Maj. Gen. John GeorgeJean Vettel Lt. Gen. Eric J. Wesley, USA
George Bernard Shaw once said, “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” At the heart of the U.S. Army Futures Command is a fundamentally new approach to revolutionizing communication across the Army’s...
Maj. John W. Spencer, U.S. Army retiredCol. Liam Collins
Last summer, we traveled to India with a team of West Point faculty and cadets to study the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks. Those attacks revealed lessons about the challenges of urban warfare. They also highlighted—as we learned during our two weeks...
Brig. Gen. Michael TalleyCol. Deydre TeyhenAmy Adler
Many fundamentals of military leadership can be applied to ensure that soldiers, families and other members of the military community remain resilient in the face of psychological threats associated with the coronavirus pandemic. The importance of...
Anyone who has worked directly for a battalion commander or above probably has experience writing “ghost notes.” These are emails a subordinate writes and addresses for their boss to send to other people. Ghost notes can be weekly or monthly sitreps...
War and the use of force have revealed significant shifts over the past several decades. The importance of acknowledging and understanding these shifts is far from merely an academic issue for our political and military leaders. As Eliot Cohen and...
Ambushed by Combat’s Personal Complexities Just Another Day in Vietnam. Col. (Ret.) Keith Nightingale. Casemate Publishers. 264 pages. $34.95 By Lt. Gen. James Dubik, U.S. Army retired Just Another Day in Vietnam takes the reader into battle—...
As the events of fall 2013 unfolded in Ukraine and President Victor Yanukovych fled the country, Russia was thrust into a problematic position. The country could not afford to cede influence and control over a territory that was so critical to its...
Technological surprise in war occurs when one opponent fields and employs military capabilities that not only drastically exceed the expectations of their adversary but also potentially create a tactical or strategic advantage for subsequent...
Brig. Gen. Paul “Greg” Smith, Army National Guard retired
Shortly after becoming a brigade commander, I was driving home at the end of a training day feeling self-satisfied with my new command. When I saw a rain-soaked soldier walking toward the train station, I stopped to pick him up. As we rode along, I...
While future challenges to American interests are unpredictable, soldiers must maintain a ready and adaptive posture. The Holistic Health and Fitness System is the Army’s primary investment in soldier readiness and lethality, optimal physical and...
The Army is committed to delivering a tactical network that will guarantee preparedness and victory over any adversary. However, ensuring success has required significant institutional and cultural change in how the service modernizes its network...
Some 20,000 Chinese Americans served their country in World War II and were connected to the history of the Chinese in America in ways they might not have fully understood. These young men and women were products of decades of struggles by their...
Visual Guide to Winning a Worldwide Struggle World War II Infographics. Jean Lopez, Nicolas Aubin, Vincent Bernard and Nicolas Guillerat. Thames and Hudson. 192 pages. $40 By Col. Kevin Benson, U.S. Army retired World War II Infographics is an...
Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthyGen. James McConville, Chief of staff of the ArmySgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Grinston
For 245 years, U.S. Army forces have served and defended the nation, whether fighting against malicious foreign militaries or battling nontraditional security threats at home. Today, our country is facing an extraordinary challenge, and the Army is...
The U.S. Army’s maturing Multi-Domain Operations concept proposes approaches to counter modernizing militarily peer adversaries, principally China and Russia. Leveraging sensor-linked weapons of increased range, speed, autonomy and lethality that...
