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An Army Modernization Problem
Local Transformation Without Direction
08/24/26Read it on RealClearDefenseMultidomain Operations
Howgate Publishing’s novel compilation, Multidomain Operations: The Pursuit of Battlefield Dominance in the 21st Century, provides a timely and...
45mins agoRead it on Military ReviewSomebody Has to Hold the Ground
... wars end on the ground, and now the Army and Congress owe taxpayers the money, factories, and fitness standards to match it....
45mins agoRead it on RealClearDefense
Somebody Has to Hold the Ground
Congress opened the Army’s fiscal year on a stopgap, and a week later the Army released its playbook for the next war. My oldest son graduated from West Point and now flies for the Army, so I read How the Army Fights the way a father reads a report card: slowly, with one eye on the fine print. GEN Christopher LaNeve, the Vice Chief of Staff, signed it. The stopgap, signed September 2 and running through December 11, holds spending at last year’s levels.
My thesis is short. The guidance learns the right lesson, that wars end on the ground, and now the Army and Congress owe taxpayers the money, factories, and fitness standards to match it. Credit the Army for saying it plainly, since a Pentagon document rarely does.
How the Army Fights: Insights from the 1973 Arab-Israeli War
The 1973 Arab-Israeli War offers an enduring demonstration of how military forces innovate to overcome sophisticated defenses, restore operational...
2d agoRead it on Small Wars JournalBattlefield Disposition and the Operational Campaign
Israel’s renewed military presence in southern Lebanon puts an old military problem back in view: Where should a force establish bases?...
2d agoRead it on Modern War InstituteArmy’s Extended-Range GMLRS Towards Production
U.S. Army Milestone C approval follows operational tests of the 150km rocket from an M270A2 launcher....
3d agoRead it on Army TechnologyArmy Wants To Test and Field New Drone Defenses in Under Six Months
The Army will test drone defense systems in Morocco next spring that it plans to field within 180 days...
3d agoRead it on Task & PurposeArmy Cyber Command Builds Agentic Workforce
Army Cyber Command is expanding its use of artificial intelligence in cyber operations by building out its agentic workforce...
5d agoRead it on Federal News NetworkU.S. Army’s First ME-11B Spy Jet Prototype Nears Completion
The U.S. Army confirmed that its first ME-11B High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES) surveillance jet prototype is expected to be...
5d agoRead it on Global Defense NewsU.S. Army Anti-A2/AD, Maritime Strike Unit Fires Tomahawk Missile
A U.S. Army unit assigned to U.S. European Command—tasked with breaking area denial networks and sinking moving maritime targets—fired a Tomahawk...
5d agoRead it on Naval News
The Emerging SQUAD
By Muhammad Shoaib • RealClearDefense
Somebody Has to Hold the Ground
By Jay Rogers • RealClearDefense
U.S. Navy Shipbuilding: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
By Brent Ramsey • RealClearDefense
The Services Do Not Need a Four-Star Autonomous Warfare Command
By Steven Wills • RealClearDefense
Honor Them While There Is Still Time
By Jeffrey Rosales • RealClearDefense
U.S. Military Gives Elon Musk’s SpaceX Access to Sensitive Tracking Data
By Guardian
USS McFaul Returns to Norfolk After 332 Day Deployment
By Sam LaGrone
The U.S. Shipbuilding Revival Is Taking Lessons Halfway Around the World
By WSJ
Hypersonic -Firing B-1B Lancer To Fly Into the 2040s
By Kris Osborn, Warrior MavenU.S. Navy Shipbuilding: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
By Brent Ramsey, RCDefense