The Army vice chief of staff announced last week that the service would be releasing standards for a common operating environment that would be used to connect the Army's burgeoning network of computers, radios and sensors. "The network represents our number one modernization effort," Gen. Peter Chiarelli told an audience at the Association of the U.S. Army's annual meeting on Oct. 26. "One of the most significant challenges we face is interoperability. It's not enough to simply achieve a variety...