‘Good, healthy debate’: Eyeing the Indo-Pacific, Army leaders grapple with force structure shake up

‘Good, healthy debate’: Eyeing the Indo-Pacific, Army leaders grapple with force structure shake up
‘Good, healthy debate’: Eyeing the Indo-Pacific, Army leaders grapple with force structure shake up

“My brigade combat team was responsible for a third of Iraq, hell, everything from drinking chai to chasing Iranians. That’s not the future,” said Army Futures Command Gen. James Rainey.

Big Guns For Light Infantry: Mobile Protected Firepower

Big Guns For Light Infantry: Mobile Protected Firepower
Big Guns For Light Infantry: Mobile Protected Firepower

This week at Fort Benning, Ga., the Army told some 200 industry representatives from 59 companies what it wants in its next war machine, the Mobile Protected Firepower vehicle (MPF). The MPF must be light and nimble enough to accompany foot troops where the massive M1 Abrams cannot go: into dense jungle and narrow streets, up mountains and…