Author: Garrett Chandler

The Price of Victory

Garrett Chandler | 10.11.24 | FICINT

The sound of incoming enemy artillery was a low rumble in the bunker Lieutenant Colonel Duke...

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Unity of Command or Unity of Effort? Rethinking a Fundamental Principle of War

Garrett Chandler | 10.05.23 | Commentary & Analysis

“The art of war owns certain elements and fixed principles. We must acquire that theory, and lodge...

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Lethality and Staff Work: How Improving Organizational Workflow Makes Army Units More Combat-Effective

Garrett Chandler | 12.22.22 | Commentary & Analysis

The modern Army has access to more information than ever before on the battlefield, saturating...

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Analytics and Instincts: What “Moneyball” Should Really Teach the Army About Data-Rich Decision-Making

Garrett Chandler | 06.01.22 | Commentary & Analysis

Numbers and statistics, forecasting and superforecasting, data analytics and data science—these...

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LOTS to Be Desired: Why the US Army Needs to Invest in Logistics Over-the-Shore

Garrett Chandler and Matthew Carstensen | 04.28.22 | Commentary & Analysis

On March 24, a sudden explosion hit the Ukrainian port of Berdyansk. As tanks at the end of a pier...

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