The WARP Act of 2026 requires the Defense Department to study how artificial intelligence systems affect military personnel's ability to maintain critical skills and stay combat-ready. The department must assess which military jobs are most at risk of skill deterioration from relying on AI systems, evaluate conditions where soldiers become overly dependent on AI, and develop recommendations for training programs and military doctrine to preserve essential capabilities. The law mandates a comprehensive report within one year of enactment identifying vulnerable military occupational specialties and preliminary findings from research, followed by a detailed report on long-term skill retention and recovery within three years. The assessment will include controlled experiments, simulations, and longitudinal studies comparing performance with and without AI systems, particularly focusing on how soldiers perform in degraded environments when AI systems are unavailable. This legislation affects all military branches and defense agencies, and the Defense Secretary must designate a senior official to coordinate the research and integrate findings into department policies to balance AI-enabled performance with preservation of hard-to-recover warfighter skills.
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