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June 2026 Articles

Read the article 'Dear Future Sergeants Major'

Dear Future Sergeants Major

By CSM Tammy Everette

Written by a retiring Command Sergeant Major with over 30 years of service, this piece offers personal reflections and practical leadership advice for aspiring senior NCOs. It stresses humility, guarding your reputation, staying connected to Soldiers, and maintaining core values as you rise in responsibility.

Link to the article | More from NCO Journal - Muddy Boots

Notable Quote

“My drive came from the people, from solving hard problems and instituting real change; most wouldn’t describe that as fun, but I enjoyed doing those things.”

Read the article 'Intelligence Officer Training for Network-Centered Warfare in Ukraine and the United States: A Personal Insight'

Intelligence Officer Training for Network-Centered Warfare in Ukraine and the United States: A Personal Insight

By MAJ Anton Maksymov, Ukrainian Army

A Ukrainian major shares comparative insights on intelligence training and operations between Ukrainian forces fighting a high-intensity networked war and U.S. approaches. It discusses adapting intel training for modern contested environments dominated by sensors, data, and rapid information flows.

Link to the article | More from Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin 

Notable Quote

“As the pace of operations and decision making continues to accelerate, driven by increasingly automated, AI-supported intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance processes, it is clear that near-peer warfare will never again look as it did in 2021.”

Read the article ' An Army Rooted in Large-Scale Combat Operations, Part 1'

An Army Rooted in Large-Scale Combat Operations, Part 1: The People’s Liberation Army’s Combat Experience in the Chinese Civil War, 1946–1949

By Ian M. Sullivan

The article explains how the People’s Liberation Army was fundamentally shaped by its experience fighting large‑scale campaigns during the Chinese Civil War from 1946 to 1949. It shows that these operations taught the PLA to coordinate mass forces, integrate political control, and outmaneuver a better‑equipped opponent. These formative lessons still influence how the PLA thinks about large‑scale combat operations today.

Link to the article | More from Military Review

Notable Quote

“While all have heard of Mao Zedong, few understand his role in defining the PLA’s approach to warfare and his firm grasp of strategy that, in many ways, serves as the underpinnings of the PLA’s strategic culture today.”

Read the article 'Artificial Staff'

Artificial Staff, Human Command: An AI Integration Experiment

By CPT Chris Lajeunesse, CPT Joseph Palazini, and CPT James Tulskie

This article details a JRTC rotation where a brigade staff experimented with AI tools to automate parts of the Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP), such as turning verbal planning discussions into formatted operations orders. It highlights AI’s strengths in reducing clerical workload while emphasizing that human commanders must retain final decision authority.

Link to the article | More from Modern War Institute

Notable Quote

“During course of action development, AI took a back seat. This was not a failure of integration but the correct doctrinal relationship—and it was the most important finding from the rotation.”