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Introduction
The Army must rapidly transform to ensure readiness to win future wars. To properly prepare the joint force to seamlessly integrate dynamic Army systems, resources, and warfighters to achieve overmatch on future battlefields, our Army’s technological foundational concepts and infrastructure must also evolve at pace. The Army term “field-craft” describes the survival skills of a successful Soldier. However, the future environment demands a broadening of Army tactical and technical proficiencies to address the growing demand for technological competency. The term, “techcraft” encapsulates this broader concept within Army terminology, philosophy, and institutions to ensure comprehensive understanding as the Army transforms to fit the emerging battlefield.
History shows us that emerging technology will continue to change both the way we fight, and the baseline skills and knowledge required of Soldiers to be successful, adaptable warfighters. AFC defines techcraft as:
“The talents and culture associated with employing existing and emergent technology to gain tactical advantage or efficiency in military operations and tasks.”
While previous techcraft articles gathered insight from direct leadership feedback, this deeper study used a more rigid framework to analyze units that have been successful in innovation and integration, to generate Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel, Facilities, and Policy (DOTMLPF-P) recommendations for the Army.
This article is the culmination of Army Futures Command and The Center for Army Lessons Learned collaborative effort to collect Techcraft lessons and best practices concerning the underlying Soldier attributes, leader behaviors, and unit culture which contributes to successful integration of advanced military technologies in our Army today.
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