Reoptimization for Great Power Competition

GPC Key Decisions

USAF Case for Change

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.

3D MEDICAL APPLICATIONS CENTER: Vat Photopolymerization

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Video by Stacey G. Wyzykowski

April 19, 2019 | 4:17

CLEARED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
TITLE: 3D MEDICAL APPLICATIONS CENTER: Vat Photopolymerization
YEAR: 2019
PAN: N1526-18-0007
AUDIENCE: Providers and Peers / Public Website
PURPOSE: 3D Medical Applications Center: Vat Photopolymerization, is one of a five part series designed to showcase every three-dimensional printing technology at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The other four additive manufacturing printers in the series are Material Jetting, Binder Jetting, Material Extrusion and Powder Bed Fusion.
The Vat Photopolymerization printing process uses various polymers to create solid, plastic, three-dimensional objects from medical scans or 3D designs, in a matter of hours to days.
RUNTIME: 03:43 More