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General Randy George, our Acting (thanks to SEN. Tuberville) Army Chief of Staff and SGMA Michael Weimer have a united message for the service: If it doesn’t make you more lethal, ditch it.<\/p>\n
\nIf there are things on your training schedule that are not making you more lethal or more cohesive where you\u2019re taking care of your teammates, then you need to have a discussion about taking that off the schedule and not doing it,\u201d George said.<\/p>\n
The four areas cover a wide range but offer specific signals as to how, and where, the new chief plans to lead the Army over the next four years.<\/p>\n
Those four areas include warfighting, continuous transformation, strengthening the profession and delivering ready combat formations.<\/p>\n
As part of the warfighting focus, the pair said they want to reduce the non-combat preparation work for even low-level commanders. George noted it shouldn\u2019t take three or more weeks for a company commander to inventory their gear.<\/p>\n
But the general isn\u2019t tossing it all on the lower ranks. He pointed to industry and commercial models, noting that a Walmart staff can inventory their entire store overnight. He expects to develop \u201cpassive inventory systems\u201d to aid commanders with that task.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
I recall an IG inspection only taking a few days at most. Have to admit, the prep took a lot longer, especially borrowing that deuce-and-a-half we were missing from the unit next door and changing its bumper numbers to match (and then again repainting the numbers afterwards back to the originals. That unit did that for YEARS – when they were deactivated, it turned out that particular original truck never existed in the first place… but it did for the IG.)<\/p>\n
In the same remarks, George held up a tablet saying that a unit commander, his or her staff and subordinates should all be able to view the common operating picture on the same device.<\/p>\n
He recalled deploying with a command and control cell that carried 19 pelican cases and took nearly 15 vehicles to move around the battlespace.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can\u2019t operate like that on the battlefield,\u201d George said.<\/p>\n
Part of improving training and buying more time will be on the higher echelon units to take the burden off the lower-level commanders, George said.<\/p>\n
One example George provided included the division warfighter exercises. These are complex, multi-echelon unit events. The general sees these types of events as building a collective, virtual or simulated, trainer so the larger units, such as brigades and divisions, can practice their work without having to line up all the subordinate units.<\/p>\n