"The days of us dragging along a unique Army network to conduct any operation is over." Insightful quote (see below) from the US Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G-6 The purpose of a military network is to move information to where it needs to be, in the format/presentation it needs to be in, to optimize decision-making at all levels, and therefore give a "decision-advantage" to our side. Hence it is said that "winning in the decision space is winning in the battlespace." The question is, with the growing complexity of warfare and exponential growth of information being generated from all sources (military and public), can we still win in the decision space if we are limited by the boundaries of traditional military networks? Or is there a strategic, decision-advantage to be gained by supplementing, or reinforcing these (still necessary) traditional military networks with much more agile, modern, cloud-enabled capabilities? I believe so (I would not have picked my new line of work if I didn't!) Thoughts?
“The days of us dragging along a unique Army network to conduct any operation is over,” said Lt. Gen. John Morrison Jr., the Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G-6, during a media round table at the Association of the United States Army’s (AUSA) 2023 annual meeting (October 9-11) in Washington, D.C. “It's going to always be in this hybrid state of a mix of commercial capabilities and a mix of military unique capabilities, and … how do we use all of that to build in resiliency and then security?” #USArmySignalCorps #Signalcorps #USARMY @US_CYBERCOM @ARCYBER @armyfutures @Signal_School @US_CYBERCOM
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12moI think there is violent consensus on the WHAT, where we diverge is the HOW. The Canadian Army must set the conditions to achieve the HOW. The procurement system will not change, but within this matrix we need creative and courageous leaders to find the seams in the current process and then drive/exploit change. Who are those leaders, who are those early adopters? And conversely, when (not if!) those leaders emerge what innovative industry partners will be there to support and enable? BTW really like “build in resiliency and then security”!