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Army tries to breathe fire into innovation by going straight to the source

Published: Aug. 20, 2020, 3:20 p.m.

b'The Army\\u2019s 18th Airborne Corps is trying to find ways to improve soldiers\\u2019 lives and how they do their jobs. In the past, that meant leadership would take a wild guess at what it thought the rank and file wanted. Now, in the age of the internet, things are different. The corps is reaching out to soldiers and their families to bring forward innovative ideas that can help the Army and the people involved in it. Federal News Network\\u2019s Scott Maucione talks with the Eighteenth Airborne\\u2019s communication\\u2019s director, Col. Joe Buccino about the Dragon Innovation Program. \\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'