfighting\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:14:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:14:20","slug":"the-armys-new-chief-has-a-plan-and-its-all-about-warfighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2023\/10\/09\/the-armys-new-chief-has-a-plan-and-its-all-about-warfighting\/","title":{"rendered":"The Army\u2019s new chief has a plan and it\u2019s all about warfighting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gen. Randy George <\/a>begins his tenure leading the Army as it faces a period of rapid change, competition with adversaries across the globe and a strained force. The new chief of staff intends to <\/b>fuel that fight by distilling the complex set of challenges facing the force into a singular goal: ensuring the service is the best warfighting organization it can be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The general was once a private, having enlisted out of his Iowa hometown, but by 1984 he was at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Graduating in 1988, the infantry officer first saw combat<\/a> with the 101st Airborne Division as part of Operation Desert Shield\/Desert Storm only two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That operational career has informed how he wants to lead the Army through the coming years amid old and new demands on a smaller Army that\u2019s expected to be everywhere it\u2019s needed when called.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

George, 58, talked with Army Times about his four focus areas, the generals he\u2019s tasked with leading those efforts and what he expects from soldiers across the force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The four areas sound simple but cover a wide range of what the Army, the largest service, must do to compete in today\u2019s world and, if necessary, win in a conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those areas are warfighting, continuous transformation, strengthening the profession<\/a> and delivering ready combat formations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In George\u2019s mind, each of those areas folds into a singular goal: Making the Army the world\u2019s most effective fighting force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preparing for war<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

To lead this effort, George intends to draw on leaders with a lot of stars on their shoulders \u2014 Gen. Charles Flynn, over at <\/b>U.S. Army Pacific, Gen. Andrew Poppas, with Forces Command, and Gen. Darryl Williams, of <\/b>U.S. Army Europe and Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those three generals either oversee forces overseas directly or, as in Poppas\u2019 case, manage all of what flows those forces into planned or emergency deployments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Much of the process is working, but refining and improving the system, George said, will improve readiness for the Army and the joint partners it supports in every theater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gen. Charles A. Flynn, commanding general of the U.S. Army Pacific, receives a farewell salute from Capt.. Joshua Aquinde, commander of the 230th Engineer Company at the Hawaii Army National Guard Puunene Armory, Maui, Aug. 15, 2023. (Spc. Tonia Ciancanelli\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Army is doing a great job meeting all of our requirements globally \u2014 I want us to continually look at how we get better at managing home station training, [operational tempo], and transformation so units have the appropriate time to meet their requirements and get the time they need to rest, refit, and stay connected with their families,\u201d George said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the ways he expects to do that is to reduce the strain on commanders, especially lower-echelon leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He shared an example wherein even a company-level commander could be responsible for a 118-page property book. Much of that gear may have served a purpose at one point but is either so rarely used or not needed for combat that it\u2019s simply weighing down the commander and their unit with added inventory, maintenance and other duties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re spending time laying out equipment, servicing equipment that you don\u2019t use or need or are not going to combat with, then we shouldn\u2019t have that inside of the formation,\u201d George said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The chief wants the Army to find ways to conduct \u201cpassive inventory,\u201d which entails electronic tracking of materials, instead of people hauling out gear and marking paper sheets to know what they have and where it is \u2014 similar to how Walmart or Amazon might review their wares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He wants to cut obsolete or irrelevant equipment from those property books and has a pilot program starting this month to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maj. Gen. David Doyle, commanding general of the 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson and Command Sgt. Maj. Alex Kupratty, command sergeant major of the 4th Infantry Diviision and Fort Carson, Colorado welcome the then-Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, Gen. Randy George and Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael R. Weimer during a visit to Powidz, Poland, Aug. 26, 2023. (Spc. Joshua Zayas\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The end result would buy back time for commanders and soldiers, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat it should do is free up more time to train but it should also make it easier for going home at night, spending time with their family,\u201d George said. \u201cIf they save 100 hours and they spend 20 more hours at the range and 80 hours off, I\u2019m good with that. That\u2019s 20 more hours on the range.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To put that in motion, George has tasked Poppas at FORSCOM and Gen. Charles Hamilton, over Army Materiel Command to select two divisions to reduce their non-essential inventory within three months, starting in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve asked AMC and FORSCOM to spearhead this effort within XVIII (Airborne) Corps,\u201d he said. \u201cThe goal is to get leaner, lighter, and less complex to allow those units to focus on their warfighting mission. There is no numeric goal tied to it, but I want unit commanders and NCOs to feed into this process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gen. Andrew Poppas, commanding general, U.S. Army Forces Command, salutes a folded flag presented to him at the Eternal Heroes’ Memorial Ceremony June 5, 2023 in Normandy, France. During the ceremony, Poppas presented veterans and veterans’ family members with folded flags and coins. (Sgt. Erin Conway)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

