ABSTRACT
To win the long war, the Department of Defense (DoD) must reshape the defense enterprise in ways that better support the war fighter and are appropriate for the threat environment. Today, the armed forces are hampered by inefficient business
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practices. The DoD’s current structure and processes are handicaps in the protracted fight we now face against agile and networked foes. Over the last twenty years, the DoD has increasingly integrated its war-fighting concepts, organization, training and operations to create the world’s most formidable joint force. Sustaining continuous operational change and innovation are a hallmark of U.S. forces. The DoD’s organizations, processes and enabling authorities urgently require a similar transformation. The DoD’s approach is to improve significantly organizational effectiveness, and in so doing, reap the rewards of improved efficiencies.
