Explore a conference talk examining the Department of Defense's initiative to develop advanced military communications through 5G and future generation networking technologies. Learn about the DARPA Open Programmable Accelerated - 5G (OPA-5G) program's mission to create free and open source software for radio access networks, establishing a baseline 5G waveform for widespread DoD implementation. Discover how this program aims to foster public-private partnerships and innovation within the 5G/Future G ecosystem by developing capabilities from a common open source code foundation. Gain insights into how the DoD is adapting state-of-the-art networks to meet diverse operational environment requirements and advancing military communications capabilities through open source collaboration.