Q & A LT. GEN. STEPHEN M. SPEAKES
trying to do was improve by fi elding
the M-1 Abrams, the M-2 Bradley, and
the Apache, for example. Now, we vehicles, remote sensors, and other How are FCS and Army transfor-
talk about the soldier — boots on the technology, will put extraordinary ca- mation related?
ground. It is a personal focus on the pabilities in the hands of each soldier. Essentially, FCS places the best capa-
individual’s capabilities. FCS and the Link all that through the network, and bilities in the hands of soldiers in our
network give us that. We get a con- you have increased lethality, surviv- transformed, modular formations.
tinually cascading series of improve- ability, speed, and capabilities that The Army made an extraordinarily
ments pushing technology to the limit were diffi cult to imagine 20 years ago. courageous decision, led by then-
to give the best to soldiers.
We think FCS will revolutionize
how we conduct warfare. FCS, with
its array of manned and unmanned
What we
are trying
to do through
modernization
is working
today in Iraq. In this May 2007 photo, several Army
soldiers conduct foot patrol in a field in Iraq.
Soldiers test MRAP vehicles at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.
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