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Army

Army Plans Reorganization Focusing On Rapid Modernization

Friday, October 6th, 2017

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Army Plans Reorganization Focusing On Rapid Modernization

U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley talks with Special Operation Forces Soldiers training at the U.S. Army National Training Center, Ft. Irwin, Calif., Nov. 6, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Chuck Burden)

Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, whose number-one priority has always been rebuilding and maintaining readiness, is turning his focus to bringing Army acquisition from the Industrial to the Digital Age.In a letter sent Oct. 3 to general officers and signed by Milley and Acting Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy, Milley calls for an overhaul of the sluggish processes by which the Army buys and fields weapons in order to regain the technical overmatch it has enjoyed since World…

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