Making long-range planning work: the case of the US Army's 30-year strategic modernization plan |
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Authors: | Hassan M. Kamara |
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Affiliation: | National Security Affairs (Strategic Studies), Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA |
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Abstract: | The extensive timespan of evolving assumptions about future adversaries, US military engagements, and technology inherent in the US Army's 30-year modernization strategy can overwhelm the management capacity of planners, and misdirect acquisition investments. Some military scholars have argued that long-range planning is futile due to the complexities of the global security environment. So how can the US Army manage the evolving assumptions inherent in its 30-year modernization strategy to ensure it remains a superior global force? This study will answer the above question by arguing that the US Army's 30-year modernization strategy, while emulative of a similar modernization approach in the threat-based planning environment of the Cold War, is viable if supported by a method and a tool that manage investments and planning assumptions. |
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Keywords: | US Army modernization long term planning methods assumptions risk management |
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