Making the Transition From the Current to the Future Force

Tonight in Kabul an analyst from G-8 with the Combined Forces Command, Afghanistan, will complete a pattern analysis for improvised explosive devices, interpret its meaning, and then finally go to bed. Across the international dateline in the Pacific, an Army transformation team from G-8 has already started the next day's work at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, helping the 25th Infantry Division (Light) stand up the fifth Stryker brigade combat team. It is mid-afternoon at Fort Drum, N.Y., and the G-8 force development transformation cell (FDTC) has been working since early this morning helping synchronize the 10th Mountain (Light Infantry) Division's modular conversion and helping to ensure …