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General Mark Millie told cadets graduating from West Point Military Academy on Saturday to be prepared for the growing risk of global conflict and a host of new weapons technologies in their careers.
“The world in which you are introduced has the potential for significant international conflict between the great powers. And that potential is increasing, not decreasing, “said Millie, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to cadets at the 2022 opening ceremony in West Point, New York.
US Army General Mark Millie, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, congratulates during the 2022 graduation ceremony of the US Military Academy in West Point, New York, May 21, 2022 (Reuters / David Dee Delgado)
“And right now, right now, there is a fundamental change in the very nature of the war. We are currently facing two global powers, China and Russia, each with significant military capabilities, both of which are fully committed to changing the current rule-based order, “Millie said.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine teaches the world that “unanswered aggression only encourages the aggressor,” Mili said.
“Let us never forget the massacre we have just witnessed in Bucha, nor the massacre that took place in Mariupol. And the best way to honor their sacrifice is to support their struggle for freedom and to stand up to tyranny, “Millie said.
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The urban nature of the war in Ukraine is something Milli sees as a feature of future battlefields that will be “very complex and almost certainly decisive in urban areas against elusive, ambiguous enemies that combine terrorism and war with conventional capabilities – all built-in.” in a large civilian population. “
Weapon technology will also change dramatically in the coming decades, Millie said, and the change will be as radical as the change from musket to rifle, rifle to machine gun, or sailing to steamer. And the technological advantage is no longer automatically in America’s favor.
“You will fight with robotic tanks, ships and planes,” Millie said. “We are witnessing a revolution in deadly and precision munitions. What was once the exclusive province of the United States military is now available to most nation states with the money they will acquire.”
U.S. Army General Mark A. Millie, President of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks at the 2022 graduation ceremony of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, May 21, 2022.
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Artificial intelligence is bringing about this profound change, the deepest change ever in human history, Millie said. “Whatever superiority the United States has enjoyed militarily for the past 70 years is rapidly closing. And the United States will be, in fact, we are already challenged in every area of war in space and cyberspace, sea air and, of course, land. “
Among all the risks and changes, Millie’s encouragement to future military leaders was to remain adaptable, resilient, and most of all, impeccable in moral character.
“We have to, we have to develop leaders who have incredible character under the intense pressure of the ground battle and there is no greater obstacle than the land battle. Leaders who will make the right moral and ethical choices, along with the right tactical choices in the most emotionally charged environment you will ever face. “
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Mili stressed the importance of the Constitution and the oath the Cadets take to defend it. The message was so strong that the Nazis feared him, America defeated Japan because of him, and the terrorists in Al Qaeda and ISIS hated him – “We swear by one idea and that idea is America,” Millie said.
“The idea is that each of you doesn’t matter if it’s a man, a woman or a gay man, or something in between,” he said. It doesn’t matter what race a person is from, what religion or family he or she belongs to.
U.S. Military Academy Graduate Cadet Isaac Jefferson Dixon IV of Oceanside, Calif., Was applauded by U.S. Army General Mark A. Millie, President of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to Christine Warmott, Secretary of the Army, during the Military Academy class. of the United States in 2022 graduation ceremony at West Point, New York, May 21, 2022 (Reuters / David Dee Delgado)
The idea that is in this document, the idea that you are ready to die for, the idea that in this constitution that drove our nation through some of our darkest days, all that is written is that in this country, in this United States, under these colors of red, white, and blue, no matter who you are, each one of us, by the grace of the Almighty God of Heaven, is an American, and each one of us is born free and equal. And you will rise or fall based on your talents, your merits, your qualities, your hard work, your perseverance, “said Millie.
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At one point, Millie said he was reminded of his own graduation 43 years ago and quoted a song by Bob Dylan. “We can feel a slight breeze in the air. And right now, as we sit here on the plane at West Point, we can see the flags of the storm fluttering in the wind, and we can hear the loud crack of thunder in the distance. And heavy rain is about to fall. “
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