Author: Jon Bate

Can Biometric Data Make Units More Combat Ready? Yes, and this Brigade Gunnery Exercise Showed How

Jon Bate, Stephanie Hightower and Rebecca Rough | 03.25.26 | Commentary & Analysis

You step off in the dark, and you can feel it before anyone says a word. Two of your platoon’s...

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Protecting Soldiers, Preventing Harmful Behaviors, and Boosting Combat Readiness—with Data

Jon Bate, Stephanie Hightower and Caleb Gage | 08.27.25 | Commentary & Analysis

Harmful behaviors such as violence, substance abuse, and suicidal ideations profoundly affect both...

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A Clearer Mirror: The Promise of Combat Training Center Data

Jon Bate and Theo Lipsky | 01.07.25 | Commentary & Analysis

How can the Army know itself? In November 1976 this question was on the mind of Major General Paul...

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Cohesion, Performance, and Readiness: A Brigade-Level Experiment in the Art and Science of Organizational Culture

Josh Bowen and Jon Bate | 03.29.24 | Commentary & Analysis

“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” This famous quote, most typically (and perhaps...

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Buying Victory: Money as a Weapon on the Battlefields of Today and Tomorrow

Jon Bate and Duncan Walker | 07.03.18 | Commentary & Analysis

In April 2003, two US Army sergeants in Baghdad stumbled upon a hidden stash containing $650...

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