I want to thank John Hamre Tony Cordesman Mark Cancian, who’s done a great – some great work recently on the Army and Army capacity and so forth. What a privilege it is to be here with you and to be at CSIS in particular, an institution that does so much to lend clarity to our thinking about issues involving national defense. So he’s come up to Washington in part especially for this event today, so I hope you will greet him with your warm applause. His job today is director of Army Capabilities Integration Center and deputy commanding general of futures, U.S. I’m not going to do justice to his resume, frankly, but suffice it to say he is a warrior, he is a scholar – he has served as a professor up at West Point – and a frequent advisor to senior Army leadership before becoming senior Army leadership himself. McMaster – if you do not know, General McMaster has served in Afghanistan and Iraq. And certainly the world today is extremely complex and challenging for our United States Army. McMaster has graciously agreed to join us today to talk about how the Army thinks about – how he thinks about implications for the Army in the future. (Laughter.) They’re in two separate locations, and so depending on what the event is we’ll go to one of them – (laughter) – more maybe in serial order.īut as to today’s event, Lieutenant General H.R. As I like to tell people, there is a church and a bar. I’m the safety officer for this session, so if anything should happen just follow my lead and we’ll head across the street. Let me first thank Rolls-Royce North America, who makes this Military Strategy Forum possible.Īnd also let you know that, should there be a fire alarm or something of that sort, obviously you know there are doors behind you. And I have the great pleasure of being able to introduce and moderate the session today with General H.R. I direct the International Security Program here at CSIS. Thank you for joining us here at CSIS today.
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