army. the army's mission remains constant. to fight and win our nation's wars. we do this with a trained and ready force prepared to respond to the evolving landscape. threat landscape. in order to re main ready the army requires many forms of training. in my role as the assistance secretary of the army for manpower affairs i provide oversight for the army's anti-terrorism policy and extremism policy and their respective training requirements. the g 357 operationalizes those policies with the support and assistance of the provost marshal general for anti-terrorism policy and they are implemented at the command level. the army has provided responses to congressional inquiries into an incident at fort liberty in july 2024 involving the presentation of nonstandard anti-terrorism training, slides to 47 soldiers. these training slides were related to the army's anti-terrorism policy not the army's extremism policy. the slides inaccurately referenced nonprofit public advocacy organization groups

the army is undertaking a review and that locally army terrorism training and guidance and training, we acknowledge that this revealed a gap in our processes as these were developed in 2017 and we need to alleviate potential for individuals to develop materials without appropriate review. the army wide review is intended to close the gap. chairman banks, ranking member kim, thank you for your bipartisan support of soldiers and families. i look forward to your questions. >> chairman banks, ranking member kim, distinguished members, thank you to -- for the opportunity to testify. as a deputy chief of staff one of my roles is to ensure things are in accordance with values. the training materials presented were neither developed nor approved by any office and were not in line with policies or values. this was an exception to the culture and i would like to highlight three reasons why the process remains strong and guard against incidents from occurring. those reasons are standardized training, soldier level reviews and commander oversight. our training process and culture and the size is

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in my role with the army i provide oversight for the army's anti-terrorism and extreme policies. they are implemented at the command level. the army provided responses into an incident at fort liberty problems the anti-terrorism training slides to 47 soldiers related to the army's anti-terrorism policy and not the extremism policy and the slides inaccurately recognized national rights to life, earth first, earth liberation, anne liberation and peta as terrorist organizations, which is inconsist with the army's policies and training. the secretary of the army and i have stated nonprofit groups are not terrorist oups and shouldn't be described as such. the slides do not represent the policy or views of the united states army. the since dent was assessed directed by leadership and completed on july 29 , 2024. the slides were developed at fort liberty. they were not reviewed or approved by fort liberty leadership because local policies were not in place for reviewing or ing the training slides and no evidence the individual attempted to further a personal viewpoint through the presen

he knows every single army officer. he's senior army in the united states army. most of them somehow find their way through the second corps sometime to visit during the the the italian campaign. but being in the coalition warfare he's he's there when the french are having trouble. what the leadership and fifth army want done and as a consequence he's called upon to utilize his knowledge and knowledge of french. but the fact that number of these officers that served the french expeditionary corps are students with him at the calais together or as instructors should point you to thank you. i think we've got scott. okay. go ahead. i'm scott lang pelletier. have a question about tanks and first of all, congratulations to all of you on your hard work, very good presentations after world war one, the west, western four board and other commissions looked at artillery and asked some hard questions about where the army was going to go based on the world war one experience and in terms of artillery, they came up with a really interesting approach. one was what was the pra

fourth army and the fourth army is a training army. and he has to train and certify every single division that's leaving the continental united states to go fight in either the pacific or or the atlantic. and what's funny is, is he sits down and goes, guys, do it. the leavenworth way. and there's this great quote. i in here says, he would as put it every once in a while, you go down there and see some guy, a division commander, who like a genius, and you figure, hell, we've got another napoleon. then you come to examine him more carefully. you find out that all he's doing following the rules they laid down in leavenworth and our other schools and he gets along. again. standard routine staff work done. the army's standard. not the perfect way. it doesn't have to be the perfect, as we all know, good enough is often best. and what he does is he sits there and he works them through that takes command of ninth army in world war two, new army throughout world war two. he goes fights in all the major operations where he serves underneath brad

army. confederate armies in the field took the major three of those men out of the state. consequently it was virtually impossible, even with active home guards keep an 1861 level of control and confederate military policy with success across the entire. by 1864. as long as the army remained in the field actively campaigning, confederates could never to amass the necessary force to suppress all of the local irregular conflicts in north carolina or in the rest of the confederacy. it was this destabilization and loss of control due to irregular warfare that was an insurmountable manpower within the state now the widespread form of irregular war in north carolina was the anti confederate people's war of self-defense and resistance that emerged among disaffected citizens deserters from the confederate army. ip evaders never went into the confederate army who resisted the policy and unkindness tional unionists from the coastal no man's land of northeastern north carolina to the quaker and moravi

