The Revolution in Human Affairs

October 2000

MAJ Donald E. Vandergriff, USA

Table of Contents

• The Revolution in Human Affairs

• Disclaimer

• Purpose

• Here's Where We Are

• Why? There Are Two Problems to Deal with Today

• What can be Learned from Other, But Isn't

• Trends that are Ignored Despite Extensive Proof

• And, Several Factors are Against Military-A

• This Explains It All!

• The End State! What the Candidates Should Focus On -- But Do Not -- Creating Trust!

• Where We Need to Go

• Maneuver Warfare Must Focus The Personnel System

• In Sum:  Where We Need To Go

Part I:

• The Revolution in Human Affairs Changing the Culture for the 21st Century

• Goal

• What Should the Personnel System Do?

• Why Look at the Personnel System?

• Defining the Problems

• What did the War in Kosovo Tell Us?

• How Do We Change?

• Organizing for Military Excellence Snapshot of Recommendations

• Overview

• Fundamental Conflict is Between the "Parts" and the "Whole"

• The Current Personnel System Creates ... A Conflict ... That Few Can Escape

• The Larger the U. S. Culture Assists in Stimulating the Conflict

• The Fundamental Challenge:  How Do We Synthesize the “Parts” into a Coherent “Whole?”

• The Army Way?

• … or ... The Army Ideal

• Overview

Influences Shaping the U. S. Officer Corps

• (1776-1939)

• (1776-1939)

• From the Progressive Era to Systems Analysis

• The French Influence

• The Lasting Influence of George Marshall

• 1946-1950  The Army Mutates into a Business

• 1950-1953  Korea:  A Red Flag Ignored

• 1955-1960  Classical Values Decay Further during the Pentomic Era

• 1961-1972  Decline in Classical Values Comes to a Head in Vietnam Era

• 1970-1976  Officer Personnel Management System Reform Falls Short

• 1980-Present  The Defense Personnel Act of 1980 (DOPMA)  Modification of OPA-47

• 1973-1990  The Post Vietnam Reforms

• 1862-1990  Unit Cohesion or Unit Rotation

• 1862-1990  What the Army Does Not Understand About Unit Cohesion

• 1979-1990 The Rise and Demise of COHORT

• 1989-1991  The Prefect Pentagon Wars

• (1989)1991- Present:  The Drawdown Pulls Off the Band Aid

• 1996-Present:  OPMS XXI Falls Short

• 1947-Present:  The "Up-and=Out" Promotion System

• Present:  The "Water Walker's" Career

• The Army Continues to Advocate Technology

• The Army Continues to Advocate Technology

• Conclusion

Part 2

Other Personnel Systems

• An Overview of Other Personnel Systems

• Overview

• Goal

• Officer Corps of Successful Armies

• The Roman Army:  216 BC-52 BC

• The Army of Napoleon:  1798-1806

• The Finish Army: 1939-1940

• The German Officer Corps: 1809-1942

• The Israeli Army:  1948-1973?

• Officer Corps of Unsuccessful Armies

• The Prussian Army of 1806

• The French Army of 1870-1914 & 1919-1940

• The Italian Army 1914-1942

• The British Army 1856,1898,1939-1942

• Typical Attributes in Successful Armies

• Conclusions

Part 3

• Proposals for An Effective 21st Century Army

• To Resolve the Fundamental Conflict Between "efficiency" and "effectiveness"

• The End State!

• The Problem

• Overview

• The Evolution of Warfare

• End of the Cold War I

• End of the Cold War II

• A Personnel System Tuned to 2nd. Generation Warfare I

• A Personnel System Tuned to 2nd. Generation Warfare II

• A Personnel System Tuned to 2nd. Generation Warfare III

• Result:  Mismatch Between a 2nd. Generation Army and Future Warfare

• Mismatch Between Current System (II) and Future Warfare

• The Answer to the Mismatch Between Current System and Future Warfare

• First:  A New Doctrine for Future Warfare Focuses The Personnel System

Revolutionary Reforms, but Parallel Evolution

• The Timeline

• Reform DOPMA

• Reform DOPMA:  "Up-or-Stay"

• A New Organizational Structure

• Flatten the Officer Corps

• Where to Flatten the Officer Corps

• The Force Structure

• The New Army Staff

• The Corps Group

• The Corps Group (Maneuver - Heavy)

• The Regimental System

• Aligning the Officer System

• Build Officer Policies Around a Unit System

• Change Accessions

• Officer Professional Tracks Highlighting Strengths

• Officer Tracks:  Tactical

• Officer Tracks:  Operational

• Officer Tracks: Technical

• Education

• Training

• Change the All or Nothing Retirement

• Final Thoughts

• Resistance to Change

• Conclusion

Home