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Mark Milley&#8217;s assessment of the US Army&#8217;s continuously troubled intelligence analysis framework&#8217;s tactical capability\u00a0was lukewarm at a recent Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I have taken a hard look at [the\u00a0Distributed Common Ground System-Army] DCGS-A and I am keenly aware of all the various controversies,&#8221; Milley said. &#8220;My rough assessment is that DCGS is performing reasonably well at, kind of, echelons above brigade. When we we get into the tactical level, we have to move it around, jump from place to place, ease of use for young soldiers,\u00a0there is a very high density of training requirements, etc.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Milley said because of those issues, &#8220;there may be some other options out there. I&#8217;m not sure. 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