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Chief Warrant Officer 4 Dale Hunter joins MWI’s Charlie Faint on this episode to discuss how...
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The Age of Energy Warfare: Lessons from the Ukraine and Iran Wars
Olga Khakova, Morgan Bazilian, Macdonald Amoah and Jahara Matisek | 07.08.26
One of the biggest marvels of the twentieth century has been the centralized power grid....
Read MoreThe Drone Revolution That Isn’t
Sandor Fabian | 07.07.26
Today, before a tank explodes, before a trench is overrun, and before an artillery battery is...
Read MoreFunction Before Structure: Why Do Brigades Exist?
Michael Carvelli | 07.03.26
The Army fields three brigade combat team types—armored, Stryker, and mobile. But it has not...
Read MorePodcast: The Spear – Observer, Coach, Trainer at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center
Charles Faint | 07.02.26
In this episode of The Spear, host Dr. Charlie Faint speaks with Captain Francis Ambrogio, an Army...
Read MoreMore Espionage than Firepower: The Right Analogue for Understanding Cyber Operations
Many analysts expected cyber operations to play a major role in Iran’s response to the US-Israeli...
Read MoreMWI Book Club: The Caine Mutiny
John Amble and Theo Lipsky | 07.01.26
Welcome to the MWI Book Club, a new podcast dedicated to the proposition that a military that...
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