Hegseth Orders ‘Comprehensive Transformation’ of U.S. Army

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is ordering the “transformation” of the U.S. Army, which will include divesting some formations, canceling procurement on older systems, and merging several internal organizations.

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There will be a merging of the Army Futures Command and Training and Doctrine Command into a new organization. 

In a lesson learned from the Ukraine War, the Army Transformation Initiative (ATI) will “Reduce and restructure manned attack helicopter formations and augment with inexpensive drone swarms capable of overwhelming adversaries,” and “Divest outdated formations, including select armor and aviation units across the Total Army (Active, Reserve, National Guard).”

“To build a leaner, more lethal force, the Army must transform at an accelerated pace by divesting outdated, redundant, and inefficient programs, as well as restructuring headquarters and

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