Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George will speak Jan. 29 as part of the Association of the U.S. Army’s Coffee Series.

The event will take place at AUSA headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. The event opens at 6:30 a.m. with registration, coffee and networking. The program is scheduled to begin at 7:15 a.m.

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George was sworn in Sept. 21, 2023, as the 41st Army chief of staff. He had served as the Army vice chief of staff since August 2022 and previously was the senior military assistant to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

A former commander of I Corps and the 4th Infantry Division, George is a 1988 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York.

As Army chief of staff, George has emphasized a focus on warfighting. “Warfighting is the reason our Army exists,” George said shortly after he was sworn in as the Army’s top general. “We are not a Europe Army or a Pacific Army. We are not brigade-centric or division-centric. We’re a global force that fights when called upon at the scale required.”

George also has directed the Army to focus on delivering ready combat formations, continuous transformation and strengthening the Army profession. He also initiated the Army’s transforming in contact initiative, which puts new and evolving technology into soldiers’ hands for training and experimentation. “We put these materials in the hands of our soldiers, we let them tell us what works, what doesn’t, how to improve it, how we integrate it into our formations,” George said last fall.

The Army will expand the transformation in contact effort this year, from three infantry brigade combat teams to other formations, including two divisions, two armored brigade combat teams, two Stryker brigade combat teams and additional formations in the Army National Guard and Army Reserve.

“At the end of this [fiscal year], every warfighting function, including protection and sustainment, will be part of our transformation efforts,” George said in October. “The tech we will infuse in our formations are not years away, they are available now.”