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The Army's Upcoming Transformation, with Secretary Driscoll and Gen. George

2025/5/6
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Ryan Evans: 本期节目讨论了美国陆军正在进行的全面转型，旨在优化决策流程，优先考虑士兵的利益，并加快武器装备的研发和部署速度。乌克兰战争中快速武器更新换代的现实，迫使美军必须加快武器装备的研发和部署速度。 Daniel P. Driscoll: 现代战场瞬息万变，美军需要自下而上的创新来适应变化。美军改革应优先削减低效装备和系统，而不是削减作战能力。美军改革将重点关注四个方面：停止采购过时系统；利用节省的资金进行现代化建设；改进自身采购流程；精简总部机构。将步兵旅转变为机动旅，并非削弱火力，而是通过融入无人机、精确制导武器和自主系统等技术来提升其作战能力。美军正在对M1艾布拉姆斯坦克进行现代化升级，使其具备柴电混合动力、主动防护和模块化等特性。美军既需要重型装甲部队，也需要更轻型、更隐蔽的部队。美军改革将把军队视为一个大型企业来进行管理，以提高效率。美军正在改进其招聘流程，采用Salesforce等商业平台来提高效率。美军将改进其作战指挥系统，使其能够实时进行信息共享和指挥控制。美军将与国会合作，处理已经被取消项目的资金。美军将精简采购人员数量，并通过树立榜样来改变激励机制。美军将优先考虑士兵的利益，而不考虑政治后果或社会成本。阅读《Scrum》一书，帮助他理解敏捷软件开发的理念，并将其应用于军队改革。 Randy George: 美军正在进行的转型既是一种理念，也包含具体的实验。将步兵旅转变为强调速度和机动性的高度机动编队是美军转型的一部分。美军将淘汰不必要的装备和车辆，以减少士兵的负担。美军将下放更多权力和项目，以提高效率并改善士兵体验。美军不会放弃自主系统，而是会改变其采购方式，以降低成本并加快研发速度。将训练与条令司令部并入未来司令部，旨在提高效率并促进创新。将训练与条令司令部并入未来司令部，将促进两者之间的整合，提高效率。加强军队的专业性，包括提高纪律、标准和问责制，并鼓励士兵分享经验教训。 supporting_evidences Daniel P. Driscoll: 'I just would add, Ryan, the modern battlefield is changing. I think we've seen that and we have learned a lot over the last year and a half with our transformation and contact. So this is bottom-up innovation that we know we need and we know, you know, we've been watching what's happening on the modern battlefield.' Daniel P. Driscoll: 'And Ryan, fundamentally what SECDEF signed last week does four things. The first thing is it has us no longer invest and procure obsolete systems is bucket one. The second thing is it tells us what to do with those dollars that we're no longer spending on things we don't need to modernize the force... Randy George: 'I think that's a fair characterization. We're also, you know, we're modeling all of this, so we're doing a little bit of both.' Daniel P. Driscoll: 'I actually think it would be a non-ARMY book. So I picked back up and I read a book called Scrum. And Scrum is all about kind of agile software development. And it started, I think, in the late 90s, early 2000s...'

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Ryan popped across the Potomac to the Pentagon to speak with Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George about the ambitious Army Transformation Initiative. Following a directive from the secretary of defense, the initiative aims to streamline the Army’s force structure, cut wasteful spending, and rapidly modernize its capabilities.