Eighty-six percent of U.S. civilian leaders say that mission integration is a massive or significant contribution to the success of their organization and mission. Yet only 24% have achieved it. While leaders acknowledge implementation challenges, they know the key capabilities for operationalizing mission integration.
WHAT IS MISSION INTEGRATION?
War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s recent memo for senior Pentagon leadership is ushering in a new era of acquisition reform for the military. The memo announces sweeping changes to address systemic challenges to faster acquisition.
Mission Need
On June 6, 1944, the fate of World War II turned on a weather forecast. German commanders believed the storm in the English Channel made an invasion impossible. But Allied meteorologists predicted a short break in the weather—just long enough to launch the D-Day landings. Their forecast proved right, and history changed.