Author: Zachary Griffiths

Charting a Way Ahead in the High North: What We Learned from the Polar Special Operations Essay Contest

Zachary Griffiths | 06.11.21 | Commentary & Analysis, Project 6633

Editor’s note: The Modern War Institute’s Project 6633 and the US Army’s 10th Special Forces Group...

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Making Tactical Innovation Happen: Five Tips for Leveraging Creativity and Experimentation in Your Unit

Donni Reed and Zachary Griffiths | 09.18.20 | Commentary & Analysis

On August 31, the XVIII Airborne Corps announced the “Dragon Innovation Program,” which aims to...

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Battlefield Lessons from the Swashbuckling Irregular Warfare of the Early American Navy

Zachary Griffiths | 09.06.19 | Book Reviews

Benjamin Armstrong, Small Boats and Daring Men: Maritime Raiding, Irregular Warfare, and the Early...

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War Books: Want to Be a Better Military Leader? Learn to Negotiate

Thomas Fox, Zachary Griffiths, Marcus Millen and Nicholas Tallant | 02.11.19 | War Books

Military leaders negotiate. Whether coordinating use of a range, hashing out authorities for a...

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The Army’s New Physical Fitness Test Has One Really Big Problem. Here’s a Solution.

Zachary Griffiths and Andrew Ferreira | 12.07.18 | Commentary & Analysis

Earlier this year, the Army laid out its plans for the new physical fitness test it plans to...

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