That effort may provide a template for the rest of the Army\u2019s divisions, but with such a quick turn, there will also be ways to improve. But George doesn\u2019t want to dissect those types of changes from the Pentagon, he wants units to do the work and see what happens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPart of that is moving out. We may not be exactly where we want but the point is when you say you\u2019re going to do something, you need to show you\u2019re serious about it,\u201d George said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The chief sees taking action in those types of scenarios as the best way to show the force he\u2019s serious about change and prioritizing warfighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond equipment, the acting chief wants to trim or eliminate much of the administrative strain of entering data or jumping through hoops with unnecessary online training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a recent presentation at Fort Moore, Georgia, the chief was explicit with the maneuver force audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf there are things on your training schedule that are not making you more lethal or more cohesive where you\u2019re taking care of your teammates, then you need to have a discussion about taking that off the schedule and not doing it,\u201d George said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He backed that up, telling commanders at Fort Moore to remove online pre-course requirements for one of their command courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having led at nearly every operational level, George has watched the number of pieces of equipment in command centers on the battlefield grow exponentially, making the operational centers cumbersome and clunky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gen. Charles Hamilton, commander of Army Materiel Command, shakes hands Monday with retired Capt. Mike Rose, a Medal of Honor recipient, during Huntsville\u2019s Memorial Day Ceremony and Laying of Wreaths at the Huntsville Madison County Veterans Memorial. (Jonathan Stinson\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a problem the Army\u2019s been seeking to change for at least the past decade. But the chief has an even more ambitious aim than simply cutting out a few pieces of equipment or having a nice folding tent on the back of a vehicle that makes a mobile operations center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

George envisions a commander needing no more than a tablet to share an operating picture of his or her forces with their staff, sitting in the back of a Stryker or other such vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transformation<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Gen. James Rainey, over Army Futures Command, will lead the continuous transformation effort, evolving the Army to be ready for current and future threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rainey spoke in September at the Maneuver Warfighter Conference at Fort Moore, Georgia and laid out a stark assessment of what warfighting will demand of soldiers in an era that threatens peer-level, large-scale combat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think we got to be a little more clear about the horror and difficulty of the fighting that we\u2019re going to have to do,\u201d Rainey said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gen. James Rainey, Commanding General, Army Futures Command, serves as the keynote speaker Mar. 29, 2023 at the AUSA Global Force Symposium, speaking on transforming the Army for war-winning future readiness. (Joseph Kumzak\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And while technology is enabling some futuristic capabilities in cyber, data and electronic warfare that might have seemed impossible a few years ago, war is still war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTechnology increases the punishment of unskilled commanders in untrained units,\u201d Rainey said. \u201cIf you\u2019re not good, if you\u2019re not prepared, you\u2019re going to pay for it at an unprecedented level.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Long-range fires, cyber-infrastructure attacks, and psychological operations may keep the threat at bay initially, but regardless of the technological advancements, close combat \u2014 and the hellish hardship that comes with it \u2014 will still be what decides a war\u2019s outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSomebody\u2019s going to close that last 500m in the dark, smoked, the old-fashioned way,\u201d Rainey said. \u201cWe better have rifle squads who can stab people on the objective, and we better have armor units that can set things on fire.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At futures command, Rainey and his team are marrying the new tech with dirty old close combat in novel ways through the Army\u2019s use of cross-functional teams that focus on areas such as the next generation combat vehicle, long range precision fires and soldier lethality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat I like about the [Cross Functional Teams] is that when there\u2019s a problem, we pull the right experts together and they tackle the problem,\u201d he said. \u201cWe just have to be adaptive and look at ways to transform to the changing character of war.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transformation doesn\u2019t mean only new rifles and high-tech simulations for battlefield training. It also means easing the lives of soldiers and their families, helping them get the resources they need when they need them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To that end, George has given guidance to the Installation Management Command to improve a smartphone application for garrisons across the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The apps would be <\/b>tailored to the specific installation and would provide basic information such as commissary and gym hours, alerts for gate closures or emergencies and a way for installation commanders to communicate quickly and directly with post personnel and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve provided guidance to improve what they\u2019ve already put in place,\u201d he said. \u201cThe bottom line is, we must provide soldiers and families with timely, reliable information, and we have the technology to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Making life outside of combat training easier, in George\u2019s thinking, will allow soldiers to focus on those combat tasks, which is how the Army will win wars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or, as his top enlisted soldier, Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Weimer, put it in remarks at Fort Moore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWarfighting is the reason we exist,\u201d Weimer said. \u201cBut you can\u2019t be a good warfighter if you don\u2019t take care of your family, if you don\u2019t take care of your teammates. You can\u2019t be a good warfighter if you can\u2019t manage your time. The list goes on and on and on. So, they\u2019re not inseparable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Standards<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Gen. Gary Brito, over Training and Doctrine Command, will guide the effort to strengthen the profession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brito recently told Army Times<\/a> a key example of that starts with the first days of basic training, where drill sergeants now put recruits in leadership roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The old-school form of discipline meant drill sergeants shouting in recruits faces, demeaning them into submission. A new approach is to hold those recruits to stringent standards in their small teams, making them accountable and showing them why discipline matters in personal, tangible ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s left to be seen is how NCOs across the force will translate the Chief\u2019s message. Soldiers have valid concerns, and likely personal experiences of overbearing leaders who dished out discipline for discipline\u2019s sake, adding further demands to the already demanding lives of rank-and-file soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent presentations, high-ranking officers have told forces that they expect junior NCOs and officers to enforce Army standards. George admitted that the environment has changed since he was a young officer with the addition of social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But discipline is key and it\u2019s a major focus for how George sees units and individual soldiers being successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gen. Gary Brito discusses the AH-64 Apache Longbow Crew Trainer at Fort Rucker, Alabama, November 2022. (Lt. Col. Andy Thaggard\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI still know that discipline is required for a unit to be successful in combat,\u201d George said. \u201cWe have to make sure we\u2019re instilling that discipline every day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crucial to having leaders and subordinates on the same level is to emphasize that discipline is every soldier\u2019s responsibility, from private to general. But inside of that, commanders must clearly communicate the expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a Corps commander, George held Facebook Live town halls as well as post-physical training session meetings with staff and other senior leaders. Sometimes simply to ensure that everyone clearly understood his guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI expect everyone to do this and this is the standard and I expect you to enforce it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If everyone is on the same page, George, Brito and others have said in recent months, then soldiers are more likely to understand the role of their battle buddy, their NCOs and officers, thus creating a more cohesive team that can be hardened through training and other aspects of Army life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Combat Ready<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Hamilton, over Army Materiel Command, will lead the effort of delivering combat ready formations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once he took over AMC earlier this year, Hamilton didn\u2019t mince words about his command\u2019s purpose \u2014 precise and predictive sustainment. That means a slimmer and more nimble approach to getting the right gear to those who need it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Large logistical convoys heading to Forward Operating Bases are nothing but targets now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And potential cyber attacks on U.S. infrastructure, including homeland military bases, could cut the steady flow of supplies. All that means that commanders at every level will need to know what they have, what they truly need and what they can do without in combat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of those obstacles will be met by technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hamilton told<\/a> Army Times\u2019 sister publication Defense News<\/a> earlier this year that one example could be fewer and quieter generators. Battery-run generators provide a near-silent operation, helping mask a force\u2019s signature. Finding better power management to reduce the need for 30 to 40 generators will free up space for ammunition, food and water on shipments to the force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Readying the force goes beyond equipment, knowing what\u2019s happening on the modern battlefield and funneling that into relevant training is key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

