May 2024 Online Exclusive Articles
Lt. Col. Matthew L. Jamison, U.S. Army
Army Air Defense Artillery (ADA) officers are competing for the opportunity to command battalions at a decreasing rate, but there are changes the Army could implement to stop this trend.
Article published on: 03 May 2024
April 2024 Online Exclusive Articles
Alan Cunningham
To defeat AI-enhanced Chinese special operations forces, the United States must not only invest funding, research, and battlefield application in the appropriate weaponry, equipment, and hardware and software but also develop new training and skill development programs to specifically have AI-capable combat and combat support operators.
Article published on: 25 April 2024
Lt. Col. Richard A. McConnell, DM, U.S. Army, Retired
Maj. Cleber H. B. Simões, Brazilian Army
Maj. Roney Magno de Sousa, Brazilian Army
Maj. Thiago Caron da Silva, Brazilian Army
A collaboration between U.S. and Brazil army officers used a scientific approach to examine wargaming options applied to land military scenarios that discovered analog simulations could effectively improve visualization.
Article published on: 15 April 2024
Lt. Gen. Milford H. Beagle Jr., U.S. Army
Lt. Col. Tom Gaines, U.S. Army
As the Army continues transforming to meet evolving threats on the battlefield, it is meeting with levels of complexity that surpass previous experience. To win, the Army must train leaders to become strategic problem solvers who create new approaches and reimagine the future fight.
Article published on: 09 April 2024
Maj. Thomas Haydock, U.S. Army
To provide maneuver units with more realistic training at their home stations, the Army needs to revise its doctrine regarding its opposing force program and create a scalable model for an opposing force (OPFOR) that can approximate the professional OPFOR found at the Army’s combat training centers.
Article published on: 09 April 2024
1st Lt. Harrison Manlove, U.S. Army
The lessons-learned process can and should begin before conflict termination through observations. Preliminary lessons and observations are a good place to start and should be the focus for analysts until a conflict’s conclusion, when more concrete lessons may be drawn to change institutional behaviors.
Article published on: 03 April 2024
March 2024 Online Exclusive Articles
Gen. James E. Rainey, U.S. Army
Gen. Gary M. Brito, U.S. Army
Technology is rapidly changing how militaries and proxy forces engage in armed conflict, but war continues to remain a human endeavor, and people are the U.S. Army’s number one asymmetric advantage.
Article published on: 12 March 2024
February 2024 Online Exclusive Articles
Lt. Gen. Milford H. Beagle Jr., U.S. Army
Disruptive transformation is largely a mindset and behavior change among leadership teams that sets up organizations to thrive in a disruptive world. According to the commander of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, we must foster a culture that thrives on disruptive change.
Article published on: 13 February 2024
Lt. Col. Jay Ireland, U.S. Army
Maj. Ryan Van Wie, U.S. Army
Two U.S. Army officer combat veterans who also have significant practical experience and success in professional-level writing discuss the importance of developing writing skills to discipline individual logical thinking processes while contributing important information and informed discussion regarding issues of concern to the army. They observe that this reflected in a worrisome trend within the military among officers and NCOs who demonstrate lapsing interest in participating in informed debate in military journals and other venues dealing with national security. They invite leaders at all levels to encourage their soldiers to take the opportunity to apply themselves in ‘putting pen to paper’ and publishing their insights in one of the many publication venues now available that cater to military thinkers.
Article published on: 09 February 2024
Lt. Col. Erik Davis, U.S. Army
Lt. Col. Nicholas Frazier, U.S. Army
Mentorship comes in many shapes and sizes. Leaders should consider supporting informal mentorship and networking communities by setting up and moderating an informal online community.
Article published on: 07 February 2024
January 2024 Online Exclusive Articles
Lt. Col. D. Max Ferguson, U.S. Army
This article introduces the concept of a catalyst paper as a distinct approach to writing Army white papers that encourages all ranks to share observations from the field, introduce suggestions, and examine lessons learned. Such grassroots research papers are written to help busy leaders think, spark dialogue among their peers, and introduce their teams to new methods. Commanders can share them across units and help nominate papers for publication in Army professional journals for dissemination and preservation.
Article published on: 16 January 2024