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This We’ll Defend: Our Promise to America
Gen. Randy A. George, U.S. Army Chief of Staff
Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael R. Weimer
2025 General William E. DePuy Special Topics Writing Competition
This year’s theme: “The challenges of planning for security in a world that is increasingly borderless, multicultural, and economically interdependent.”
Write for Military Review: Suggested Writing Themes and Topics 2025
Letter from the Editor
Col. Andrew Morgado, U.S. Army
Pathways to Becoming a Transformational Leader
Lt. Gen. Milford H. Beagle Jr., U.S. Army
A Fighting Heart for the Army's New Look
Col. Richard W. Whitney, U.S. Army
In celebration of the U.S. Army's 250th birthday, Military Review looks at our past with an article from 1955 that considered factors from that time that influenced soldier morale.
Fortifying Operational Readiness in the Pacific: A Strategic Blueprint
Brig. Gen. Eric Landry, Canadian Army
Lt. Col. Cynthia Holuta, U.S. Army
Lt. Col. Callum Muntz, Australian Army
Maj. Benjamen Kochheiser, U.S. Army
I Corps' focus on building operational readiness in the Pacific demands a tailored strategy to address regional challenges and maintain a credible deterrence. By prioritizing protection, bolstering posture, and ensuring sustainment while cultivating partnerships and engaging strategically, the U.S. Army can effectively fortify its operational readiness in this pivotal theater.
Strengthening the Backbone: Reexamining the Operational and Strategic Role of Today's NCO
Maj. Eric T. Kim, U.S. Army
Maj. Mathew Rigdon, U.S. Army
Command Sgt. Maj. Edward A. Cummings, U.S. Army
The expertise of senior NCOs, developed from decades of warfighting experience at the tactical level, is underutilized at both the operational and strategic levels. These professionals should serve at the highest levels of command, and the Army should adjust its policies and open assignments at those levels to help meet future challenges.
Operational Myopia: A Fatal Fallacy
Col. Daniel Sukman, U.S. Army
The joint force lacks a unified theory of success for the strategic level of war, and it must look beyond the operational level of war. A strategic-level concept should broaden the aperture of tenets beyond victory in battle and center on how the joint force will attain victory in war to achieve the strategic ends of the Nation.
No Future for an "Indispensable" Service: The Challenges of Resource-Constrained Army Transformation, 1945–1950
Maj. Spencer L. French, U.S. Army
As the Army transforms many of its more technical functions and organizations in the aftermath of the Global War on Terrorism, it is experiencing a shortage of high-quality talent, competing mission sets, and fiscal constraints, much like it did from 1945 to 1950. It must carefully consider the significant challenges inherent in resource-constrained transformation and the potential for failure.
Exploring Mental Models in Finance: How the Psychology of Money Assists Thinking About War and Strategy
Capt. Stein Thorbeck, U.S. Army
Any academic field can offer insight and strength of decision to senior leaders, and financial mental models can help improve their thinking about war and build their strategic acumen.
Rethinking Retreat: Retrograde Operations in the Indo-Pacific
Maj. Patrick Smith, U.S. Army
The joint force must consider methods of retrograde to shape advantages in time, space, and force to chart an informed operational approach in the Indo-Pacific.
An Experiment: Eighth Army Operational Effects Directorate
Col. Mark Osano, U.S. Army
Maj. Alistair Fider, U.S. Army
Maj. Avron Bloom, U.S. Army
Chief Warrant Officer 4 DeJuan Roberts, U.S. Army
The organization of staffs inherently challenges the conceptualization and implementation of multidomain operations, but Eighth Army addressed this issue by creating an operational Effects Directorate, combining its lethal and nonlethal sections under one director unified by the targeting process with a multidomain and multidimensional view.
Security Force Assistance as a Tool of Strategic Competition
Maj. Erin Lemons, PhD, U.S. Army
Maj. Ben Jebb, U.S. Army
The strategy of binding international partners to Washington through an intricate constellation of security force assistance (SFA) programs will continue to remain a pillar of U.S. national security. Accordingly, it is imperative to discern if SFA is a viable approach for furthering U.S. interests and what conditions make SFA programs successful.
Awake Before the Sound of the Guns: Preparing Advisors for Conflict
Maj. Robert G. Rose, U.S. Army
In conflict, advisors' true value comes from their ability to assess, liaise, and support. However, they are seen primarily as a force for competition below armed conflict, and they are often not preparing for conflict when they are employed as a competition force.
Integrating EMDR Therapy and New Technologies to Enhance Combat Resilience
Dr. Chrysanthi Lioupi
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, along with other innovative technologies, has emerged as a valuable therapeutic approach within military mental healthcare to treat trauma-related disorders.
Major Jonathan Letterman Revisited: Anticipating Casualty Evacuation Needs in Large-Scale Combat Operations
Col. James Nicholson, U.S. Army
Tyler Fox
With the U.S. transition from counterinsurgency to large-scale combat operations, the Army must relearn the challenges of mass casualty movement. Analysis of recent Warfighter exercises provides valuable context for medical personnel, staff officers, and maneuver commanders in this regard.
The Wars of the Roses: The Medieval Art of Graham Turner
Allyson McNitt, PhD
The author critiques a book by Graham Turner that details the history of the Wars of the Roses alongside a unique and comprehensive collection of over 120 of his paintings and drawings.
The Birth of the U.S. Army
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