"Real victory in war is usually a matter of harnessing military violence to a political strategy that will normally require some kind of negotiated settlement to end the fighting." — Chris Kolenda,
Every unit training meeting is a theory of the next war.
That may sound dramatic, but think about the last time you sat through a quarterly training brief. Every decision, whether to prioritize
The Tactical Leader’s Dilemma: Understanding the War Without Losing the Fight in Front of You
The first time I walked into a tactical operations center as a young officer, I was overwhelmed.
War has always accelerated innovation.
The machine gun, aircraft carrier, radar, precision-guided munitions, and unmanned aerial systems all moved from promising technologies to indispensable capabilities because conflict demanded rapid adaptation. The latest
History is filled with brilliantly executed plans that solved the wrong problem.
Armies have trained harder, spent more money, bought more equipment, and deployed more people, only to discover that none of those
