各種高科技，助推美軍提高戰力

美國陸軍正在建立“未來作戰司令部”（Futures Command），重新評估其整體戰力和技術并著手改進，為迥異于之前戰爭的新型沖突做好準備。

在不久前的《財富》頭腦風暴科技大會上，美國陸軍軍醫署署長、中將納賈·韋斯特解釋道：“我們在后冷戰時期擁有的戰術、技術、流程和能力，可能到2028年以后就不再適用。如果我們希望保持對敵優勢，就需要確保自己具備合適的能力?！彼硎?，未來作戰司令部將重點關注現代化武器、作戰車輛、直升機等空中支援工具和通訊網絡。

她解釋道：“這關乎提高士兵的基本素養，你要做的就是射擊、移動、通訊、持久?！?

美國陸軍于兩周前宣布，新成立的未來作戰司令部把總部設在得克薩斯州奧斯汀。那里將配備100名制服士兵和400名平民員工。

陸軍也對美國年輕人體質下降的問題日益擔憂。韋斯特是第一位黑人軍醫署署長，她表示，美軍是純志愿兵役制，需要招募足夠數量的健康士兵來保衛國家。她說如今只有25%的年輕人的身體狀況符合參軍要求。

韋斯特模仿著低頭看手機的動作說：“大部分年輕人精于此道?！彼帜７轮懿絼幼髡f：“但擅長于此的卻不多?！彼嘎?，五角大樓的高官也曾表示國家安全的最大威脅在于年輕人的健康問題?！斑@實在令人驚訝?！?

這也導致他們調整了新兵的基礎訓練方式?！盎A訓練的第一課上，我們發現要刻意避免他們過快接觸重體力作業，因為他們還不習慣這樣?！保ㄘ敻恢形木W）

譯者：嚴匡正

The U.S. Army is establishing a new “Futures Command” to reassess its entire fighting force and technologies and make improvements to prepare for conflicts that won’t resemble prior wars.

“The tactics, techniques, procedures, and capabilities that we had post-cold war may not take us to 2028 and beyond,” Lt. Gen. Nadja West, U.S. Army Surgeon General explained recently at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech conference. “If we want to maintain the edge over our adversaries, we need to make sure that we’ve got the right capabilities.” The futures command will look particularly at modernizing weaponry, fighting vehicles, air support vehicles like helicopters, and communications networks, she said.

“It’s about improving the basics of soldiering,” she explained. “What you need to do is shoot, move, communicate, and be sustained.”

The Army announced two weeks ago that the new Futures Command will be headquartered in Austin, Texas. The effort will be staffed with about 100 uniformed soldiers and 400 civilians.

The army has also been growing increasingly concerned about the declining level of health of the country’s young people. With an all-volunteer army, the military is dependent on finding enough physically fit recruits to defend the country, West, the first black Army Surgeon General, said. Today, only about 25% of all young people are fit enough to meet military entrance requirements, she said.

“Most of our youngsters now are very good at doing this,” West said, miming looking down at her phone. “But not so much at doing this,” she said, imitating running in place. Some in the top ranks of the Pentagon have said the biggest threat to national security is the health of young people, according to West. “It’s really surprising,” she said.

That’s led to a change in basic training for new recruits. “In our first entry in basic training we found that we’ve had to be very deliberate in making sure that we don’t get them started too quickly in strenuous activities, just because they’re not used to doing that.”