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Unclassified FORSCOM
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Unclassified / FOUO
Caveat: Limited Distribution
Not releasable without consent of the FORSCOM Commanding General
Contemporary Military
Forum #3:
Ready and Lethal9 October 2018
Lieutenant General Laura J. Richardson
Deputy Commanding General
U.S. Army Forces Command
Version 5 As of 5 Oct 18
Unclassified FORSCOM
CMF Panel #3, Tuesday 9 OCT 18, 1000-1200
Ready and Lethal
Panel Chair: LTG Laura J. Richardson
Deputy Commanding General United States Army Forces Command
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Dr. Catherine Dale
Director, RAND Ctr for
Russia and Eurasia
LTG Paul Funk, II
CG, III Corps
MG James Mingus
CG, 82nd ABN DIV
MG Courtney Carr
Adjutant General
Indiana National Guard
Mr. Joseph L’Etoile
Close Combat Lethality
Task Force
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“Prioritize preparedness for war; Build a more lethal joint force”
- Secretary of Defense Mattis -2018 NDS
Ready Lethal
Global Dynamic
Overmatch
Total Force Competency
Operational Mastery
Tactical Lethality
Strategic
Impact
Expeditionary Capacity
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Ready and Lethal - FORSCOM
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Tactical Lethality - Close Combat Lethality Task Force
• Adopt Close Combat-specific policies to maximize investments and outcomes
• Increase direct investment in training and education of Leaders
• Use advances in human performance and cognition to better recruit and retain
Training: “25 bloodless battles before battle”• Invest in new ways (live, virtual & immersive) to achieve repetition in training
• Maximize training efficiency and effectiveness
Warfighter Equipment & Weapons Systems:• Invest in more lethal and discriminating individual weapons• Lighten the infantryman’s load (including protective equipment)• Invest in assured communications• Field non-line- of-sight sensors capable of differentiating friend or foe
Science & Technology/Research & Development: • Make appropriate investments where the science lags the need• Develop innovation mechanisms
Human Performance:• Use advances in human performance and cognition to train, educate and
improve lethality and resiliency of Close Combat formations• Seeks to identify “best of breed” programs – DoD, S&T, SOCOM, Academia &
Industry
SecDef
Direct Tasking Memo
Dated 16 March 2018
End State
“Overmatch at the
Tactical Edge”
Close combat
formations that are:
- More Lethal
- More Resilient
- More Discriminating
- More Capable of
distributed, complex,
fluid operations
- Operating at
Sustainable Tempo
- Fiscally Sustainable
- Enduring – Changes
are institutionalized
and implemented
“I am committed to improving the combat preparedness, lethality, survivability, and resiliency of our Nation’s
ground close-combat formations. These formations have historically accounted for almost 90 percent of our
casualties and yet our personnel policies, advances in training methods, and equipment have not kept pace
with changes in available technology, human factors science, and talent management best practices.” –Secretary James Mattis
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Expeditionary Capacity – Lethal and Sustainable Readiness
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Total Force Competency
BCT15-28 / ~10
BN17 / ~10
CO15 / 3
PLT/SQD/TM/Crew28 / 6
Individual16 / 4
Training at echelon requires a strong foundation from which to build
“Proactively Shape the Strategic Environment”NDS 2018
Strategic Implications
• Our Adversaries
• Our Allies and partners
• Ourselves
Total Force Competency
Operational Mastery
Tactical Lethality
Strategic
Impact
Expeditionary Capacity
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Unclassified / FOUO
Caveat: Limited Distribution
Not releasable without consent of the FORSCOM Commanding General
Contemporary Military
Forum #3:
Ready and Lethal9 October 2018
Lieutenant General Laura J. Richardson
Deputy Commanding General
U.S. Army Forces Command
Version 5 As of 5 Oct 18 9
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2018 National Defense StrategySharpening the American Military’s Competitive Edge
• Expand the Competitive Space: Build a more lethal joint force, Strengthen alliances and
attract new partners, and Reform DOD for greater performance and affordability
• Approach: Strategically predictable, but operationally unpredictable; Integrate with
interagency, and; Counter coercion and subversion.
• Dynamic Force Employment / Dynamic Presence: New approach
• Increased strategic flexibility and freedom of action
• Great power competition—not terrorism—is now the primary focus of U.S. national security
“This strategy expands our competitive space, prioritizes preparedness for war, provides clear direction for significant
change at the speed of relevance, and builds a more lethal force to compete strategically.” James N. Mattis, Secretary of Defense, Johns Hopkins’ Paul H. Nitze School Of Advanced International Studies, 19 January 2018
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The Army
Vision
The Army
Campaign Plan
The Army Plan:
Support of
2018 National
Defense Strategy
The Army
Strategy
The Army of 2028 will deploy, fight, and
win decisively against any adversary in
a joint, multi-domain, high-intensity
conflict, while simultaneously deterring
others and maintaining the ability to
conduct irregular warfare.
Army Vision
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Modern weapons and systems +
combined arms formations + modern
warfighting doctrine + exceptional
Leaders and Soldiers
= Unmatched Lethality
Objectives: Man, Organize, Train, Equip, Lead
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ARFORGEN vs Sustainable Readiness
“Flattening the Curve”
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READY NOW
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“ If it does not build readiness…Don’t do it.” - CSA, 39, multiple times…
Prioritize Individual Soldier Readiness First 10/20 is the standard. Period.