U.S. Troops in Syria Are Critical For Multiple Missions: Keep Them On
Mar 8, 2024 · The Middle East has long been defined by complex conflicts, yet pride of place is likely Syria since the outbreak of the civil war in 2011. U.S. forces, operating there since 2014, officially against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), are involved in one of the more perplexing elements of that conflict.
Delivering the Army of 2030 - War on the Rocks
Aug 6, 2023 · The U.S. Army is transforming how it prepares to fight and win the nation’s wars. Senior Army leaders developed fresh concepts and logic to guide the Army’s most significant transformation in the past 40 years to ensure the service retains the capability to defeat current and future adversaries.
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Addressing the U.S. Military Recruiting Crisis
Mar 10, 2023 · The other services barely met their active-duty recruiting goals last year, but it will be harder for them to do so in 2023. They all accelerated their delayed entry applicants at the end of the last fiscal year, leaving them with a far shallower pool to draw from this year. The Marine Corps may be able to compensate for this problem because its outstanding retention rates last year enabled it ...
Professionalism is the Foundation of the Army and We Will …
Mar 18, 2024 · Gen. Gary Brito is the commanding general of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command. He is responsible for strengthening the Army profession, building the next generation of soldiers and leaders, and delivering holistic solutions to the future force.
After Prigozhin, the Wagner Group’s Enduring Impact
Oct 9, 2024 · In 2023, a dramatic series of events led Western observers to declare the imminent demise of the Wagner Group, Russia’s infamous paramilitary force. First, there was Wagner’s costly assault on Bakhmut in the spring, where the organization was estimated to have lost up to 20,000 fighters, many of them convicts drawn from Russian prisons.Then there was the anticlimax of the June mutiny led ...
Setting the Record Straight on Attrition - War on the Rocks
Jan 30, 2024 · Amos C. Fox is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Reading. Additionally, Amos is the chief human resources officer for the Irregular Warfare Initiative, and he hosts the Revolution in Military Affairs podcast.. Image: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. James R. Smith
The Russia Contingency with Michael Kofman - War on the Rocks
A bi-weekly podcast featuring in-depth analysis of Russia’s military power and the war in Ukraine, with your favorite expert on the topic.
Anatomy of an Infamous Army: Wellington at Waterloo
Jun 14, 2024 · Building an Army. It is as well, however, to first consider Wellington’s quote in full. What he actually said, in a letter of May 8, 1815 to Lord Stewart, was “I have got an infamous army, very weak and Ill equipped, and a very inexperienced Staff.” Wellington then took issue with the lack of reinforcements from home, and the fact that the country was not on a war footing.
The Tank Is Not Obsolete, and Other Observations About the …
Sep 6, 2022 · After six months of war in Ukraine, some observers have insisted that “we are seeing the very nature of combat change” and that tanks, along with fighter jets and warships, “are being pushed into obsolescence.” But it is too soon to write off the tank, and we should resist jumping to other sweeping conclusions about the future of warfare based on a conflict whose lessons are not yet clear.