WEBVTT 00:06.940 --> 00:10.560 The US Army finds 00:10.560 --> 00:12.782 itself at a historic inflection point. 00:12.840 --> 00:15.062 where disparate, yet related elements of 00:15.062 --> 00:17.229 the operational environment also known 00:17.229 --> 00:19.920 as the OE, are converging. The U.S. 00:19.920 --> 00:21.809 Army faces many challenges in the 00:21.809 --> 00:24.050 current OE. The return to great power 00:24.050 --> 00:25.994 competition from counterinsurgency 00:25.994 --> 00:28.050 operations against near-peer and 00:28.050 --> 00:30.130 eventually peer adversaries who are 00:30.130 --> 00:32.220 improving capabilities, modernizing 00:32.220 --> 00:33.998 their approaches to warfare, and 00:33.998 --> 00:36.220 revolutionizing the training and leader 00:36.220 --> 00:38.220 development of their forces. An OE 00:38.220 --> 00:40.276 influenced by a number of key trends 00:40.276 --> 00:42.331 such as the increased speed of human 00:42.331 --> 00:44.442 interaction, data driven processes, 00:44.442 --> 00:47.070 multigenerational societies, and rapid 00:47.070 --> 00:49.610 socio-economic changes. These trends 00:49.610 --> 00:51.666 are arriving faster and with greater 00:51.666 --> 00:53.832 impact across the globe as a result of 00:53.832 --> 00:56.110 the COVID-19 pandemic. Battlefield 00:56.110 --> 00:57.943 characteristics dominated by the 00:57.943 --> 00:59.943 construct of competition, crisis, 00:59.943 --> 01:01.610 conflict, and change, where our 01:01.610 --> 01:03.388 adversaries seek to "win without fighting" 01:03.388 --> 01:05.332 in competition and to use 01:05.332 --> 01:07.277 stand-off capabilities across multi- 01:07.277 --> 01:09.443 domains to separate the U.S. politically, 01:09.443 --> 01:11.443 and the Joint Force from itself and 01:11.443 --> 01:13.666 from its allies and partners. Advanced 01:13.666 --> 01:15.832 threat capabilities including advanced 01:15.832 --> 01:17.832 electronic warfare, precision long 01:17.832 --> 01:21.580 range fires, UAVs, cyber attacks, and 01:21.580 --> 01:24.690 full scope information operations. 01:24.690 --> 01:26.690 At the center of it all, are the United 01:26.690 --> 01:28.912 States' peer, advanced, and persistent 01:28.912 --> 01:31.170 challenges, including China, Russia, 01:31.180 --> 01:33.380 regional actors North Korea and Iran, 01:33.390 --> 01:35.620 as well as radical ideologues operating 01:35.620 --> 01:38.000 in the Middle East, Africa and South and 01:38.000 --> 01:41.090 Central Asia. China has become our 01:41.090 --> 01:43.312 number one Pacing Challenge. They have 01:43.312 --> 01:45.368 developed a whole of nation approach 01:45.368 --> 01:47.312 toward achieving their goals and will 01:47.312 --> 01:49.146 challenge the US with diplomatic, 01:49.146 --> 01:51.146 informational, military, and economic 01:51.146 --> 01:52.923 means. Using its Belt and Road 01:52.923 --> 01:54.868 Initiative or BRI, It poses 01:54.868 --> 01:56.646 significant risk to US economic 01:56.646 --> 01:58.701 interests globally. Meanwhile, the 01:58.701 --> 02:00.646 People's Liberation Army is in the 02:00.646 --> 02:02.812 midst of its most significant military 02:02.812 --> 02:02.400 modernization efforts since the 02:02.400 --> 02:04.456 creation of the People's Republic in 02:04.456 --> 02:06.511 1949. It is not just adding new and 02:06.511 --> 02:08.678 sophisticated capabilities, but is also 02:08.678 --> 02:10.900 fundamentally changing its organization, 02:10.900 --> 02:13.122 doctrine, training, and even the way it 02:13.122 --> 02:15.120 conceptualize is warfare. China's 02:15.120 --> 02:17.176 capabilities are growing and in some 02:17.176 --> 02:19.231 cases provide them overmatch. Coupled 02:19.231 --> 02:21.009 with the increasingly assertive 02:21.009 --> 02:23.064 behavior. China is a threat now. 02:23.064 --> 02:26.550 Russia, is a capable near-peer, nuclear- 02:26.550 --> 02:28.370 armed adversary and is a highly 02:28.370 --> 02:30.314 experienced force with significant 02:30.314 --> 02:32.426 capabilities. The Russian Army is an 02:32.426 --> 02:34.481 artillery army with tanks, relying on 02:34.481 --> 02:36.592 both kinetic and non-kinetic fires to 02:36.592 --> 02:38.814 dominate a battlefield. It currently 02:38.814 --> 02:40.981 is undergoing a military modernization 02:40.981 --> 02:42.648 effort designed to bring some 02:42.648 --> 02:44.759 sophisticated new capabilities to the 02:44.759 --> 02:46.926 force emphasizing advanced air defense 02:46.926 --> 02:48.926 capabilities, unmanned systems, and 02:48.926 --> 02:50.814 hypersonics. Russia is our most 02:50.814 --> 02:52.926 operationally experienced adversary, 02:52.926 --> 02:54.759 having seen combat in the Crimea, 02:54.759 --> 02:57.560 Eastern Ukraine, Libya, and Syria. 02:58.440 --> 03:00.329 North Korea remains a significant 03:00.329 --> 03:02.384 regional threat with its large, but 03:02.384 --> 03:04.273 dated conventional military. The 03:04.273 --> 03:06.690 950,000 strong North Korea People's 03:06.690 --> 03:08.912 Army remains capable of providing multi- 03:08.912 --> 03:10.523 domain challenges due to its 03:10.523 --> 03:12.570 significant fires capabilities that 03:12.570 --> 03:15.240 hold Seoul at risk. They are augmented 03:15.240 --> 03:17.407 by an increasingly capable cyber force, 03:17.480 --> 03:19.500 as well as a significant but aging 03:19.500 --> 03:21.680 artillery capacity and an increasingly 03:21.680 --> 03:23.458 sophisticated ballistic missile 03:23.458 --> 03:24.960 capability. 03:26.040 --> 03:29.700 Iran can contest us in all domains, with 03:29.700 --> 03:32.170 a robust cyber force , regional power 03:32.170 --> 03:34.190 projection capabilities, and ground 03:34.190 --> 03:35.968 forces armed with sophisticated 03:35.968 --> 03:37.634 domestically produced systems, 03:37.634 --> 03:39.870 demonstrating niche capabilities in 03:39.870 --> 03:43.530 UAVs, anti-tank, anti-ship and 03:43.530 --> 03:45.960 anti-aircraft capabilities. Iran's 03:45.960 --> 03:47.960 recent ballistic strikes on U.S. 03:47.960 --> 03:49.627 bases in Iraq demonstrate its 03:49.627 --> 03:51.627 capabilities to project and employ 03:51.627 --> 03:53.793 regional power. They have the ability 03:53.793 --> 03:55.990 to support, train, arm, and employ 03:55.990 --> 03:58.500 proxies through their Quds force, which 03:58.500 --> 04:00.611 it has done effectively in the Middle 04:00.611 --> 04:04.110 East and elsewhere . Radical 04:04.110 --> 04:06.420 ideologues span a broad range from lone 04:06.420 --> 04:08.364 actors through well organized, well 04:08.364 --> 04:10.587 equipped organizations. They possess a 04:10.587 --> 04:12.364 wide-range of capabilities, from 04:12.364 --> 04:14.476 improvised explosives, edged weapons, 04:14.476 --> 04:16.420 and small arms, all the way through 04:16.420 --> 04:18.531 state supplied, military grade weapons 04:18.531 --> 04:20.420 like advanced anti-tank weapons, 04:20.420 --> 04:22.364 ballistic missiles and battlefield 04:22.364 --> 04:26.220 rockets. The United States 04:26.220 --> 04:28.164 faces an extraordinarily dangerous 04:28.164 --> 04:30.053 world, filled with a wide range of 04:30.053 --> 04:32.276 threats that have intensified in recent 04:32.276 --> 04:34.387 years. Without question, the global 04:34.387 --> 04:36.442 economy was severely impacted by the 04:36.442 --> 04:38.770 COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. adversaries 04:38.770 --> 04:40.900 see an opportunity to exploit, using 04:40.900 --> 04:42.678 coercive competition across the 04:42.678 --> 04:45.090 diplomatic, information, military, and 04:45.100 --> 04:47.230 economic spheres designed to bolster 04:47.230 --> 04:49.500 their narratives and reduce U.S. global 04:49.500 --> 04:53.100 prestige. U.S . forces through 2030 04:53.100 --> 04:54.822 will likely encounter advanced 04:54.822 --> 04:56.711 equipment concepts, doctrine, and 04:56.711 --> 04:58.656 tactics in flashpoints and trouble 04:58.656 --> 05:00.044 spots around the globe.