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The Ghosts of Doctrine Past
Zachary Griffiths | 10.31.25
The Army has always had ghosts. Not the kind that rattle chains, but the kind that haunt...
Read MoreThe Free World is Losing the Information War. Here’s How It Can Win.
In the global battle for hearts and minds, sophisticated networks of disinformation pose a serious...
Read MoreFrom Front Lines to Factories: Embedding Industry in US Army Units to Accelerate Combat Iteration
Kai L. Youngren | 10.28.25
The blood-soaked battlefields of Ukraine combine timeless operational principles— speed, surprise,...
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James J. Torrence | 10.22.25
Prologue: The Division Arrives Light MoD Bunker, WarsawDay -61300L Commanders from across NATO had...
Read MoreFrom Culture to System: A Roadmap for Turning Ukraine’s Counterdrone Innovation into a Capability
The spring and summer of 2025 have seen Russia unleash an attritional aerial campaign against...
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Zachary Griffiths | 10.17.25
Who publishes poems about the Pentagon? Colonel Anthony Wermuth did. From my time in the building,...
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