Army Magazine

ARMY magazine Vol. 69, No. 5, May 2019

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...

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...