Army Seeks ‘Decision Dominance’ Over Fast-Moving Enemy
Lt. Gen. Joe Ryan, deputy Army chief of staff for operations, speaks to soldiers.
Fri, 06/06/2025 - 08:35
The ability to rapidly make decisions on the battlefield will be critical to advancing lethality and overmatch against a fast-moving enemy, a senior Army leader said.
To give commanders the speed they need to effectively shape the battlefield to their advantage, the Army is investing in next-generation command-and-control capabilities, Lt. Gen. Joe Ryan, deputy Army chief of staff for operations, G-3, said June 3 during a session on Army transformation hosted by the Center for a New American Security.
“Perhaps our greatest lethality advancement today, the most important line of effort we’re pursuing, is what we would call decision dominance, and that’s within our next-generation command-and-control investment,” Ryan said.
Achieving a position of advantage over an adversary requires providing commanders the ability to assess the battlefield, make decisions and apply “lethal capabilities, their kinetic and non-kinetic capabilities that deliver effects,” Ryan said, adding that “they need to do it quicker than the enemy can do it.”
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