US Army’s McConville on Talent Management, Direct Accessions, Cyber Training

U.S. Army Cyber Command integrates and conducts full-spectrum cyberspace operations, electronic warfare, and information operations, ensuring freedom of action for friendly forces in and through the cyber domain and the information environment, while denying the same to our adversaries.

Gen. James McConville, US Army, the US Army chief of staff, discusses his drive for a new talent management system, integrating recruitment across the Army’s three personnel systems — active, Reserve and National Guard — the groundbreaking shift toward more direct accessions of officers and non-commissioned officers to bolster vital skills gaps, improving cyber, 5G, electromagnetic spectrum and AI understanding across the force, and recruiting the future force with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Association of the United States Army’s 2019 annual meeting in Washington, DC. Our AUSA coverage is sponsored by GM Defense, Bell, L3Harris and Leonardo DRS.

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