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All Army units, organizations, and agencies will ensure that they prioritize execution of all activities and use time to enhance the readiness and lethality of our formations. --Army Directive 2018-07 [...]

In the not-too-distant past, large-scale ground combat operations against near-peer adversaries seemed unlikely and less dangerous than the immediate threats posed by al-Qaida, Iraqi insurgents, and the Taliban. However, Russian [...]

Reforming joint professional military education (JPME) has been much discussed and debated in recent years. At the National Defense University (NDU), the time for meaningful change has come. The University [...]

The difficulty and complexity of the post-industrial military profession at all levels is so profound and widely recognized that it is almost cliche to mention. This is true for all [...]

The U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, USASOC's special operations university, is responsible for special operations training, leader development, doctrine and personnel proponency for civil affairs, […]

It's 8 a.m. on a Monday morning. USS Boxer (LHD 4) is at sea off the coast of Southern California, and the 36 newest members of the ship's Basic Security [...]

One of the primary concepts of maneuver warfare is the creation of the 'main effort,' or the decisive action, and this is helped by various supporting efforts. Methods of improving coordination, control, and communication between these efforts is discussed.

Analysis of the UK training maneuver 'Swift Sword II' accompanies an overview of the state of the art in aircraft battlefield simulation technology and training.

In October 1996 the Defense Science Board concluded that the most likely battlefield of the future would be an urban area. The board also made some recommendations, essentially stating that [...]

Certain myths seem to appear in the article on the adaptive Army. One is the apparent myth that service schools have been a traditional path to leadership in the Army. Another is the promotion of the idea of a 360-degree approach to performance evaluation.

Imagine you are commanding a ship in the Napoleonic Wars. How best should you aim your cannon at an enemy ship? In this matter of life and death, physics is […]

* Mike Owen Benediktsson writes: On December 15 Army officials closed the School of the Americas at Fort Benning, Georgia, a target of human rights activists because its military graduates [...]

Serving as the Opposing Force (OPFOR) task-force engineer for 18 rotations at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC), Fort Polk, Louisiana, provided key insight on how successful engineer operations allow [...]

During the past few years, the combat training centers (CTCs) have identified battery ammunition management as a continuing training shortfall. There are several reasons for this trend, ranging from battery [...]

Training the Firing Battery More than a year ago, our battalion left the challenging environment of the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) at Fort Polk, Louisiana, with binders filled with [...]

The Chief of Staff of the Army recently visited the National Training Center (NTC), Fort Irwin, California, and commented on the Army's after-action review (AAR) process. He remarked that one [...]

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology, Delores Etter announced today plans for the Department of Defense (DoD) to award $7.9 mill{on in FY99, and up to $13.5 [...]

The US Patriot force performed heroically during the advance on Baghdad in 2003, intercepting and destroying every Iraqi ballistic missile that threatened friendly forces. However, the complex and highly fluid [...]

The appointment of a master gunner is an ancient one. In the past, monarchs appointed masters, such as wagon masters and trench masters, to specialize in particular military arts. All [...]

DEEP WITHIN THE BOWELS of a Lockheed Martin building in Hanover, Md., a group of trained security experts do their best to penetrate the networks of five military academies. And […]

The ability to survive and operate (ATSO), a major graded area of an ORI, is just as important in a major command like Air Force Space Command as it is [...]

This first war of the new millennium is a war of minds. This war will not be won by conquering bodies and real estate, but rather minds and hearts. This [...]

The UK Ministry of Defence plans to sell courses on leadership by the Sandhurst Military Academy to the commercial world through a series of conferences. Although some business leaders suggest the style of leadership used by the army is not always appropriate in business.

The author discusses the importance to create a feeling among students of oneness in society in order to draw their innocent minds away from radicalization. He also feels that education is a strong weapon that can help build vibrant multicultural societies.

Columbus, Georgia Nearly 8,000 activists converged on Columbus, Georgia, on November 17 and 18 to protest the existence of the U.S. Army's Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation. Once called [...]

Air Force Academy's State-of-the-Art Network Offers Many Resources to the Cadets and Faculty Back in 1982, the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs provided computer resources to cadets [...]