The reality for the US Army budget is that the affects of the National Debt will have an impact on our future developments and force structures. It will be a zero sum game in regards to the budget and we must adjust accordingly. To keep force structure, we may have to give up material.

Other points -

- Key to the Fires community is a on Networking, Organizations, Integrating ADA/FA Capabilities into a composite organization and gaining flexibility and functionality between the two where possible.

- Portfolio reviews are ongoing and we need challenge requirements to see if they are still valid, we must establish cost as a varible and look to pursue evolutionary vs. revoluntionary improvements.

There is no live feed to the AUSA conference, but you can review the presentations once loaded at the AUSA site: http://www.ausa.org/meetings/2010/sy...s/default.aspx