General (ret.) Joseph L. Votel is a distinguished senior fellow on national security at MEI. He retired as a four-star general in the United States Army after a nearly 40-year career, during which he held a variety of commands in positions of leadership, including most recently as commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) from March 2016 to March 2019.
The Army of 2040 must be prepared for large-scale combat operations with joint forces and new levels of complexity, lethality and speed. Getting there will require data-driven decision-making and the ability to personalize training for everyone while making room to use data to support a soldier’s entire lifecycle.
U.S. Army Chief Information Officer Leonel Garciga has been named to Executive Mosaic’s prestigious Wash100 list for 2024. Garciga’s bold approach to information technology modernization and his spirit of catalyzing innovation within the Army have earned him his first Wash100 Award.Vote for Garciga as your favorite 2024 Wash100 Award winner at Wash100.com! Voting closes on April 30, and the winner of the Wash100 popular vote competition will be announced shortly thereafter.
High above the Persian Gulf, an Iranian drone crosses the path of American fighter jets lining up to land on the USS Nimitz. The drone buzzes across the sky.