Panel: Army Must Plan for a Future of Unknowns
Thursday, May 23, 2019
In a panel titled “Agile Land Forces: Black Swans and Pink Flamingos,†military planners talked about the need to think smaller, faster and with flexibility for the duration of future fights.
The May 22 discussion at the Association of the U.S. Army LANPAC Symposium and Exposition in Honolulu focused on how agility and fluidity, supported by technology, are ways to prepare for future battles.
The concern is that military planning is often based on known facts with predictable or likely outcomes. This may not be good enough to be prepared for the unknown, said retired Lt. Gen. Frank J. Wiercinski, a former commander of U.S. Army Pacific who is now senior vice president and managing director for the Indo-Pacific at Cubic Global Defense.
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