The next Chief of Staff of the Army — whether it be Gen. Christopher LaNeve, currently filling the role, or a new nominee — will be walking into two live-fire Pentagon debates that threaten to derail the service’s much-needed modernization efforts.
The first debate is a political dispute among administration officials, a spat that reportedly helped remove his predecessor. The new chief will need to figure out how to handle this quickly. But once that is settled, the new chief will have to turn his gaze to a bigger, broader problem, one sharpened by the war with Iran and reinforced by the grinding reality in Ukraine.
The Army, you see, is caught between the interpretation of what modern warfare means for the service. On one side are critics who see new technologies…
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