US Military Transformation and the Lessons for South Korea on its Path toward Defense Reform 2020
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When Donald Rumsfeld returned to the Pentagon as Secretary of Defense aftera quarter-century hiatus, he found a defense establishment desperately in need ofradical change; what he termed “transformation.” By the time of his departure, and inspite of the pressures caused by 9/11 and the ensuing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq,Rumsfeld could point to a record of significant change in the way the DoD functioned.Rumsfeld significantly altered the planning and strategy process; the commandstructure; force organization, deployment, training and warfighting capability;financial management; and the personnel system. Yet Rumsfeld’s transformationhas not been without its critics. Some say he has moved too quickly, others that hehas moved too slowly. And still others argue that his efforts, while laudatory, havenot focused on the right issues. Time will tell whether his enterprise will succeed,and will be accepted by the conservative culture that pervades the DoD.The Korean Defense Reform Plan (DRP) likewise represents a major, albeit lessradical, transformation of all aspects of the Republic of Korea’s military system. Inmany respects, the DRP was spurred by Rumsfeld’s efforts to change the posture anddeployment of U.S. forces on the Korean peninsula. Like Rumsfeld’s transformation,however, the DRP also faces institutional resistance, and it too will require adetermined effort by successive governments to realize its goals and objectives.The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis , Vol. XIX, No. 4, Winter 2007, pp. 528.
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When Donald Rumsfeld returned to the Pentagon as Secretary of Defense aftera quarter-century hiatus, he found a defense establishment desperately in need ofradical change; what he termed “transformation.” By the time of his departure, and inspite of the pressures caused by 9/11 and the ensuing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq,Rumsfeld could point to a record of significant change in the way the DoD functioned.Rumsfeld significantly altered the planning and strategy process; the commandstructure; force organization, deployment, training and warfighting capability;financial management; and the personnel system. Yet Rumsfeld’s transformationhas not been without its critics. Some say he has moved too quickly, others that hehas moved too slowly. And still others argue that his efforts, while laudatory, havenot focused on the right issues. Time will tell whether his enterprise will succeed,and will be accepted by the conservative culture that pervades the DoD.The Korean Defense Reform Plan (DRP) likewise represents a major, albeit lessradical, transformation of all aspects of the Republic of Korea’s military system. Inmany respects, the DRP was spurred by Rumsfeld’s efforts to change the posture anddeployment of U.S. forces on the Korean peninsula. Like Rumsfeld’s transformation,however, the DRP also faces institutional resistance, and it too will require adetermined effort by successive governments to realize its goals and objectives.The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis , Vol. XIX, No. 4, Winter 2007, pp. 528.