America lags behind its opponents when it comes to technological progressThe Special Operations Commanders said on Wednesday for the Home Armed Forces Committee.
Supervision of adm. Milton Sands III, General Peter Huntley, Lieutenant General Jonathan Braga and Lieutenant Michael Conley, expressed concern about being stuck with special ops when it comes to creating critical technological updates.
Master General Huntley, who runs the sea command, told the legislators at Capitol Hill that modernization “moves very quickly” around the world, but the ability of America to keep up with the pace is problematic.
As an example, General General Huntley spoke about the impact of artificial intelligence on the ability of American forces to “feel the enemy before they feel us,” America has enjoyed the decades.
Special OPA commanders speak at the hearing of the House Armed Service Committee on February 26. 2025. (Committee for Armed Forces House YouTube)
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Rear adm. Sands also issued a warning of the ability to “quickly” get American troops the equipment they need to “survive” the modern battlefield.
“… our priority is to get the equipment needed for a modern battlefield quickly into the hands of our operators, and the reason is that they need to survive,” said the rear adm. Sands legislators
Lieutenant Braga, commander of the Special Operations Command, expressed similar concerns about how systems affect modernization.
“Our people are great in innovation, they have fantastic ideas,” the lieutenant Braga told MPs. He added, however, that challenges with financing and bureaucratic processes that can make simple changes to the last month or year. However, he suggested that simplifying financing And control processes can be possible solutions for these questions.
The House Armed Service Committee holds a hearing on “The Role of Special Operations in Great Power Competition” 26 February 2025. (Committee for Armed Forces House YouTube)
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Air Force commander Special operations Lieutenantman Conley joined other military leaders, saying that his troops were “phenomenal in attending learned lessons and converting to effective things”, but they “encounter harder challenges to procure” when they try to exchange these things.
Lieutenantman Conley also said that the modifications of the air fleet last too long and that they are “expensive”, putting now in a “permanent loop of attempts to get caught up for a hostile threat.” In addition, he warned that American opponents “continue to improve every day”, while now “I cannot monitor the threat because we need a long time to modify.”
General view of the US Capitol building in Washington, DC, February 28, 2013. (Reuters/Jason Reed)
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Military leaders also mentioned threats representing non -state actors, with General General Huntley noted that they quickly be upgraded when it comes to technological abilities.
“What they bring into a tactical struggle is, honestly, quite impressive,” said General General Huntley, adding that the forces “know what we have to do,” but the “critical” challenge is that ability to the hull’s hands.
