Army Magazine

ARMY Magazine Vol. 70, No. 1, January 2020

Articles

Stark Choices: ‘Sense of Urgency Today or Sense of Regret Tomorrow’

Rick Maze, Editor in Chief
The Army’s new leaders feel momentum is on their side as America’s foundational force shifts from 18 years of counterinsurgency operations to preparing to face large and growing global threats by creating revolutionary new capabilities. Secretary of...

Meeting the Modernization Challenge—Again

Lt. Col. John Nagl, U.S. Army retired
Two generations ago, as the Vietnam War drew to a close, the U.S. Army faced daunting challenges. Although it had painfully learned the hard lessons of counterinsurgency, those lessons came too late to maintain the support of the American public for...

Power to the People

Rick Maze, Editor in Chief
Just months into his appointment as the 40th Army chief of staff, Gen. James McConville, right, has fully embraced people not just as the “top priority” military leaders often espouse, but as a valuable resource to be carefully nurtured. The 60-year...

It’s the Boring Things That Will Win the Next War

John Amble
Robots and autonomous systems. Artificial intelligence and machine learning. Quantum computing and big data. We treat these as inevitable features of the modern battlefield, and for good reason. The rapid pace of technological development and...

Corps on the Border: Upgrading Barrier System Starts With Contracts

Maj. Eric Petrevich, U.S. Army Reserve
In the complex world of government contracting, it is important to ensure that all processes and practices meet standards for transparency and appropriate use of resources and funds. One of the largest projects in modern history for the U.S. Army...
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January 2020 Book Reviews

AUSA Staff
How Army Doctrine Got Us Here From There Military Realism: The Logic and Limits of Force and Innovation in the US Army. Peter Campbell. University of Missouri Press. 390 pages. $50 By Lt. Col. Jessica Grassetti In Military Realism: The Logic and...

Look to Past for Modernization Lessons

Maj. Nathan A. JenningsMaj. Adam Taliaferro
The interwar years between the Great War and World War II were a precarious period when industrialized military powers struggled to innovate with doctrine and tactics even as they incorporated emerging technologies. Though Britain, France, Italy and...