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Lessons Learned From Ukraine Reinforcing Army Modernization Priorities, McConville Says

Lessons Learned From Ukraine Reinforcing Army Modernization Priorities, McConville Says
Chief of Staff of the Army, Gen. James C. McConville, attends the Association of the United States Army's 2019 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., Oct. 15, 2019. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Dana Clarke)

The Army’s top uniformed official said Thursday lessons learned from the war in Ukraine have affirmed the importance of the service’s top modernization priorities, adding the conflict has specifically highlighted areas such as long-range precision fires and counter-drone capabilities as “extremely important” to future operations. “We’ve been gathering lessons learned and it’s reinforcing and we’re learning from the systems that [the Ukrainians] are operating,” Gen. James McConville, the Army chief of staff, told reporters. “The notion of speed, range and…

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