Pentagon officials said Tuesday that the sweeping changes proposed under the “Force of the Future” military personnel reforms would go forward and even be expanded despite the surprise resignation of the plan’s “architect.”
“Nothing’s changed with regard to Force of the Future,” Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said of the plan that has been trumpeted as a legacy initiative for Defense Secretary Ashton Carter.
“The secretary remains squarely behind the initiatives he’s already unveiled and has more to come,” Cook said. Carter will be making the case for Force of the Future in upcoming congressional testimony, Cook said.
“And he feels confident that these are changes that are critical to this department going forward” and adapting to retain personnel and recruit more into the ranks in a changing economy, Cook said. “It’s our goal to continue working with Congress.”
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