Chief: Lethal Squads, Crews Still Pivotal in Future Fight
Fri, 09/19/2025 - 08:21
As the Army’s transformation in contact initiative grows, leaders in the units selected should have solid training management skills and be “good at the basics” needed for the close fight, the Army’s top leaders said.
In remarks Sept. 9 at the Maneuver Warfighter Conference at Fort Benning, Georgia, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George and Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Weimer discussed the initiative, which puts new technology in the hands of soldiers to test, evaluate and provide feedback on what works or doesn’t work and how it can be used in combat.
Transformation in contact, which began in early 2024, takes place over an 18- to 24-month period and is now in its second iteration. Transformation in contact 2.0 includes combat and sustainment brigades, divisions and corps formations in the Regular Army, Army National Guard and the U.S. Army Reserve.
In preparing to lead such a unit at the company level, George told the audience of mostly young armor and infantry officers preparing to take command to “be really good at training management, be really good at the basics—that’s not going to change.”
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