of army command. please extend a warm welcome to our panel. [ applause ] we're going to do two rounds of questions. first, i'm going to ask one question that all three will answer. and then i'll have some more directed questions for each of the panelists in the second round. so let's get started. for round one, the question is, what recent innovations or creative strategies have you implemented that sparked excitement and impacted your command's overall commitment to the mission? with that, general? >> okay, thank you. to get started, first of all, thank you. thank you for allowing me to join this panel. it's really important. the corps of engineers, 40,000 talented civilians are key enablers of our team. and so overseeing a $95 billion program, projects either underway or in the planning. we really rely on our talent to get the job done. efficient are i day we're competing with private, contracting, engineering and construction firms, as discussed to recruit the best talented workforce. in most cases

and it is an honor and privilege to serve the army as a department army civilian.afc exists to transform the army, to drive world when future readiness. so when we talk about them as valuable asset, that is people. they are our strength. until recently one of things we implemented earlier this year when we had the chance to implement a new personal system. at the science and technology. and what that is, is the system that provides us the flexibility we need to be able to manage a highly skilled workforce. 65% of our workforce in stem fields. until we need the flexibility to go out and acquire that talent. be able to compete for this highly sought after talent. develop the talents, pay the talent and retain that talent. effectively what we have embedded in this authority give us broad scope for direct higher authority. we talk about the issue with jobs. direct higher authority helps us get out in many ways. we want to make sure we are optimizing the direct higher authority. truly doing strategic recruiting in the talent we actually need instead of posting and prayi

army advertising initially struggled. by the late 1970s this was the army.here is one great postcard that said it's not perfect but it's not too bad. [laughter] really? be all you can be was forward-looking. people cheered when they heard it. the recruiters were happy. it was an amazingly successful campaignt and they just brought it back. >> left at a long time it got to the point it was wallpaper 65 to 70000 not close enough it's every service is not just the army struggling at this time. the air force is not supposed to have to struggle or it's supposed to be a given. the marines are supposed to be a given, everybody struggling. stewart why is that? >> has a lot of reasons. partly it is ase propensity fewr people want to serve. partly it is the people who are qualified to serve in a lot of that has to do standards about body weight, body mass, standards about many of those kind of things. one of the larger issues civilian society are ever more removed from those who serve in the military. part of it has to do closures that created larger bases. family sup

but as you pointed out, the british army was a professional army and british soldiers, the army for the most part as a career. so the majority of british soldiers who served in the american revolution, they were volunteer hours who joined the army as career. some of them stayed in the army for 20, 30, 40 years. and the american revolution was just one small part of those careers in order to accommodate this professional army that would often get deployed overseas for long periods, it was necessary to allow married to bring their wives with them. so with the british army in america, a large number of wives of soldiers. and these are the people that i'm focusing on. lauren talked about the home front. well, now have this population of women married women whose home is the army. they their home is wherever the army is. and that means they're exposed to the same dangers that the army is exposed to. now, if you study the army in detail, look at the military documents, everything from the orders to the memoirs, the primary sources mentions of women are pervasive. they're talked about all the

while you're in the army.like that's a lot of freedom. and he was looking overseas and, you know, beginning in 1933 in germany, newspapers controlled by the government, if you wanted to be a journalist in germany, you had to register with the government. if you weren't aryan and your spouse also had to be aryan, you couldn't be a journalist. the nazi government also gave messages every day that had to be printed the stories or had to be worked into the stories because they were trying to basically indoctrinate the entire population and to believing what the government wanted them to believe. and so that spread as the german army occupied different areas. so even in france once france was occupied, the newspapers were taken and if they stayed open, it was because they were printing what the nazis told journalists and editors to print. and so fdr was looking at that, and he loved the optics of sending his troops overseas with the freedom of the press. and so i'm going to quote for a second, but this is what fdr

while you're in the army.like that's a lot of freedom. and he was looking overseas and, you know, beginning in 1933 in germany, newspapers controlled by the government, if you wanted to be a journalist in germany, you had to register with the government. if you weren't aryan and your spouse also had to be aryan, you couldn't be a journalist. the nazi government also gave messages every day that had to be printed the stories or had to be worked into the stories because they were trying to basically indoctrinate the entire population and to believing what the government wanted them to believe. and so that spread as the german army occupied different areas. so even in france once france was occupied, the newspapers were taken and if they stayed open, it was because they were printing what the nazis told journalists and editors to print. and so fdr was looking at that, and he loved the optics of sending his troops overseas with the freedom of the press. and so i'm going to quote for a second, but this is what fdr

