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Mind the GAPP: Strategic History and the Case for US Army Western Hemisphere Command
Joshua Dulaney | 04.20.26
In May 2025 I was assigned to the core team that planned the consolidation of three Army...
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Michael Carvelli | 04.17.26
A division major updates a common operational picture during a campaign in the Pacific. An...
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The US military has an aluminum problem. It arises not from the metal’s rarity, but its presence...
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