Though hundreds of meters away, the catastrophic explosion sent a powerful shock wave through the operations center. As the battle staff watched the aerostat monitors in horror, injured civilians staggered away, covered in dust and blood, while shattered bodies littered the street. Burning and...
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Don’t Waste Time in Meetings
Lessons From an Army Icon
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A Fighting Stance: US Army Must Hold Its Ground in Indo-Pacific
A Fighting Stance: US Army Must Hold Its Ground in Indo-Pacific
Building an NCO Bench: ‘E-5 in 5’ Speeds up Promotions to Strengthen Army Reserve
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Just over 30 years ago, one of the U.S. Army’s most renowned and distinguished combat leaders passed away. Yet Maj. Gen. Aubrey “Red” Newman lives on in the numerous professional articles he penned, including 172 columns for ARMY magazine. Newman, who died in January 1994 at age 90, stayed closely...
Retired Gen. Colin Powell provided thoughts on the importance of meetings in his 2012 book with Tony Koltz, It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership. Although not explicit in his musings about the connection of the conduct of meetings with leadership, his meaning is pertinent and emphatic: Meetings...
The ongoing conflicts in Europe and the Middle East require military professionals and national security experts to reexamine preconceived notions of war in the 21st century. Many predicted a rapid overthrow of the Ukrainian government by Russian forces in February 2022. Subsequently, the U.S. and...
Sergeants are on the rise in the U.S. Army Reserve, where a new initiative to promote more young soldiers more quickly is busting through a cultural gridlock and aiming to put an end to a yearslong shortage of NCOs. Thousands of Army Reserve soldiers in the ranks of specialist and corporal have...
In an ever-evolving global landscape, the ability to rapidly deploy is not just a military requirement—it’s a deterrence. The U.S. Army’s global competitors are kept at bay not just by firepower, but by the sheer efficiency of its deployment strategies, known as the strategic mobility triad. This...
Holistic Health and Fitness is a performance optimization system created to maximize soldiers’ ability to deploy, fight and win the United States’ wars. Placing people first, Holistic Health and Fitness provides the building blocks that enable leaders, soldiers and units to improve performance and...