Reoptimization for Great Power Competition

GPC Key Decisions

USAF Case for Change

SecAF Memo

Air Force FAQ for Reoptimizing Great Power Competition

“We need these changes now; we are out of time to reoptimize our forces to meet the strategic challenges in a time of great power competition.”

~ Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall

The United States faces a time of consequence marked by significant shifts in the strategic environment. To remain ready, the U.S. Air Force must change.

In early 2024, the Department of the Air Force unveiled sweeping plans for reshaping, refocusing, and reoptimizing the Air Force and Space Force to ensure continued supremacy in their respective domains while better posturing the services to deter and, if necessary, prevail in an era of Great Power Competition. Through a series of 24 DAF-wide key decisions, four core areas which demand the Department’s attention will be addressed: Develop People, Generate Readiness, Project Power and Develop Capabilities.

Today, the Air Force once again finds itself at a critical juncture—an era of Great Power Competition marked by a new security environment, a rapidly evolving character of war, and a formidable competitor. This new era requires understanding its challenges and the attributes needed to succeed.

Embracing change is not a choice; it is a necessity. The Air Force must “reoptimize” into an enterprise prepared for high-end conflicts and long-term strategic competition.

Army Reserve Today July 2016

U.S. Army Reserve Command

Video by Calvin Reimold

July 19, 2016 | 29:59

Inside the July 2016 episode of Army Reserve Today, the quarterly video news magazine of the U.S. Army Reserve:

• A new leader at the top….LTG Charles Luckey is the 33rd Chief of Army Reserve and Commanding General, U.S. Army Reserve Command.

• Best warrior competition…U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers compete in a grueling week-long event testing their knowledge and skills. We’ll tell you who will go on to represent the Army Reserve at the Department of the Army Best Warrior Competition later this year.

• Resiliency and the warrior…how resiliency training is used to enhance mental toughness and prepare U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers for physical tasks.

• Behind the scenes….we’ll highlight one individual and her role in kicking off the U.S. Army Reserve Command’s 2016 Best Warrior Competition.

• Exercise ANAKONDA…we’ll take an inside look at the first multi-national exercise bringing 24 nations and how this helped build interoperability between forces.

• Farewell to arms: Lt. Gen. Jeffrey W. Talley, 32nd Chief of Army Reserve, hosts his final web cast town hall meeting and speaks about his four years as chief.

• British special forces invade Fort Hunter Liggett, CA, as part of an airborne training exercise.

• U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers conduct bilateral civil affairs training with Japan’s Ground Defense Force.

• U.S. Army Reserve engineers build a tower at Joint Base mcguire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ, …for archers. More