Army Materiel Command would like to start stashing gear around the world. Just in case. The command's boss Gen. Dennis Via, says he wants to pre-position eight activity sets in places like Europe, Asia, and Africa, with each set designed to support a particular combatant command. Via also noted other initiatives currently underway, including an effort to lighten the gear soldiers carry by doing away with extra batteries and letting soldiers' by body heat charge devices instead.
Senior Army officials are painting a pretty dire portrait of the state of the service, fretting over decreasing end strength, improving enemy weapons, and a declining budget, National Defense magazine reports. Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, deputy commanding general of Army Training and Doctrine Command, worried Tuesday that the Army may be "outnumbered" in future conflicts, adding that its vehicles are insufficiently armored relative to enemy capabilities. Officials said "disruptive capabilities" were key to turning around the Army's fortunes, citing robotics, cyber capabilities, and electronic warfare technologies, among others, as particularly important.
Army Materiel Command would like to start stashing gear around the world. Just in case. The command's boss Gen. Dennis Via, says he wants to pre-position eight activity sets in places like Europe, Asia, and Africa, with each set designed to support a particular combatant command. Via also noted other initiatives currently underway, including an effort to lighten the gear soldiers carry by doing away with extra batteries and letting soldiers' by body heat charge devices instead.
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