deal does lebanon's army have the capabilities to enforce? this is fine. well this is what people hear a wondering as well. um, this is what we are about to point out in the next 60 days. of course, if you compare the lebanese army to has paula, it is quite clear that that is lex strength. the lebanese date is bankrupt. and this really shows also in the boonies army, which certainly has around uh 65000 soldiers that is very light fi. arms and usually crisis, it's happened quite often that the army was not really able to pay us soldiers proof of salary. so, but this doesn't automatically mean that the task and of a nice army now has is about to fail. the lebanese army is working alongside with the un peacekeeping troops in the south, as they have worked together before. uh and it also depends a little bit on the financial aid that the liberties army is now receiving the full, ready herds from countries. for example, like cyprus that they want to, that they want to support the needs army. we also know from sure, is this a burden that the european countries,

that they want to get, they want to support the needs army. we also know from sure is this a burden that the european countries, the u, wants to continue its financial aid for the end of a nice army. and it also depends a little bit on his bullet as they are sticking to the ceasefire. and if they are accepting the presence of the needs army in the region, supposedly tony, now the fighting, there has destroyed livelihoods and homes. infrastructure. what are you hearing about possible efforts to begin reconstructing? what do we seen yesterday is that some people went back to the house has already started cleaning away the rubble. but of course, the rebuilding process is very costly and has to do much more as a lot of infrastructure is destroyed as well as like streets. but also water and electricity facilities. and the question really is, who is going to pay for this? because the money state is bankrupt. it doesn't really have the money and they don't really see the needs they paying for this. and we cannot really accept or expect a national cam

and so the united army becomes a great army of liberation. so the first law of war question comes at the very beginning of combat with the battle of bull run, because at the battle of bull run, the united states captures confederate soldiers and the confederates capture united states soldiers. so if secession is illegal, which of course, is the position in the united states from day one, then the confederate army is not an army of another nation. the confederate army is, in fact, a terror research organization, a organized nation of pirates, organization of bushwhackers. it is not a legitimate. and so the question becomes how do you treat confederate p.o.w.s and lieber, who is not yet working for the u.s. government, but is still at columbia, writes a an open letter in new york times dealing with the question of confederate prisoners. and this the beginning of the law of war and what lieber says that you have to recognize the reality of war that is it doesn't matter whether we recognize the legitimacy of the confederate government. what matte

not a stellar you just mentioned the ceasefire talks, the is what in the army struck a lebanese army base today? is this um, some new escalation uh that will observing. even though peace talks with just underway it's, well, it's not a question that the attacks that we are witnessing at the moment, and bruce sites out very violent. according to the lebanese army, one soldier has been killed and 18 moore has been injured. but i wouldn't really call this and you escalation as the by and then that we have been seen today. also it has all the targeting um tele, these and according to is really me to its using up to a 150 root could so far today. and this violence that we're seeing is nothing you roll the fits into the past. so in the pricing that we've been witnessing here during the last couple of days, we were expecting his paula to strike back today. because the israel massively attacked to the center of by root yesterday. also the fact that pricing is continuing during ceasefire. tubes is also nothing you receive this pass and in gaza, but also here in lebanon during the last couple o

the liberties army also said the same thing. people shouldn't go back to this house yet as the is there any army is the deployed there and those because the is really a army also said that it is not safe yet to return to the houses. so people are going back to the south of the country has been, i suppose, to withdraw from the lebanese army, is supposed to enforce that demilitarize the south of 11. and what problems will the, is really the lebanese on the face that of the, exactly the plan is that the lebanese army will go into the region to sell. so please honie river to take over their re gain control. and then early then the is really army with through step by step. so as we know, israel has bombarded sounds of level non heavy lead or through the last couple of months. it has uh, blown up, entire villages, uh, and the infrastructure there is completely destroyed with many main roads also, um, completely destroyed and really incapable of using. so infrastructure will be one challenge for the lebanese army to actually reads and

for the session on army modernization. i can tell it's a packed room it's very much a topic of interest.om now, this session is sponsored by lockheed martin it will be recorded and archived. figure themain discussion will a microphone available for audit to ask questions. if you are watching online, click asked the question button to submit a question. mike yesterday is dan tenney vice president for lockheed martin welcome. this part of your title you may have heard thank you for joining me. >> pleasure to be here great to be with you to kick off this great event. appreciate the full room here this morning and looking foris o the discussion. >> we are on the topic of modernization want to pick your brain what is that your company is working for what comes of modernization of the moment? >> so it modernization extremely important, as all of you in the room no. and those of you who are online. weon are working a lot of passes together with the military and if i can take just a second and say how great these events are. havin

