Author: Rick Montcalm

Tabs and Badges and Berets, Oh My! The Big Distraction the Army’s New Advisory Unit Really Didn’t Need

Rick Montcalm | 11.01.17 | Commentary & Analysis

81,000. By 8:00 Monday night, after only three days, that was the number of supporting signatures...

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Proof of Concept: Big Questions the Army’s New Foreign Advisory Units Must Address

Rick Montcalm | 10.20.17 | Commentary & Analysis

“It’s not forever war,” Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley recently said of America’s long,...

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Fourth Time a Charm? The Army’s Chance to Get Advisory Operations Right

Rick Montcalm | 10.13.17 | Commentary & Analysis

The United States has invested more than $100 billion in training and equipping security forces in...

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Never Leave a Fallen Robot? An Unanswered Question About the Future of Manned-Unmanned Teaming

Rick Montcalm | 09.15.17 | Commentary & Analysis

Near dusk, a patrol of Strykers meandered the open, dusty countryside of southern Afghanistan in...

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