WEBVTT 00:04.599 --> 00:06.980 One of the best kept secrets in the US . 00:06.989 --> 00:09.560 Army is a group of world class experts 00:09.569 --> 00:11.569 who've been quietly advising senior 00:11.569 --> 00:15.079 leadership since 1951 meet . The Army 00:15.090 --> 00:17.540 Science Board championing innovation 00:17.549 --> 00:18.979 for 70 years . 00:22.540 --> 00:26.399 This is war , war and its 00:26.409 --> 00:30.409 masses war and its men war and 00:30.420 --> 00:34.389 its machines born out 00:34.400 --> 00:36.456 of necessity during the Korean War . 00:36.456 --> 00:38.567 The Army Science Board was created to 00:38.567 --> 00:40.622 help soldiers fight smarter and more 00:40.622 --> 00:42.844 efficiently , especially when they were 00:42.844 --> 00:45.569 outmanned and outgunned . There were 00:45.580 --> 00:47.636 too many North Koreans with too much 00:47.636 --> 00:51.099 heavy equipment , especially tanks as 00:51.110 --> 00:53.319 the needs of the army evolved . So too 00:53.330 --> 00:55.700 did the a SB growing into a premier 00:55.709 --> 00:58.080 advisory panel over the years , the 00:58.090 --> 01:00.201 board's recommendations have played a 01:00.201 --> 01:02.034 significant role in shaping army 01:02.034 --> 01:03.923 doctrine and developing strategic 01:03.923 --> 01:06.480 weapons systems . Strictly a volunteer 01:06.489 --> 01:08.378 group . The board is comprised of 01:08.379 --> 01:10.989 distinguished scientists , engineers , 01:11.000 --> 01:13.430 CEOS and former senior military 01:13.440 --> 01:17.010 officers among others . We ask really 01:17.019 --> 01:19.510 important really smart people to take 01:19.519 --> 01:22.379 time away from their busy schedules to 01:22.389 --> 01:25.699 help us to come up with answers to 01:25.809 --> 01:28.209 complex problems and provide 01:28.220 --> 01:30.449 recommendations and use their expertise 01:30.459 --> 01:33.330 to help our war fighters . They are 01:33.339 --> 01:36.980 world class leaders in their area of 01:36.989 --> 01:40.069 expertise and it is the diversity of 01:40.080 --> 01:42.970 thought that these people bring to the 01:42.980 --> 01:46.349 board , which makes the Army Science 01:46.360 --> 01:49.360 Board so great and it makes our product 01:49.370 --> 01:53.110 so powerful . The diversity of a SB 01:53.120 --> 01:55.819 members , education professions and 01:55.830 --> 01:58.599 technical expertise enables independent , 01:58.610 --> 02:01.330 creative and unbiased recommendations 02:01.339 --> 02:03.500 to solve critical army problems . 02:03.800 --> 02:05.800 They're drawn by the opportunity to 02:05.800 --> 02:08.589 give back to the army and their country . 02:09.970 --> 02:13.110 My parents were Polish immigrants and 02:13.119 --> 02:15.100 they were actually freed from Nazi 02:15.110 --> 02:18.399 slave labor camps by the US army . 02:19.259 --> 02:22.509 They became the greatest patriots and 02:22.520 --> 02:26.309 citizens . You can imagine . So for me , 02:26.320 --> 02:29.660 I serve in memory of my parents and 02:29.669 --> 02:32.059 their legacy as the army's private 02:32.070 --> 02:34.710 think tank . The A SB provides in depth 02:34.720 --> 02:36.910 analysis on pressing scientific , 02:36.919 --> 02:39.470 technological manufacturing and 02:39.479 --> 02:41.570 management issues . Their studies 02:41.580 --> 02:43.690 forecasts the viability of new army 02:43.699 --> 02:46.139 innovations and focuses the approach to 02:46.149 --> 02:49.610 help ensure effective results . We got 02:49.619 --> 02:52.789 a great art and it's made up of great 02:52.800 --> 02:56.210 young people . Our obligation 02:58.410 --> 03:02.380 is to give them the tools with which 03:02.389 --> 03:04.500 they can figure out how to accomplish 03:04.500 --> 03:06.869 whatever the mission in the seventies 03:06.880 --> 03:09.449 and eighties . A sbs recommendations 03:09.460 --> 03:11.919 helped support the adoption of the big 03:11.929 --> 03:15.059 five made up of the M one Abrams tank , 03:15.070 --> 03:17.014 the Bradley fighting vehicle , the 03:17.014 --> 03:19.149 Apache helicopter , the Black Hawk 03:19.160 --> 03:21.559 helicopter and the patriot missile 03:21.570 --> 03:24.910 system . The iconic big five were and 03:24.919 --> 03:27.520 remain today critical to the US army's 03:27.529 --> 03:29.839 combat superiority stemming from the 03:29.850 --> 03:32.639 big five . The A SB also advocated for 03:32.649 --> 03:34.316 night vision sensors for army 03:34.316 --> 03:36.199 helicopters . Its leap ahead 03:36.210 --> 03:38.460 capabilities were instrumental in night 03:38.470 --> 03:40.630 vision devices used during operation 03:40.639 --> 03:41.639 Desert Storm . 03:49.000 --> 03:51.059 One of the five thrusts the ASB 03:51.070 --> 03:53.550 advocated for was a dedicated A I and 03:53.559 --> 03:55.860 robotics proponent to exploit emerging 03:55.869 --> 03:57.925 technologies and help transition the 03:57.925 --> 04:00.820 army to the digital age . As early as 04:00.830 --> 04:03.470 the 1990 s , the ASB forecasted the 04:03.479 --> 04:05.320 need for simulation training and 04:05.330 --> 04:07.330 distance learning to help modernize 04:07.330 --> 04:09.729 soldiers into smaller quicker , more 04:09.740 --> 04:11.699 lethal objective force units . 04:16.989 --> 04:19.470 Today , the A SB is helping shape the 04:19.480 --> 04:21.980 army's ambitious modernization program 04:21.989 --> 04:24.510 by identifying emerging technologies to 04:24.519 --> 04:27.109 help ensure a strong future army well 04:27.119 --> 04:29.549 into the 20 thirties . One of the 04:29.559 --> 04:31.615 recent events that the science board 04:31.615 --> 04:33.781 supported was the establishment of the 04:33.781 --> 04:36.003 Army Futures Command . It was the basis 04:36.003 --> 04:39.000 that report calling for an independent 04:39.010 --> 04:41.260 organization with a different culture 04:41.269 --> 04:44.200 that could help drive innovation in the 04:44.209 --> 04:46.869 future for the army being able to bring 04:46.880 --> 04:49.309 people with that type of knowledge into 04:49.320 --> 04:51.320 a room and say , let's look at this 04:51.320 --> 04:53.329 problem from all angles and then 04:53.339 --> 04:55.290 provide input back to senior army 04:55.299 --> 04:57.521 leaders so that they can make the tough 04:57.521 --> 04:59.688 decisions about how do they organize , 04:59.690 --> 05:01.890 how do they budget , how do they field 05:01.899 --> 05:04.970 and equip the army of today and the 05:04.980 --> 05:07.230 army of the future ? I think that's 05:07.239 --> 05:09.406 what makes the science sport special . 05:09.579 --> 05:13.070 As long as there's an army , as long as 05:13.079 --> 05:15.579 we continue to have conflicts in the 05:15.589 --> 05:17.910 world , there's going to be a need for 05:17.920 --> 05:20.380 the army . Science the Army Science 05:20.390 --> 05:23.079 Board celebrating over seven decades of 05:23.089 --> 05:25.429 championing innovation , impacting 05:25.440 --> 05:27.829 generations of American soldiers .