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Army TRADOC Chief Battles Requirements Creep

Pat Host

Tuesday, June 30th, 2015

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Army TRADOC Chief Battles Requirements Creep

An OH-58F Kiowa Warrior. Photo: Army.

The head of the Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) is battling requirements creep by trying to convince leadership to trade unrealistic requirements for enhanced capability.TRADOC Commanding Gen. David Perkins on Tuesday presented a hypothetical scenario where he was trying to convince the Army instead of purchasing 28 kinds of helicopters that would be “barely trainable,” he could get leadership more capability if they pared it down to six aircraft.“We’re looking at overall capabilities and trying to layout (options) for…

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