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So You Think the Army Can Avoid Fighting in Megacities

John Amble and John Spencer | 05.16.17 | Commentary & Analysis, Urban Warfare Project

“The Army will never need to fight in a megacity.” Over the past few months, MWI has published...

Multi-Domain Battle and the Masks of War: Why It’s Time to Eliminate the Independent Services

Michael C. Davies | 05.11.17 | Commentary & Analysis

Multi-Domain Battle (MDB) has become the flavor of the month. Pushed predominantly by the US Army...

The Army Needs an Urban Warfare School and it Needs it Soon

John Spencer | 04.05.17 | Commentary & Analysis, Urban Warfare Project

Train as you fight. It’s the first of the Army’s ten principles of training, meant to ensure that...

Balancing Force Modernization and the Most Likely Future Wars We’ll be Fighting

Brad Nicholson | 03.22.17 | Commentary & Analysis

Today, military planners focus intensely on countering Russian revanchism in Europe and containing...

After Action Review: Operation UNDERBELLY

M. L. Cavanaugh | 01.24.17 | Commentary & Analysis

Fiction offers a powerful tool with which to think about future war. But to apply lessons from works of fiction to real-world planning, MWI non-resident fellow ML Cavanaugh turns to a tried-and-true military instrument: the After Action Review.

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Search Results for: large-scale combat operations

So You Think the Army Can Avoid Fighting in Megacities

Multi-Domain Battle and the Masks of War: Why It’s Time to Eliminate the Independent Services

The Army Needs an Urban Warfare School and it Needs it Soon

Balancing Force Modernization and the Most Likely Future Wars We’ll be Fighting

After Action Review: Operation UNDERBELLY

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