George expects current battlefield lessons, such as those in Ukraine, to be captured, analyzed and then, if validated, fed into training cycles from home station to the schoolhouses to the combat training centers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One such example is a top-to-bottom look at putting unmanned aerial and ground systems at nearly every echelon and troubleshooting how they\u2019re deployed in a variety of formations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those rapidly evolving systems are getting cheaper to produce and easier to use. He wants each formation thinking about how to use that technology at their level, and how to protect themselves from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fires Center of Excellence in Fort Sill, Oklahoma established a Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems University this past year that seeks to train commanders on best practices for the threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such efforts also feed another focus: Fighting at echelon. In layman\u2019s terms, this means that at the squad level, soldiers better know their roles and master their tasks, and that flows up the chain for platoons, companies, battalions and beyond. If half the squads in a platoon can\u2019t perform, the platoon is ineffective, which has a ripple effect on what company, battalion and brigade commanders can expect from their formations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent years there\u2019s been an ongoing push to shift the Army\u2019s unit of action from the brigade to the division, part of the Great Power Competition shift to readying the force for the possibility of large-scale combat operations. George doesn\u2019t see the future fight as binary \u2014 brigade versus division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe need to be good at fighting at echelon,\u201d George said. And that means all echelons from squad to corps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While adding new tech, equipment and even headquarters to coordinate it all has remained a steady effort, those larger formations don\u2019t fight well if the subordinate units don\u2019t perform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

George made a point to say there are situations in the Indo-Pacific theater where an Army battalion or even company may serve as the focus of an effort or a joint force enabler. If soldiers can\u2019t manage the company-level tasks, then that unit is ineffective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having led at every level, George has seen the massing of equipment in command centers on the battlefield. It\u2019s a problem the Army\u2019s been seeking to change for at least the past decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Why<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

George had a long career before sitting as acting chief. He started out enlisted before becoming an officer. He served multiple combat tours, ran units at various levels and did his time in the Pentagon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He\u2019s seen a lot. And while there are always new things in the sight picture, many have a familiar feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The four-star said he hears a lot of talk about generational differences with new soldiers, how Generation Z youth expect leaders to explain their reasoning, not something past generations of soldiers may have even been allowed to ask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Former U.S. Army Capt. Larry L. Taylor speaks with then-Vice Chief of Staff of the Randy A. George after receiving the Medal of Honor at the White House in Washington, D.C., Sept. 5, 2023. Taylor was awarded the Medal of Honor for his acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving in the Vietnam War. (Henry Villarama\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As a brand new private, George remembers his platoon sergeant being the kind of soldier who would explain to troops what was going on, why it was important and what they had to do, even if it didn\u2019t always make sense at their level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd sometimes doing something that wasn\u2019t important, but we had to do it anyway,\u201d he said. \u201cI appreciated that he was truthful with everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even Pvt. George had questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think I always wanted to know, it\u2019s important to explain why,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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