A little more than six months into the job, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is transforming the Army while tackling decades-old processes and systems he believes have stymied the service’s progress and hampered soldier’s ability to fight and win.

“I think the decision-making apparatus in the Pentagon for probably the last 30 or 40 years has optimized for a lot of things that don't actually have to do with soldiers and their families,” Driscoll said in an interview in the Association of the U.S. Army’s 2025–2026 Green Book. “It has calcified and broken.”

The Army’s continuous transformation is a key step to fixing that, Driscoll said. Another element is Driscoll’s pledge to be “the soldier’s secretary.”

“What I think it means to be the soldier’s secretary is trying optimize every single decision that comes in for the actual soldiers whose lives it will impact the most,” Driscoll said.

Published as AUSA hosts its Annual Meeting and Exposition Oct. 13–15 in Washington, D.C., the Green Book also features exclusive interviews with Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Weimer, Army National Guard Director Lt. Gen. Jonathan Stubbs and Army Reserve Chief Lt. Gen. Robert Harter.

To read the senior leader articles, click here.

Also in the Green Book is a comprehensive update on some of the Army’s key modernization efforts, including Next-Generation Command and Control and counter-drone capabilities; a Year in Review of major Army developments; a guide to the Army’s installations; and listings of key command and staff.

George, who has been the Army’s top general since September 2023, continues to push the Army to adapt and transform quickly. “The battlefield is changing as fast as the technology in your pocket, and we know we have to change,” George said.

As the Army has expanded its transforming in contact initiative, which puts emerging and new technology in soldiers’ hands so they can experiment, learn and provide feedback that senior Army leaders can use to shape the future force, George said he has been “really proud” of what the service’s tactical formations have accomplished.

Young leaders across the Army are talented and innovative, George said. “They’re willing to take risks, push the envelope … and they understand how the modern battlefield is changing, and they are willing to help us figure out the adjustments we need to make for the Army.”

Premium members of AUSA will receive their copies of the Green Book by mail or email. A limited number of copies will be distributed at the Annual Meeting.

It is available for download here.

For more information on the Annual Meeting, click here.