Articles

Life After Abrams: If it doesn’t look or act like a tank, it still may be the tank of the future

Scott R. Gourley, Contributing Writer

The almost 40-year-old Abrams tank has a significant role in the Army’s vision for 2028 because of a major facelift that upgrades the engine, sensors and sights, along with advanced armor and an active protection system aimed at fighting, surviving...

A Junior Leader’s Take on Military Life

Capt. Derrick M. Davis

When someone leaves home for the first time at the age of 17 or 18 to join the military, they never foresee what they are about to face. After 23 years and traveling around the world, I have seen it all. I want to highlight the three most important...

Speaking Up in a New Language Serves Army

Capt. Nicholas Naquin

It was an overcast, cold day in October 2008. We were in the crucible of the French Foreign Legion’s basic training: the infamous “Farm” where the legion introduces its newest recruits to its traditions, hardships and expectations. That day, my...

What Free Men Will Do: 75 Years On, Lessons From D-Day for Today’s Army

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

Seventy-five years ago, the Allies stormed the Normandy beaches to confront Nazi totalitarianism and liberate Europe. D-Day, June 6, 1944, was a watershed event in World War II and arguably the defining moment of the 20th century in the West. To...

New graphic novel features Vietnam Special Forces hero

Joseph Craig, Director AUSA Book Program

The AUSA Book Program will release its second digital graphic novel in May, titled Medal of Honor: Roy Benavidez. Master Sgt. (then-Staff Sgt.) Raul “Roy” P. Benavidez is a legend in the Special Forces community. Even before he earned his Green...

Design Project: Five Principles For Solving Problems, CSA-Style

Maj. Michael N. Lee

Design thinking arms the U.S. Army with the ability to creatively and rapidly produce solutions to some of the service’s thorniest problems. How will the Army improve its lethality with an increasingly obese and inactive younger population? How will...

June 2019 Book Reviews

AUSA Staff

Secret Unit Wreaked Havoc Behind the Lines Uncommon Valor: The Recon Company that Earned Five Medals of Honor and Included America’s Most Decorated Green Beret.. Stephen L. Moore. Naval Institute Press. 440 pages. $35 By Lt. Col. Robert K. Brown, U...

Is Our Army Again Optimized for Defeat?

Col. Rich CreedMaj. Nathan A. Jennings

On Dec. 8, 1941, Japan initiated a massive offensive to wrest the Philippine Islands from Allied control just seven hours after attacking Pearl Harbor. The defending U.S. Army and Filipino forces, which had focused on counterinsurgency operations...

Well-Trained Partners Are More Likely to Fight

Matthew Cancian

The first pickup laid down suppressive fire with its .50-caliber heavy machine gun; the other pickup—called a “technical” in the many places such makeshift combat vehicles are found—then advanced to the next fold in the sand, braked hard and took up...

Special Forces sergeant major honored for military service

W. Thomas Smith Jr.

Armando Yturria, a retired Army Special Forces sergeant major and a member of the Association of the U.S. Army, was recently recognized by the Quilts of Valor Foundation for his distinguished military service as a special operations leader. Yturria...