U.S. combatant commanders should be given greater flexibility to launch "transformational" initiatives involving new technology and concepts they deem necessary to prosecute the global war on terrorism in their areas of responsibility, according to an influential advisory panel. That recommendation -- along with the suggestion that the Pentagon's Office of Force Transformation may no longer be required -- is set to be presented to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld this week. The Defense Science Board's "2005 Summer Study on Transformation: A...
