In "Army Focus '94," the authors will describe their vision of warfare in the next century and highlight some of the dynamic programs that have been implemented as the army transforms from an industrial age army to an information age force. Evidence of that transformation is everywhere you look. In the past five years, the Army has been reorganized and restructured into a 21st century fighting force. Externally, the Army has retained its major commands and the familiar battalion, brigade, and division structure. Internally, however, it is a fundamentally different force. The Army is redesigning its fighting forces and reengineering its sustaining base. It has refined its doctrine, experimented with new technologies, and reaffirmed its tradition of selfless service to the Nation. The Army knows where it is going; it has a plan to get there; and it is fully embarked on that journey.

America's army-into the 21st century / Force XXI: an army for the new century. A power projection army -- Third wave warfare -- The threat / The information age. Information warfare doctrine -- Organization -- Command and control -- The sustaining base -- Communications -- Staying in focus / Force XXI enablers. A quality army -- Access to the reserve components --- A modernized force -- Strategic mobility -- A trained and ready force / Implications for Force XXI. Institutional values -- Optimizing army soldiers -- MANPRINT -- Safe force XXI -- Information age intelligence -- Acquisition and assimilation of technology / Partners in Force XXI. The executive branch -- Congress -- American business / Conclusion.