U.S. servicemembers face a surge in mental health diagnoses, yet many avoid help. Jonathan Kenigson identifies a lack of cultural competence in care as a key barrier. We must...
force management
The U.S. Air Force is undergoing a massive transformation to prepare for large-scale combat operations by replacing legacy expeditionary models with Deployable Combat Wings (DCWs). Patrick Lysaght explains how...
DoD's USMAP is a powerful, underutilized tool. Soldiers can earn a journeyman cert for the work they already do, strengthening skills & NCO mentorship.
The final TRADOC cdr, GEN Gary Brito, joins JP Clark to discuss the U.S. Army's "continuous transformation" & the new T2COM.
In the late 1990s, the U.S. Army shifted from a "dual-track" career model that required officers to maintain their basic branch along with any additional structure to a "single-track"...
The Chief of Staff says war's character is rapidly changing due to disruptive tech. Sam White proposes 6 characteristics for the #Armyof2040!
Over eighty years ago, America debated whether it should adopt universal military training (UMT). The country opted for selective service instead, but in the meantime the U.S. Army tested...
In 2017, the U.S. Army established Security Force Assistance Brigades (SFABs) to organize, train, equip, and advise foreign security forces. Tom Spahr spoke with two former SFAB commanders, Dustin...
The U.S. Army is at a critical juncture in determining how to best integrate drones into both its doctrine and organization. While the creation of a specialized Drone Corps...
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A QUICK GUIDE TO SPACE AND THE EMS FOR WARFIGHTERS
A QUICK GUIDE TO SPACE AND THE EMS FOR WARFIGHTERS
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Space is a critical warfighting domain, enabling everything from precision strikes to global communication. The electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) is the conduit for controlling satellites and transmitting data, making it...
Over the last several weeks War Room has run a 7-part series of articles that have examined how professional military education should be designed. In this final article of...
In a world of evolving warfare, professional military education (PME) needs to adapt as well. While the current focus is on great power conflict, the importance of irregular warfare...
Should the United States find itself engaged in large-scale combat operations (LSCO), one of the many capabilities that will prove absolutely necessary is explosive ordnance disposal (EOD). A critical...
Talent management is simple. All that is necessary is to match the many people in any particular rank and specialty who are moving at a given time to the...
The U.S. Army War College continues to support the Army Chief of Staff's (CSA) focus on warfighting. In this episode, podcast editor Ron Granieri sits with Isaac Henderson, Pamela...
Contractors have been employed on the battlefield by the United States since the Revolutionary War. So why is it that after all that time, there are still issues to...
In the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, U.S. special operations forces (SOF) rose to the forefront of the American public's consciousness as the right tool for the task...
With each generation the military has adjusted the means and methods of recruitment to appeal to the changing sensibilities of the target audience. But what if appealing to the...
There are plenty of studies of armies at war or in pre-war periods as preparations were made for conflict, but the study of post-war armies, specifically the U.S. Army,...
When faced with a challenge, a soldier will always come up with some sort of solution to make the system, process or piece of equipment work. It may not...