Gen. Raymond D. Barrett Jr. said Thursday while speaking to Charleston's Washington Light Infantry.
Light forces are too lightly armed and the heavy forces are too slow.
Barrett is the commanding general at Fort Jackson, the basic training center for 44 percent of all the young soldiers who enlist in today's Army. He spoke of some of the improvements in the way his post now trains recruits and what he'd like to see the Army look like in the future. His message went to about 300 of the Lowcountry's most influential veterans. The occasion was the 194th anniversary banquet of the Washington Light Infantry, a historic militia unit that always celebrates its founding on George Washington's actual birthday. Clearly, it was time for a change.