On June 14th the Army celebrates its 237th birthday, marking the day in June 1775 when the Continental Congress approved a unified force to battle for freedom from the British crown. Once independence was won, the Founding Fathers vigorously debated the future of the Army. Should the new country have a standing army controlled by and responsible only to the central government?

After 10 years of sustained conflict, the Army is broadening LandWarNet modernization to include the network enterprise infrastructure on Posts, Camps and Stations. The Army’s top three challenges are improving Cybersecurity and Network Operations (NetOps), meeting operational needs in a dynamic threat environment, and becoming more efficient in a fiscally constrained environment.