Chapter 4 - Department of Defense

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Prioritize a denial defense strategy against China
Increase allied conventional defense burden-sharing
Expand and modernize the U.S. nuclear arsenal
Increase counterterrorist operations globally
Reform the planning, programming, budgeting, and execution (PPBE) process
Strengthen America's defense industrial base
Optimize the DOD acquisition community
Champion, engage, and focus the American innovation ecosystem
Improve rapid deployment of technology to the battlefield
Develop a framework to protect the RDT&E enterprise from foreign exploitation
Emphasize exportability with U.S. procurements
End informal congressional notification for arms sales
Minimize barriers to collaboration in international arms sales
Reform the Foreign Military Sales contracting process
Improve military recruiting and retention efforts
Restore standards of lethality and excellence in the military
Eliminate politicization and restore faith in the force
Increase support for military families
Reduce the number of generals
Improve the intelligence process within the Defense Intelligence Enterprise
Expand integration of intelligence activities
Restore accountability and public trust in defense intelligence
Eliminate peripheral intelligence obligations
Rebuild and expand the U.S. Army
Focus on deployability and sustained operations for the Army
Transform Army culture and training
Invest in and expand Navy force structure
Reestablish the Navy General Board
Establish a Navy Rapid Capabilities Office
Accelerate purchase of key munitions
Enhance warfighter development in the Navy
Increase Air Force spending and budget accuracy
Reduce near-term and mid-term risk for the Air Force
Invest in future Air Force programs and efforts
Transform the Marine Corps force structure
Reform the Marine Corps personnel paradigm
Align Navy amphibious shipbuilding with Force Design 2030
Reverse the defensive posture in Space Force
Reduce overclassification in Space Force
Implement policies suited to a mature Space Force
Ensure U.S. Cyber Command is properly focused
Increase U.S. Cyber Command's effectiveness
Rationalize cyber strategy and doctrine
Make irregular warfare a cornerstone of security strategy
Counter China's Belt and Road Initiative globally
Establish credible deterrence through irregular warfare
Prioritize nuclear modernization
Develop the Sea-Launched Cruise Missile-Nuclear (SLCM-N)
Account for China's nuclear expansion in U.S. strategy
Restore nuclear infrastructure
Reorient arms control policy
Strengthen homeland ballistic missile defense
Increase development of regional missile defense
Change U.S. missile defense policy to defend against Russian and Chinese missiles
Invest in new track-and-intercept capabilities for missile defense