CAPT. JAMES ALDEN’S PERSPECTIVES ARTICLE, WHILE INTERESTING, WAS ALSO DISTURBING ON MANY LEVELS [“Eyes wide shut,” March]. While I concede that the Army’s process of change is handicapped, I do not think that “the rigidity of doctrine and stalwart commitment to organizational structure” is as influential a factor as Alden would have us believe. The sheer size and complexity of the Army in conjunction with the logistical underpinnings of testing, fielding and incorporating new technological innovations and weapons systems (let alone strategic or doctrinal changes) have more to do with the nature of the organizational change process than the factors outlined.

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