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General Caine made it painfully clear: the U.S. military cannot win the next war with outdated weapons and red tape slowing innovation.
“We cannot do this alone. We have to do this … together. And frankly, my friends, the joint force needs your help.”
That plea wasn’t made in passing. It was a direct call to American entrepreneurs and tech developers — the same private sector minds that have revolutionized every corner of the economy. The Pentagon needs that same disruptive innovation — fast.
“Together, we’ve got to be focused on fighting the next war, not fighting the last war,” Caine said.
In a surprisingly honest confession, Caine acknowledged what defense contractors and Silicon Valley innovators have said for years: the U.S. government is nearly impossible to work with.
“I know this from my time in the private sector, where I tried to sell things to the government when I was an entrepreneur — it’s hard; it’s not easy.”
He didn’t stop there. He openly called for urgent reform to the way America develops and purchases defense technologies.
“We’ve got to do some work on the requirements process, and I acknowledge that there are times, oftentimes, that the [U.S. government] needs to be better buyers.”
That admission alone should send shockwaves through the Pentagon. While our enemies fast-track new weapons in months, U.S. innovators are buried in paperwork, stalled by endless regulations, and often give up before even breaking ground.
The technology General Caine emphasized isn’t optional. It includes cutting-edge tools like artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, next-gen space tech, advanced energy, and modern computing power — all vital to maintaining America’s military superiority.
“We’ve got to be clear-eyed that the joint force of the future needs to be organized, trained, equipped and rehearsed to be able to go not when we might want to, but to be able to go when we need to.”
In other words, if the Pentagon doesn’t get its act together, we won’t be ready when our enemies decide to strike.
General Caine didn’t just point fingers — he extended a hand.
“Your nation needs you with a sense of urgency.”
“We need your creative, innovative, patriotic and diabolical minds, 24/7, 365.”
He’s not asking for more government contracts or corporate bailouts. He’s calling on Americans with the brains and boldness to create game-changing tech that will secure our nation’s future.
“Peace in our nation will not be won by the legacy systems that we’ve had or the legacy thinking. It will be determined by the entrepreneurs and innovators and leaders, both in government and out of government, that create overwhelming strength.”
This is the wake-up call the Biden Pentagon refused to give. Under President Trump’s leadership, there’s now a real effort to break free from bureaucratic failure and unleash American ingenuity on behalf of our troops and our national defense.
But the clock is ticking.
The question now isn’t whether our enemies are preparing for war — they are. The real question is whether America’s private sector will rise to meet the moment.
Will our innovators break through the red tape? Or will our own broken system hand victory to our enemies?
The time to act is now — because America’s future depends on it.
