Military Officer - December 2007 - (Page 55) Q&A trying to do was improve by fielding the M-1 Abrams, the M-2 Bradley, and the Apache, for example. Now, we talk about the soldier — boots on the ground. It is a personal focus on the individual’s capabilities. FCS and the network give us that. We get a continually cascading series of improvements pushing technology to the limit to give the best to soldiers. We think FCS will revolutionize how we conduct warfare. FCS, with its array of manned and unmanned LT. G EN . STEPH EN M . S P EA KES vehicles, remote sensors, and other technology, will put extraordinary capabilities in the hands of each soldier. Link all that through the network, and you have increased lethality, survivability, speed, and capabilities that were difficult to imagine 20 years ago. How are FCS and Army transformation related? Essentially, FCS places the best capabilities in the hands of soldiers in our transformed, modular formations. The Army made an extraordinarily courageous decision, led by then- What we are trying to do through modernization is working today in Iraq. In this May 2007 photo, several Army soldiers conduct foot patrol in a field in Iraq. Soldiers test MRAP vehicles at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. PHOTOS: ABOVE, SGT. TIERNEY NOWLAND, USA/DOD; TOP, HARAZ N. GHANBARI/AP DECEMBER 2007 MILITARY OFFICER 55
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