The US Army’s chief of staff has ideas on the force of the future
But can he scale up his clever experiments?
RANDY GEORGE joined the US Army in 1988. It had overhauled itself after the trauma of Vietnam. It had written a new doctrine, known as AirLand Battle, to defeat the Soviet Union in a war in Europe. And a few years later it would smash the Iraqi army in the first Gulf war, a conflict in which General George, as he is today, served as a young lieutenant. He is now in charge of that same army, and wants to reinvent it, continuously, for a new age.
Explore more
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Reinventing the army”
United States October 5th 2024
- Crypto bros v cat ladies: gender and the 2024 election
- A ports strike shows the stranglehold one union has on trade
- Tim Walz is the most popular candidate on either ticket
- Many Americans can decide their own policies. What will they choose?
- Hurricane Helene was America’s deadliest storm in nearly two decades
- The US Army’s chief of staff has ideas on the force of the future
- The vice-presidential debate was surprisingly cordial
From the October 5th 2024 edition
Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents
Explore the editionDiscover more
Could an “October surprise” upset America’s election?
What last-minute developments might portend for the race
Donald Trump is preparing an assault on America’s immigration system
The third in our series of policy briefs
What America’s presidential election means for taxes
The second in our series of policy briefs
The Supreme Court begins another contentious term
Guns, vapes, online porn and health care for transgender youth dot the docket
What America’s presidential election means for world trade
The first in a series of eight concise briefs on the consequences of the 2024 election
Checks and Balance newsletter: gender politics in the election
Both parties are telling very different stories about gender