War Spurs National Guard to Train for Trench Warfare

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War Spurs National Guard to Train for Trench Warfare

Influenced by images of Ukrainian soldiers in dug-in fighting positions, the Oklahoma National Guard is building a trench warfare training area to provide its citizen-soldiers more realistic combat scenarios.

Officials broke ground June 2 at the Oklahoma National Guard’s Camp Gruber Training Center, 60 miles southeast of Tulsa, and units are expected to be able to conduct trench warfare training as early as November, according to a news release.

Petraeus: Conflict Requires Strong Strategic Leadership

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Petraeus: Conflict Requires Strong Strategic Leadership

In his new book, retired Gen. David Petraeus explores the evolution of selected conflicts between World War II and the ongoing fights in Ukraine and Gaza and lays out the importance of military strategic leadership.

During a webinar hosted May 9 by the Association of the U.S. Army as part of its Noon Report series, Petraeus points out that conflict begins with political strategic leadership that must be executed with strong military strategic leadership, beginning with four tasks.

Paper: Military Should Adopt New Warfighting Approach

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Paper: Military Should Adopt New Warfighting Approach

The U.S. military should adopt an updated approach to warfighting, according to a new paper published by the Association of the U.S. Army. 

In “Move, Strike, Protect: An Alternative to the Primacy of Decisiveness and the Offense or Defense Dichotomy in Military Thinking,” author Lt. Col. Amos Fox argues that “forces must be optimized” for the move, strike and protect model of conflict.  

Army Looks for Answers about the Next Big War

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Army Looks for Answers about the Next Big War

The hazy future is a big concern as the Army stands ready for a near-term conflict and the U.S. government and military continue to wrestle with what the future of warfare will look like, a panel of experts said Oct. 12. 

The term “strategic competition” gets thrown around a lot, but a key question that must be asked is, “What does warfare look like? What does it look like when it goes bad?” said Vikram Singh, senior adviser at the U.S. Institute of Peace’s Asia Center.

US, Western Militaries Must Adapt for Future War

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US, Western Militaries Must Adapt for Future War

A new Association of the U.S. Army Land Warfare Paper by Maj. Amos Fox suggests long-held assumptions and principles of war are dangerously outdated. 

Many warfighting and battle-fighting concepts currently floating around Western military thought are flawed and fail to recognize how much the world has changed, Fox writes in his new paper, “On the Principles of War: Reorganizing Thought and Practice for Large-Scale Combat Operations.” 

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