In the closing scene of James Michener's novel The Bridges of Toko-Ri, an admiral thinks of the aircrew he just sent to the Korean conflict--some never to return--and asks,...
force management
One of the most important building blocks of a successful strategic endeavor is a capable and effective intelligence community. In preparation for great power competition, Todd Moulton feels the...
Fifty years ago, the United States Department of Defense ended the draft and chose to rely exclusively on volunteers to fill the ranks. The all-volunteer force was born and...
Once upon a time, a wound as simple as a scratch could lead to death. Many of incredible advances in medicine and medical care since were driven by the...
In May 2023, the War College hosted the second annual Strategic Landpower Symposium. Bringing together students, scholars and practitioners, the symposium presented senior leaders with original research and recommendations...
The 2022 U.S. National Defense Strategy makes "integrated deterrence" of China one of the military's essential tasks. John Mauk is back, and he's concerned that if deterrence fails, the...
When twins Derek and TJ Baird joined the Army in the '90s, neither of them had any idea what lay ahead. But 26 and 30 years later respectively, one...
Lou Yuengert and Tom Galvin are back in the studio for another episode of "How Should the Army Run?" This episode focuses on Lou's recent service on the Army's...
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...
The U.S. military has long realized the importance of preventive medicine to proactively reduce disease and non-battle injury as part of the larger health force protection effort. Greg Gharst,...
For the last 20+ years U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) have been deployed around the globe, operating in as much as 70% of the world's countries. And in pursuit...
The U.S. military is struggling to recruit and it's not just quality, it's quantity as well. The all volunteer force is at risk. Falling recruiting rates can be compensated...
It has been recognized since antiquity that victory in war often goes to those who best organize "the sinews of war" (money, equipment, and supplies). Yet at the U.S....
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...
Shot lines, dental status, weapons qualification, stoplight charts, DRRS - all useful tools in assessing the readiness of individual units in the DoD but not always effective at measuring...
What is readiness? The state of being fully prepared for something? But what is that something? And what does fully prepared mean or more importantly cost? The military has...
Every year the U.S. Army seeks out 125,000 to 140,000 new recruits to maintain the desired end strength and capability of the force. In order to do that the...
How has U.S. Army leadership ensured overseas readiness during this pandemic? Since January 2020 and as of 6 August 2021, approximately one person (0.73) in the U.S. has died...
COVID infection rates are once again increasing around the world. As this article is published many military installations across the country are increasing their Health Protection Condition (HPCON) levels...
In April 2020 we published an article that argued for the removal of the official photo from the Army's promotion and selection process. The goal was to eliminate a...