History has a way of teaching the military lessons it would rather not learn. War exposes weaknesses, challenges assumptions and forces decisions that might otherwise take years. But it also creates opportunities for change that rarely exist in peacetime.

The U.S. Navy is living through one of those moments.

I was at AUSA this week, and here is what I picked up: The Army is moving with a sense of urgency, industry is responding with some impressive technology, and many of the challenges being discussed sound awfully familiar to those of us who spend most of our time focused on the Navy and the broader Joint Force.