The Future of our Army, with Gen. James McConville

Modern War Institute

John Amble

News, Government

4.8 • 818 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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This episode of the MWI Podcast features a conversation with Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. James McConville. He talks new weapons and equipment, bringing the active and reserve components together, a revolutionary new talent management system, and even a couple book recommendations! He took on that role as the seniormost officer in the United States Army in August 2019, and his tenure comes at a time during which the service is in a period of substantial transformation. As he explains, many of the systems the Army uses—especially major weapons systems—were fielded in the late 1970s and early 1980s, another period of major change in the service. That's why the Army is undertaking a massive modernization effort. But that doesn't just mean the weapons and vehicles US soldiers go to war with will change. The doctrine that determines how they fight, the organizational structures of their units, and even the talent management systems that recruit and retain the Army's men and women will be different than those of the past.

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0:00.0	The systems that we use, the training areas that we use, pretty much all came out of the late 70s and early 80s.
0:11.0	And so we must modernize the Army.
0:13.0	And modernizing the Army is not just about getting new equipment.
0:16.0	It's the doctrine. It's the organizations. It's the people.
0:20.0	And it's the training that goes along with that.
0:26.5	We are in a war for talent. We're competing for talent.
0:34.3	Hey, welcome back to the Modern War Institute podcast. I'm John Amble, editorial director at MWI,
0:39.7	and for this episode, I am thrilled to have had the opportunity to speak to Chief of Staff of
0:44.1	the Army, General James McCondville. The conversation is a great chance to hear from the very top,
0:50.1	from the senior most officer in the United States Army about a range of topics,
0:54.9	from new weapon systems and vehicles that will be fielded as part of the Army's modernization
0:59.4	strategy to the multi-domain operations concept, a significant overhaul in our warfighting
1:05.0	doctrine, to what is clearly one of General McConville's top priorities, something he calls
1:10.2	people first.
1:11.9	You'll also hear another voice in this conversation, Major Brett Reichertz.
1:15.8	He is an MWI non-resident fellow and one of the hosts of a brand new podcast MWI is launching
1:21.2	called Inside the Building. You'll actually hear a version of this conversation along with
1:25.7	some added content as one of the episodes
1:27.9	other episodes will feature guests who work in the pentagon and can help explore what's happening there
1:33.1	from defense policy to budgeting to training and more it will be an incredible glimpse inside the
1:40.0	building you'll be able to find it wherever you get your podcasts, and we'll put the word out
1:44.2	on social media when it's live in just a few days. One last thing before we get to the conversation,
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