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AMC Chief Perna: Army Is In ‘Shameful’ Shape, Must Modernize

AMC Chief Perna: Army Is In ‘Shameful’ Shape, Must Modernize
U.S. Army Gen. Gus Perna, Army Materiel Command commanding general, gives opening remarks at the Association of the U.S. Army Global Force Symposium 2018 in Huntsville, Alabama, Mar. 27, 2018. Hundreds of Soldiers, Army civilians, academia and industry partners attended the event. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Teddy Wade)

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Not only is the Army not in fighting shape for future wars, it is in such dire need of systemic modernization that it is in “shameful” condition, according to the service’s chief logistician.The Army must challenge and change the status quo that has resulted in the Army suffocating under the burden of its own bureaucracy and mired it in complacency over the past 15 years of war, Gen. Gus Perna, chief of Army Materiel Command (AMC), said…

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