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Army Chief, Secretary Shift Focus To Modernization And ‘Deep-Future’ Capabilities

Army Chief, Secretary Shift Focus To Modernization And ‘Deep-Future’ Capabilities
Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning and Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley

Gen. Mark Milley, having spent the first year of his tenure as Army chief of staff shoring up the service’s near-term readiness, has set his sights on modernizing the force for future conflicts.Appearing at his second Association of the U.S. Army annual meeting as chief, Milley on Monday said he and Army Secretary Eric Fanning would focus their attention on the “deep future” of an Army that could fight a near-peer adversary beyond 2025.  “Last year we talked about readiness…

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