1、TestimonyThinking Smarter About DefenseMarch 2011Joint ConCept Development anD experimentationBy andrew F.KrepinevichThis testimony was presented before the U.S.house of representatives,committee on armed Services,Submcommittee on readiness on March 31,2011 Thank you,Mr.chairman,for the opportunity
2、to appear before you today,and to share my views on this important issue.My testimony is intended to provide a context within which one might assess Joint Forces commands(JFcOMs)mission for joint concept development and experimentation in the wake of the commands disestablishment.*I proposed the ide
3、a of transforming atlantic command(acOM)into Joint Forces command and assigning it primary responsibility for U.S.military transformation while serving on the National Defense Panel.My colleagues on the Panel strongly shared my view that such a command is needed owing to the rapidly changing charact
4、er of the military competition,stimulated by the accelerating tempo of technological advances and an international system in a state of flux.We proposed JFCOM with the understanding that its commander would be the sole senior officer whose primary mission was to speak for and support the“cOcOMs-afte
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