25 Army Brigades Ready; End Of Cold War Weapons: Acting SecArmy On Next CJCS
Under Gen. Milley the Army went from two ready brigades to 25 and it finally -- after at least three false starts -- began to shed the heavy weight of the Cold War weapons known as the Big Five.
By Colin Clark on August 09, 2019 at 3:27 PM
Once in a while it’s useful to pull everything together and try and benchmark what’s happened. The Acting Army Secretary did that just today for his service as departing Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley readies to take on the mantle of chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Ryan McCarthy’s speech about that Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall really speaks for itself. We’ve edited it for length. My takeaways: the Army went from two ready brigades to 25 and it finally — after at least three false starts — began to shed the heavy weight of the Cold War weapons known as the Big Five, moving to a new Big Six ranging from 1,000-mile missiles to robotic tanks.
Can Milley deliver something of the same magnitude for the entire US military? It’s a huge ask, but McCarthy may think Milley can do it. For proof, here’s the best line of the speech: “The Joint Staff won’t know what hit them.â€
The key portions of McCarthy’s speech:
https://breakingdefense.com/2019/08/25-army-brigades-ready-end-of-cold-war-weapons-acting-secarmy-on-next-cjcs/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BreakingDefense+%28Breaking+Defense%29
