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, April 2015

U.S. Army Reserve Command

Video by Byron Martin

April 11, 2015 | 29:59

April 2015 episode of the Army Reserve's quarterly video news magazine.

In this edition of Army Reserve Today

Balancing the force.the challenges of reducing manpower in a changing
defense environment while helping those affected.

Full court press..focusing army reserve leaders on the issues impacting
personnel retention: it truly is everyone's business.

Promoting army reserve capabilities...keeping an operational edge by
engaging army service component commands...and showing them what we bring to
the table..

Army reserve soldiers come together from across america to transform desert
terrain into a airfield for a major army training center.

USARPAC Army Reserve engagement cell: a new way to ensure army reserve
operational readiness is maintained in the pacific while providing regional
support to the active component...

CSTX: one combat support training exercise trains army reserve soldiers,
units and commands in their war time missions, while working with active
army components, national guard soldiers, and other services elements...

Doing it old school: when modern technology fails, employees at an army
reserve pay center roll up their sleeves and process soldiers pay
manually...taking care of their troops.

An airfield blooms in the desert: twelve army reserve engineer units build
an airfield at the national training center.

Keep on trucking: an army reserve unit from Maine heads north of the border
to help the Canadian army transport equipment across a continent.

Building relationships: an army reserve soldier finds some new friends in
exotic Thailand while participating in a major multinational exercise.

Learning from the past: soldiers from one army reserve command spend time
learning about their military heritage on a historic American battlefield.

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