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Train to Outthink, Outmaneuver, Outfight
by 1LT Hyun J. Chang
The enemy the United States is likely to face in future conflicts will be quite different from those we’ve engaged in recent decades. But do we currently train to fight and win against such an enemy? No. Is there a better way to train? Yes.
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Competitive Visualization: The Reconnaissance and Security Formation and What it Brings to Multi-Domain Operations
by MAJ Chris D. Thornton
Our enemies will be harder to find than they generally have been for the Joint force conducting multi-domain operations. Wide-area aerial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance will be affected by anti-access and area denial systems at least part of the time, and unmanned aerial systems may be shot down or impacted by cyber and electromagnetic activities.
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Forgotten Fundamentals in Reconnaissance and Security
by CPT Jordan Woodburn and CPT Christopher Kiriscioglu
Executing mission tasks that are built from running estimates, fighting for information to inform higher headquarters and shaping an enemy with few “knowns,” cavalry squadrons routinely lean on the reconnaissance-and-security fundamentals while operating in austere environments.
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Be a Better Mentor
by LTC Allen Trujillo
To succeed on today’s modern battlefield, the Army must continue to recruit, employ and retain the very best Soldiers. The Army must also continue to improve its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts to make sure the right person, with the right knowledge, skills and behaviors takes the right job at the right time.
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The Cube Division: A New Template for Armored Warfare?
by Michael MCabe
In a war against a peer adversary such as Russia or China, armored divisions will play a central role. The purpose of this article is to propose a new template for armored divisions in high-intensity mechanized warfare in the plains or desert.
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The U.S. Army Should Establish a Robotics Branch
by John Dudas
As part of the effort to modernize and to build the Army of 2030, air and ground robotics systems will soon be fielded to Army brigade combat teams. There are five robotics systems designated for fielding in the next two to three years.
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