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September 2026 Articles

Read the article 'Deliberate, Not Default'

Deliberate, Not Default: 10 Career Truths Company Grade Officers Learn Too Late

By CPT Nathan Jackson

This easy-to-digest, step-by-step guide addressing career management is an ADA branch manager’s contribution to the ever-popular topic. It concisely lays out strong advice and includes helpful links embedded in the text. Readers will appreciate this article because it provides an element of mentorship, alongside insight into the broader challenges of retention among our early-career officers.

Link to the article | More from Air Defense Artillery Journal

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“Although there is a solid, predictable framework to guide officers through their careers, there is no perfect career path. Success comes from intent, not luck.”

Read the article 'The Joint Force in the Jungle: The Alamo Scouts Blueprint for Special Forces in Large Scale Combat Operations'

Forging Lethality Through Innovation: Electromagnetic Warfare and Multi-Domain Integration in the 116th IBCT's Transition to a Mobile Brigade Combat Team

By 1LT Miguel Bustillo and SGT Taylor Hodge

Straight from an exercise during XCTC with the Virginia National Guard, 1LT Bustillo and SGT Hodge teamed up to write this great piece on how experimentation in training can yield important, and scalable results. Their unit successfully applied novel techniques and demonstrated how flexibility and adaptability manifest in a fight. Regular Army units often overlook our National Guard counterparts, and this article urges us not to discount tangible lessons coming from our brothers in arms.

Link to the article | More from Gray Space

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“The short-notice nature of the MBCT transition was immediately met with equipment shortcomings. As a result, the EW Platoon adopted a stopgap approach by attempting to leverage low-cost commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solutions to fill capability gaps.”

Read the article 'Survive to Fight'

Survive to Fight: Operationalize the Drone Fight in Modern Field Artillery Operations

By CPT Richard Hiler

CPT Hiler’s article serves a great example of why leaders from all branches must weigh in on new technology. This is a well-formed argument with a realistic implementation plan for operationalizing drones within the Field Artillery community. Our Army is constantly asked to change and adapt— and with that comes the professional responsibility to assess and apply concepts from other specialties to our own problem sets. We cannot allow our adversaries to out-innovate us, nor can we get comfortable with passive change.

Link to the article | More from Field Artillery

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“Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) drones—once used by hobbyists—are now weaponized, capable of delivering lethal effects and persistent surveillance. For the Field Artillery (FA), this presents a serious challenge.”

Read the article 'Where We Stand'

Where We Stand: Position-Centric vs Momentum-Centric Leaders

By CPT Nikolas Baldwin

This article offers a nice blend of history and physics applied to modern problems within tactical units. Soldiers will appreciate the personal tone and essay format, especially readers who have not yet attended senior, professional military education courses. CPT Baldwin has done a good job adapting his ideas for a broad audience, thus setting a great example of how professional writing in the Army must account for a diverse range of readers—all of whom deserve to be part of the conversation.

Link to the article | More from Infantry

Notable Quote

“A platoon is not a particle of light, but just as a particle has both position and momentum, so does a Soldier. Soldiers are given a task and purpose. The purpose informs the task, but the commander’s intent cannot materialize without action.”