What the hell does that bureaucratic bullspeak mean?
Let's make changes, just because...well, we just want to make changes?
Shades of the same damned dumbasses that got rid of the M1911 small arms system, because, well, let's just change to a foreign made, less effective, more costly weapon that is unproven, because, well, because we can and while we're at it, let's make sure a bunch of senior officers and NCO's are promised their life's fortunes if they promote it.
The people they put in charge, such as this Carter fool, have no practical experience in being a warrior...and they all think they have the wherewithal to be a Napoleon strategist.
All they know is to whip out a Thesaurus and figure out how to say "crap" in twelve different ways.
Idiots.
Actually, we switched to the 9MM because it is the standard NATO ammunition. Same with .556.