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Make Them Fight! If You Want a More Lethal Military, Have Generals Compete in Wargames
Benjamin Jensen | 05.29.25
The lights dim, and the screens flicker to life. Across the room, a dozen general officers lean...
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Zackery Spear and Michael Culler | 05.27.25
“Multidomain operations,” declares Field Manual 3-0, the Army’s capstone operations doctrine, “are...
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General Randy George | 05.23.25
You are entering our profession with a world that is more dynamic and volatile than I have known...
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I’m not a military strategist. I’m an innovation professor. For decades, I’ve helped leaders at...
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John Amble | 05.22.25
In 2006, a small US Army element left its base in Ramadi, Iraq on a movement-to-contact patrol....
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John Spencer | 05.21.25
In war, survival often depends not just on strength or firepower, but on how fast an army can...
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