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i feel like we did this cloud thing in the army episodically. doing the same thing on software, right? probably looks a little different in five years, a little more streamlined. it means we don't need that anymore, so i think you will see a lot like that where we got some stuff to triage and then shape it into how we operate on a date to date basis. >> i really don't think when it comes to organizational design and the training of our leaders and people -- i don't think it is ever a done deal. i think it will continue to evolve over the course of time, and when you think about what transforming content is, and a lot of folks get hung up on capabilities being revealed. transforming contacts is about transforming the way we fight and the way we are organized to fight, not waiting for some modernization cycle. i think it's going to be continuous, and it's not just about the bright, shiny kit. it's about being able to think our way through adoption, organizations, and the skill sets we will need over time. >> you talked a little bit about how polic

army in terms of pressing? >> our military has been extremely helpful of enabling new partnerships with allied nations. we learned a lot from ukraine as you all know what is happening there and i think we are seeing a great awakening across europe, right, partnerships wanted to advance the modernize their capabilities. we think that's extremely important, and allied nations working together to to deter threats we see in a modern theater. we've seen the government especially u.s. government move quicker and faster to want to enable these kind of capabilities for these countries swiss extremely important. i cannot think our partners are enough for helping us do that. it's important to our military to have strong allies across europe. we are seeing europe invest. we're seeing a lot of opportunities across europe to create a more robust supply chain across a a global allien the think that's important. we all think, under covid the fragility of the supply chain. one of the waste help with that is create multiple sup

going to help you a lot but but the union army many union army units and, some confederate army units copied that. why? because it's cool. that's that's what really important military units of europe do and you will find copies of european style uniforms in in every form from oh, let's take an example. one of the most famous units that fight at the battle of gettysburg, the the 83rd pennsylvania, the 83rd pennsylvania, adopts as its uniform a special kind of advance skirt. sure french unit and they have a little and forwards cap that they where they have uniform colors for both pants jacket which the rest of the union army doesn't have. and then there are other units which german style uniforms because a large component of the union army at gettysburg comes from german immigrants. there were some union army regiments where the officers still giving orders in german at the battle of gettysburg. so they will imitate a variety of european models. and anyone who imagines that the uniform of the union army was uniform, it you you would if you were plopped down in the middle of gettysburg j

the army believed it.so i had to invert pyramid and we realized that was going to be selling to a few people convincing the product worked to selling from the bottom up and that recognition came an army trauma conference where i was talking to a division surgeon and i said, well, you know, the, the, the folks that are not really behind this product. and he is one who told us to really start from bottom up. and he did it with one simple phrase. he said, i'm responsible, a division of special forces. i don't care. the lab rats in houston say, it's my job to keep kids alive and if this stuff will keep my kids alive, i want. from that moment on, we started selling from the bottom up. each small unit has a credit card with a 20 $500 limit units together and maxed out their credit to buy our product, even though the army wouldn't buy it for them. wives and mothers got together and did fundraisers to raise some money to buy our product. we even heard because the british army had our product, we heard about britis

then the is for alia, army? well, with, for step by step, we have to remember that is where l hits the his spouse level on really hard to be so that the region there is heavy destroyed. so the infrastructure there is also destroyed with the big street being destroyed. so this could lead to a problem for the nice army, as well as the going enough soldiers to really be able to take control of the area again. and this is not something that can happen over night. this needs time and it will take a couple of days until weeks. uh, it is a little sorry, important to highlight that the liberties army is not the well finance are probably if need more support from the outside. so from other countries to be really able to gain enough soldiers to be deployed to the south. we know that cyprus has already said that they want to financially support the lebanese army settlement of that reporting from beverly. thank you very much, stella and to assess how the suicide is seen in israel and joined in the studio. but i'm at least a

he is a long time british army officer. he becomes an officer in 1745. he leaves in 1769. 24 years in the service of the british crown and an unlikely candidate to support a revolution across the ocean in america. i think that sometimes in considering why people revolt, sometimes we frame it as ideology or self interest. gates is sort of the intersection of that in his case. they are mutually reinforcing and both plays a role in his path towards revolution. horatio gates was born in 1778 near greenwich and now greater london. we don't know a whole lot about his early life. he is born in 1728. that is clear in april. we know bits and pieces about his early life. overall there is not a lot known about the first 20 or so years of his life. what we do know indicates that he comes from a pretty modest, middling background. his father's side many of his family were employed on the docks in greenwich. it is a lately big port community. one of his grandfathers was a tailor. he is not a gentlemen. he is not from a prominent family in the london area. in many resp