Q & A LT. GEN. STEPHEN M. SPEAKES
Balancing
Act
Interview by
A 1999 U.S. ARMY ANALYSIS of fu-
Gina DiNicolo ture wars concluded the service needed
to make some changes. In fact, it needed
to transform itself and how it fought, un-
dergoing arguably its most comprehen-
sive modernization since World War II
— the last time world events necessitated
such action. The Army needed to change
dramatically. It needed more capability.
It needed to get where it was going faster,
and it needed to consume less while there
and on the way. ■ Army leaders soon de-
vised a long-term investment strategy not
only to transform how it fought, but also
to modernize its equipment and capabili-
ties. The transformation would take two
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