Mark Dahilig believes that the strongest careers are built by looking beyond a single lane. Experience and growth are best achieved by embracing a combination of cross-functional training within one’s organization and developmental assignments to broaden perspective, boost confidence and sharpen decision-making—an approach he lives out in his own role supporting the Soldier’s mission from the civilian side.
For years, Army acquisition has operated using antiquated processes that resulted in new technologies stuck in multi-year planning and slow fielding. In an era when the U.S. Army is Organizational leaders talk about transformational structures, launch modernization campaigns and redesign processes. Yet, decades of research shows that most change initiatives either fail outright or never achieve the intended results. This inspired the PRIME...
The Army is operating in an era defined by strategic competition with China, technological disruption and software-defined warfare. In response to acquisition timelines that often take decades, the Army has shifted toward rapid prototyping, experimentation and accelerated pathways, leveraging Middle Tier Acquisition (MTA) authorities, rapid capability offices and iterative software models to compress delivery timelines and maintain strategic...
