May 2022 Online Exclusive Articles
Lt. Col. John M. Curatola, PhD, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired
It was easy to see the tsunami’s path when circling at two thousand feet over Bande Ache, Indonesia, in a C-130 cargo aircraft in early January 2005. The lush green forest of Sumatra’s northern tip’s higher elevations stood in stark contrast to the dull brown landscape illustrating the sea’s encroachment on nearby lowlands.
Article published on: 05 May 2022
Konstantin Sivkov
Translated and Foreword by Lt. Col. Charles K. Bartles, U.S. Army Reserve,
U.S. Army Reserve
“Ukraine Is Just the Beginning” presents a Russian point of view regarding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by Konstanin Sivkov, a prominent member of the Russian military-scientific community.
Article published on: 02 May 2022
April 2022 Online Exclusive Articles
Col. Theodore W. Kleisner, U.S. Army
Trevor T. Garmey
As the first large-scale conventional conflict between near-peer adversaries since the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has provided warfighters a unique opportunity to assess prevailing assumptions about large-scale combat operations (LSCO) in real time. The conflict offers lessons spanning the full spectrum of U.S. arms, and its campaigns must be carefully studied as the U.S. Army focuses on great-power competition.
Article published on: 29 April 2022
Marc R. DeVore
Andrew Orr, PhD
Ash Rossiter, PhD
The failure of Russia’s plan to quickly win the war in Ukraine and topple the country’s democratically elected government by occupying Kyiv and other major cities has opened strategic possibilities, including a long-term war of attrition that most strategists did not anticipate before the Russia’s expanded invasion.
Article published on: 20 April 2022
Megan Hunter
The Frontier Army Museum at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, holds almost 6,500 objects in the public trust
Article published on: 04 April 2022
2nd Lt. Jose R. Aguilar, U.S. Army Reserve
The army’s role in ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific necessitates multilateralism, primarily through alliance building with partners in the Indo-Pacific characterized by proactive trust and relationship building on the individual level.
Article published on: 1 April 2022
March 2022 Online Exclusive Articles
Maj. Frederik Wintermans, Royal Netherlands Army
Dan G. Cox, PhD
Much debate regarding Moscow’s intentions in the Baltic Sea region preceded the quadrennial Russian military-strategic exercise ZAPAD-2021. With the backdrop of increasing NATO-Russia tensions over the past few years, some believe the Kremlin desires to seize and control the Baltic States.
Article published on: 22 March 2022
Brendan Duebner
Despite significant and well-intentioned efforts by the Department of Defense (DOD), data shows that service members are comparatively worse off than their civilian peers in terms of financial literacy and stability.
Article published on: 21 March 2022
Lt. Gen. Andreas Marlow, German Army
Lt. Col. Wilson C. Blythe Jr., U.S. Army
Since its formation in 1995 as a result of the merger of the Cold War-era 1 German Corps and 1 Dutch Corps, 1 German-Netherlands (GE/NL) Corps has repeatedly confirmed the commitment of its framework nations (Germany and Netherlands) to NATO, deploying to Afghanistan in 2003, 2009, and 2013.
Article published on: 09 March 2022
Maj. Gen. Brian Eifler, U.S. Army
Until recently, the Arctic has been known as an austere, inaccessible, and excessively harsh environment left to rogue explorers and hardened researchers. However, the formerly remote and untouched frontier is now becoming a competitive region.
Article published on: 03 March 2022
February 2022 Online Exclusive Articles
Col. J. Todd Burroughs, U.S. Army
Col. Stephen G. Ruth, U.S. Army
What makes great units great? This is a question that leaders have tried to answer time and again—some successfully, some not. One could argue that, with few exceptions, most units in the Army generally have the same overall level of talent. We have all seen, or been a part of, units we would classify as great.
Article published on: 23 February 2022