For 250 Years, It’s Been ‘Change or Lose’ for Our Military. Here’s What Needs Changing Now
Article/Op-Ed in Defense One
June 23, 2025
New America Strategist and ASU Professor of Practice Peter W. Singer and Gen. (ret.) Robert Neller, who served as the 37th Commandant of the Marine Corps wrote on the changes the U.S. military will need to make as it turns 250 years old.
A thread runs through the 250 years of service that the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps will celebrate this year: adaptability and relentless innovation are not just desirable traits, but essential for victory. No less urgently than at Yorktown, in the halls of Montezuma, and on D-Day, the U.S. military must once again harness everything our people bring to the fight, or lose the next war because we are afraid to change.
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