U.S. Forces: Need for speed

OEF, OIF Demonstrating U.S. Forces Will Need To Be More SOF-Like
(Defense Daily)…Geoff Fein, June 11, 2008 , Pg. 1

After six years in Afghanistan and five in Iraq, top military brass are seeing that U.S. forces will need to be much more SOF (Special Operations Forces)-like, with the ability to move quickly and be more adaptive, says a senior military leader. 

The one [requirement] that jumps off the page is the requirement for all services to be SOF-like–to be netted, to be much more flexible, adaptive, faster, lethal, precise– whether it is soft power or hard power, whether it’s projects or kinetics, to bring that into play very very rapidly," Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at the Defense Writers Group yesterday.

"Everything is flatter and faster, and I believe all of us have to adapt in that way," he added.

Mullen emphasized the importance of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR). He pointed out that the services have significantly increased the pace of fielding ISR capabilities.