Report: Transformation Reduces Vulnerability of U.S. Troops to 'Disruptive' Threats

By Jason Sherman / March 29, 2006 at 5:00 AM
The U.S. military can reduce its vulnerability to disruptive threats by increasing investments in programs that accelerate transformation, which will make American forces a more difficult target to attack. That is the central recommendation of a study commissioned last year by the Pentagon's Office of Force Transformation that aims to give senior Defense Department officials a new framework for thinking about disruptive threats and directing investments to deal with them. "We thought this was one of the areas where we...

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