Concepts Matter

This is the second in a series of articles on the Army's "campaign of learning."

Among my favorite encounters with different groups within the Army are those with groups of cadets. It doesn't matter whether they're West Point cadets, ROTC cadets or I warrant officer cadets. These young leaders-in-waiting want to know exactly what "we" intend to do with this Army, and they want to make sure I know that they intend to be part of achieving that vision. They are quite remarkable and always inspiring.

Within the past two years, we've made several important statements about "who we are" and "what we need to be" as an Army. In The Army Capstone Concept (ACC), we reviewed the …