The traditional definition of mission readiness has centered on people, training, equipment, logistics, and the ability to execute the mission when called. Those fundamentals remain essential, but today's operating environment has significantly expanded what it means to be ready.
Mission readiness increasingly depends upon trusted communications and data, resilient critical infrastructure, an appropriately skilled workforce, effective partnerships, and the ability to employ emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence while continuing to operate through cyber disruption.
This is particularly relevant in the Indo-Pacific, where joint military operations, state government, critical infrastructure, academia, commercial capabilities, allies, and partners are very interdependent....
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