The Army is in the midst of a generational transformation to ensure it maintains the capability and capacity to deter adversaries, campaign effectively, respond to crises and, if required, win decisively in combat. This transformation to a multidomain-capable force will change not only how the Army...
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World War I is often considered the first modern conflict; its combatants employed modern technology, including machine guns, armored vehicles and aircraft. Interestingly, the most spectacular victory in that bloody conflict was not won through use of those new and potent weapons. The Battle of...
After Congress created the Naming Commission to rename Army posts that honored Confederate officers, commissioners this past May recommended changing the name of Fort Benning, Georgia, to Fort Moore. The recommendation to honor both Lt. Gen. Harold “Hal” Moore and Julia “Julie” Compton Moore makes...
In 2018, I was assigned to a two-star headquarters in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. From this perch, I was able to observe firsthand a trend that had become apparent to all students of global American military intervention over the arc of the long war. Even then, before the U.S...
He was the fifth and last member of the U.S. Army to achieve five-star rank, a distinguished soldier who served as a senior officer in World War II. Known as “the GI’s General,” Omar Bradley accomplished much in his life. He also had a sterling reputation as leader of the 12th U.S. Army Group in the...
Soldiers Find Healing in Medal of Honor Remember the Ramrods: An Army Brotherhood in War and Peace. David Bellavia. Mariner Books. 384 pages. $29.99 By Edward Lengel Several Medal of Honor recipients who went above and beyond the call of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan have written powerful memoirs...
Among a galaxy of famous Civil War generals, one has been all but forgotten. His story has much to teach us: about leadership, about character and about soldiering. As we mine the history of America’s Army for insights into command, in peace and war, we can learn much from the story of Maj. Gen. C.F...