Army official sees drift from precision toward new focus on mass

By Ethan Sterenfeld / February 18, 2022 at 10:37 AM
The Army will have to organize itself around mass for future large-scale combat operations, rather than the precision that has been its focus for the past two decades, the director of the Futures and Concepts Center said Feb. 16. “I’m here to tell you that mass is going to be the watchword that we’re going to have to go through,” Lt. Gen. Scott McKean, who is also a deputy commanding general for Futures Command, said at an Army conference on...

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