Modernization is one of the Army’s current key initiatives. But what will it mean for soldiers in the Army’s ranks? How will the recently announced Army Futures Command help prepare the Army for a changing operational environment characterized by a diverse set of threats? In this episode of the MWI Podcast, John Amble talks to Under Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy, about these and a range of other big questions. Amid a rapidly changing world, and with a threat landscape that is changing equally rapidly, he explains different ways in which the Army must also change to keep pace.

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Image credit: Staff Sgt. Brandy N. Mejia, US Army