Articles

How to Keep Ahead of a Changing China

Gen. Robert B. Brown

War is like a chess game. One player strategically maneuvers his pieces seeking windows of opportunity to destroy his opponent’s critical vulnerability—the king. Ideally, he uses one or more pieces to fix the king in place and give no option to his...

Birth of the M1 Abrams: It Took a Team to Develop a Tank

Maj. Hassan M. Kamara

In October 2017, the U.S. Army announced the establishment of eight cross-functional teams. The teams were created to accelerate capability development amid growing strategic competition with potential near-peer adversaries such as Russia and China...

Seminar Helps Set Tune for Army’s Future

Capt. Jeff JenningsMaj. David Weart

The 2018 National Defense Strategy acknowledges that professional military education “has stagnated, focused more on the accomplishment of mandatory credit at the expense of lethality and ingenuity.” As a remedy, the strategy emphasizes a commitment...

Marshall’s Mavericks: Colorful Commanders Handpicked to Lead Army in WWII

Col. Cole C. Kingseed, U.S. Army retired

At the height of World War II, Army Chief of Staff Gen. George C. Marshall addressed the difficulty of selecting competent combat leaders before their employment in active operations. “The most important factor of all,” Marshall said, “is character...

May 2019 Book Reviews

AUSA Staff

Special Operations Soldiers Lead the Way Run to the Sound of the Guns: The True Story of an American Ranger at War in Afghanistan and Iraq. Nicholas Moore and Mir Bahmanyar. Osprey Publishing. 303 pages. $30 By Charles W. Sasser In the tradition of...

Black and white photo of US infantrymen cautiously moving.

New AUSA Book Program entry explores WWII in the Pacific

Joseph Craig, Director AUSA Book Program

Recent news from Asia and the Pacific high-light several threats the United States faces in the region: North Korea, Chinese actions in the South China Sea, terrorist groups in the Philippines, and more. The U.S. military is taking steps to counter...

Today’s Millennials Are Today's Leaders

Cmdr. Andy Henwood, U.S. NavyLt. Col. Dave Owen, U.S. Air ForceMaj. Steven Santucci, U.S. Army

Like it or not, millennials—sometimes stereotypically considered entitled, lazy and overly emotional—are the future of our military, and that may be a good thing. It is time to understand them. Considering the average age of enlisted members was 27...

We Can’t Get It Right When It Comes to Winning

Lt. Gen. James M. Dubik, U.S. Army retired

The George W. Bush administration was wrong with its 2003 “Mission Accomplished” pronouncement regarding Iraq. The defeat of Saddam Hussein’s army, in fact, did not accomplish the mission. Rather, it changed the character of the war. Eight years...

Baltic States’ Militaries Buttressed by Volunteers

Col. Liam CollinsLionel Beehner

Hunched over a long table strewn with plates of chicken Kiev, tucked away in an underground restaurant beneath Kiev, Ukraine’s Maidan Square, Olena Bilenka, a partisan Ukrainian nationalist with tattoos and a strong physique, looked at us intently...

The Right Fit: Bring Temperament Into Talent Management Equation

Maj. Jamie SchwandtMaster Sgt. Anthony Livernois, USAR

What if the Army combined its current talent management approach, the Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army, with temperament theory and the NFL draft? It sounds crazy, but it’s worth discussing. We can use the current system along with...

Army leadership responds to privatized housing challenges

Patty Barron

During the 2018 Association of the U.S. Army Annual Meeting and Exposition, a town hall with Army Secretary Mark T. Esper, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley and Sgt. Maj. of the Army Daniel A. Dailey was held for Army family members and...

Sinise receives AUSA chapter’s inaugural Donlon Award

AUSA News

The Association of the U. S. Army’s Greater Kansas City Chapter recently recognized humanitarian, actor and philanthropist Gary Sinise’s almost 40 years of exceptional support to veterans, service members and families with the inaugural presentation...

Army air and missile defense critical in Indo-Pacific region

AUSA News

Integrated air and missile defense will be critical in the Indo-Pacific region, particularly as tensions grow with China, Russia and North Korea, the commander of U.S. Army Pacific said at a Hot Topic forum hosted by the Association of the U.S. Army...

Budget priorities include modernization, sequestration

Mark Haaland

Now that the Defense Department has released its budget, the Army’s first posture hearing will be with the Senate Armed Services Committee on March 26. However, other hearings on topics such as readiness, quality of life and threats to national...

April 2019 Book Reviews