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Can the DoD Transform Itself?

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Can the DoD Transform Itself?

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“The new strategy is strong and coherent, but I’m not sanguine about its translation into action,” says Davis. “To pay for the improvements, the DoD has assumed savings–from base closings and so on–that require politically painful decisions on the part of Congress. If these savings come up short and if defense budgets decline further, as seems likely, the military’s impulse may be to jettison the innovations in favor of minimizing cuts in personnel. “It would be better if the DoD insisted now on a major redesign of our combat forces–drawing on the many ideas and experiments that already exist within the services. But it’s not clear that the defense department can transform itself without some drastic shock–like losing a war or having its budget slashed–particularly when there is little political pressure for defense reform.

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