In war, smaller nations are often at a disadvantage. Their militaries are typically designed for defense, not offense, which can leave them vulnerable to attack. Garri Hendell argues that...
Garri Hendell
Lieutenant Colonel Garri Benjamin Hendell has served in the Army National Guard since 2004. He has completed three overseas deployments to the Middle East, four overseas training missions to Europe, and in 2022-2023 served as S3 of the brigade task force responsible for supporting the Customs and Border Protection agency with land forces. Currently assigned as the Red Team Chief on the 28th Infantry Division staff, his civilian work includes stints as an attorney, an investigator, and as a Department of the Army branch chief.
For any organization to operate in a coherent, unified manner, there must be a shared philosophy of purpose and intent amongst the members. The U.S. Army, like any organization,...
Garri Hendell has written several articles for us before and each of them was a bit controversial, generating some interesting conversations. His latest thought piece is no different and...
Our long-time readers may remember an article we published titled New Recruits Get Two Blankets; Mobilizing Reservists, One. At release it generated quite a bit of conversation. Well, the...
Force management and recruiting discussions in the U.S. defense sphere often devolve to the question of national mandatory military service. Often dismissed as ineffective and costly the U.S. has...
What does it mean to keep the peace? Well, since World War II keeping the peace internationally has been at the discretion of Western society and the free nations...
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Secretary of Defense testified recently before the House and Senate Armed Services Committees about President Biden's fiscal year 2022...
No amount of strategy, operational art, or tactics can overcome a lack of national will In the United States, the employment of military forces is controlled by the military’s...
Process and organization are merely the context within which the real, human, work of leadership occurs. West Point was the first U.S. school to offer instruction in civil engineering....
That there should be a connection between unit morale and combat effectiveness seems perfectly obvious. Why, then, do we treat our mobilizing soldiers so poorly? That there should be...