Army Chief Discusses Future of Training
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey speaks with U.S. Division Center soldiers at Camp Liberty, Iraq, April 19, 2011. Dempsey has cited the need for Army training that will challenge a combat-seasoned force. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jon Soucy Army Chief Discusses Future of Training By Donna Miles American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, June 1, 2011 – Army Chief of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey has put a lot of thought into ways to take the lessons learned during more than nine years of war and apply them to the military’s training and education programs. Dempsey, who spent two years commanding U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command before taking his current post in mid-April, knew it wouldn’t be easy to replicate the complexity of the operational environment in the classroom or at home station. “We cannot expect to capture the imagination of combat-seasoned forces that have been in some of the most complex environments imaginable for almost a decade by sitting
