Clayton Manning and his team transformed a 148-bed Army field hospital into a mobile 12-bed unit fitting in 4 shipping containers. To survive future conflicts, we cannot rely on...
Building Defense Forces
This tag relates to all articles, podcast episodes, and features related to topics taught in the Building Defense Forces (formerly Defense Management) course of the U.S. Army War College resident program. This includes fiscal matters, force development and integration, decision support systems, and authorities and responsibilities defined in U.S. Code.
What will the U.S.-Europe security relationship look like in ten years? Josh Yarbrough argues that forecasting models mapping four alliance scenarios help leaders test policy choices, highlight key trade-offs,...
Hiding military tools too well can weaken deterrence. Aaron Brown, Justin Bierens and Gerald Bowman join host Tom Galvin to discuss why the military must adopt a "share unless...
On today’s high-tech battlefield, "safe" rear areas no longer exist. Combat units are bogged down dragging broken gear because the military lacks a middle tier for complex repairs. Octavia...
What happens when you unleash senior military students to fix bureaucracy? Guests Jared Britz and Josh Eggar join host Bob Bradford to discuss how Army War College students used...
Military transformation fails when it ignores culture. Oscar Garzon, Erick Buckner and Abdulrahman Alotaibi argue true modernization requires a multidisciplinary blueprint to wire a human ecosystem, not just upgrade...
How can the military adopt tech at the speed of relevance? Host Tom Galvin talks with Carlisle Scholars John Williams, Jeremy Jackson & Antonio Ilario on bridging the gap...
Is a return to a military draft even viable? William Taylor and Katherine Kuzminski join JP Clark to bridge the gap between myth and reality regarding the all-volunteer force...
Measuring military competition by counting ships or budgets is outdated. Ian Bowers and Henrik Stålhane Hiim argue we must instead analyze operational concepts—the roadmaps for future war—to see how...
Has the promise of cost savings due to outsourcing been realized? Or, has the dependence on the private sector caused overall costs to increase?
The Army is evolving its intel to outpace modern threats. Andrew Evans joins Tom Spahr to discuss a permanent Strategy and Transformation Office. To beat 11-yr acquisition cycles, he...
The Army is shifting from acquiring "widgets" to a holistic "6 plus 1" portfolio structure to deliver tech to the warfighter faster. Amanda Love joins Dan Harris & Bob...
Modern adversaries ignore the boundaries between space and cyber, yet our defense remains trapped in silos. Catherine Cline explains how this "multi-domain blind spot" leaves infrastructure vulnerable. We must...
Army transformation is ON! Director Johnny Ives explains the shift to AI-centric warfighting & next-gen, cloud-centric C2 for lethality & agility.
The conversation on defending against sUAS continues. Lushenko & Spahr discuss the new Joint Interagency Task Force 401 a whole-of-govt approach focusing on warfighter lethality.
The final TRADOC cdr, GEN Gary Brito, joins JP Clark to discuss the U.S. Army's "continuous transformation" & the new T2COM.
The "elastic mindset" & "effectual logic" focus on using available means to adapt, rather than an end-state approach based on specific threats like Russia & China.
As we mark the 75th anniversary of the Korean War, it's crucial to remember the lessons of a conflict often mislabeled "The Forgotten War" in the United States. This...
In the second half of their two-part episode, host Tom Spahr and Sean Shields discuss the Hurricane Helene relief efforts in western North Carolina. Shields details his experience leading...
In response to the Western Front-like stalemate seen in the Ukraine war, the U.S. Army is getting innovative. Sean Shields, commander of the 20th Engineer Brigade, joins host Tom...