Joint Warfighting 2012

Only 20 percent of the force by 2020 remains to be designed. Technology can enable changes in the other 80 percent to meet emerging needs.

New threat capabilities are reaching more militaries and smaller adversaries. And, these threats will reach farther and with greater impact.

Quality starts at the top if the military is to attract and retain good people. Leaders must create the right atmosphere and

Not only are the global have-nots younger and more likely to act abruptly, the U.S. population is older and is less inclined to support defense spending and education. These two trends may converge, to the United States' detriment.

The horrors of war are creating miracles in the laboratory. Scientists are making breakthrough advances in prosthetics and in restoring lost senses to wounded veterans.

Designing the military to win the current war may leave it ill-prepared for the next one, especially with the upcoming budget crunch. Leaders need to re-think what they want in a force.

Finding balance, encouraging critical thinking and advancing cyber education are part of the panel recommendations from a group of service representatives addressing training and education in a constrained budget environment.

The battlespace of the past was linear with clear definitions. The future battlespace is multidimensional with several domains.

The United States needs to lead NATO explicitly, not implicitly, according to the chief of staff, NATO Allied Command Transformation.