The United States cannot be wedded to Industrial Age approaches and concepts that hinder progress. Mobilization and sustainment of joint forces can and must be redefined in the Information Age. Volume 10, Number 65 Mobilization Readiness in the 21st Century Prepared remarks of Gen. Gordon R. Sullivan, Army chief of staff, for the 1995 Eisenhower Award Banquet, sponsored by the American Defense Preparedness Association and National Security Industrial Association, Tysons Corner, Va., May 16, 1995. You have critically important roles to play as we collectively develop, shape, and indeed prepare the armed forces of the next century.
Joint warfare is teamwork.
Your commitment, which this Eisenhower Award represents, your collective commitment to the defense of the United States of America is the reason that we have prevailed. You need to feel very good about all of that. Our preparedness has gone up and down. And because of that, as you all have worked very hard to do, we must seek balance and be consistently prepared. Since our success in any of our endeavors is not preordained, we can begin by resolving to look ahead and not backward, building on our commitment to preparedness and balancing the needs of today and tomorrow.