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Army TRADOC Chief Battles Requirements Creep

Wednesday, July 8th, 2015

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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 June 30 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)…

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