In his book he makes proposals that he feels would upgrade our military power to a level that would allow us an adequate defense and an effective foreign policy instrument far into the future. Admiral Owens, with Ed Offley, has laid out a challenge to our military to create the elite force of the future. The book is well-written and organized. It demonstrates a thorough knowledge of the military. This is because radical change is generally untested.
Evolutionary change is best because it can be wratcheted back more easily when mistakes are made.
Yet it would seem that many of the changes that he suggests are not as revolutionary as they appear on first blush. The armed services have been working for a long time to integrate their redundant support elements. The Marine corps has been operating with the Navy for over two hundred years. There are other examples of joint operations and training. The efficient use of information, sensors, weapons systems, et al is not a new concept.