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Outside the Wire: Information Warfare As Long-Range Effects

By Ryan McBeth

Information warfare is often treated as a messaging problem, but in modern conflict it can function as a long-range effector. A narrative, image, video, or allegation can be delivered across continents, aimed at a specific audience, amplified through, Special Warfare Journal Archive

Special Warfare

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Army Sustainment

LATEST RELEASE

The Citizen-Soldier Leader: Applying Modern Leadership Theory to National Guard Sustainment

By CPT Jakob P. Hutter

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Warrant Officer

LATEST RELEASE

Internet Wars: Establishing a Cyber Force to Ensure National Security

By CW3 Jeff B. Newsome, CW3 Travis M. Whitesel & CW3 Edward J. Hennessy

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Field Artillery

LATEST RELEASE

Trust: The Necessary Tools to Create it

By CPT Christopher Drisko

The Army’s professional journals are uniquely important. Through open access, the journals inform the Army, share lessons laterally, provide an outlet for thoughtful dissent, allow us to learn from our past, and make us better communicators. At the institutional level, the Army is modernizing the journals through improved accessibility, incorporation into education programs, and an emphasis on embracing the digital age. But these changes are not enough. Leaders must also underwrite reasonable risk for their subordinates who take up the pen and encourage professional writing that improves our Army, even if they have dissenting opinions.
Lt. Col. Zachary Griffiths, U.S. Army

Explosive ordnance disposal technicians with the 192nd Ordnance Battalion (EOD), 52nd Ordnance Group (EOD), prepare for exfiltration after identifying and mitigating an explosive hazard in support of an assault force operation during an EOD capabilities exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., May 6, 2026. The goal of EOD forces is to neutralize all explosive hazards, which enable the assault force to safely execute their mission. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. James Hernandez)

8 min read

CBRN Company Task Organization for Persistent and Nonpersistent Threat Environments

By CPT Anthony J. Diaz

In large-scale combat, treating chemical warfare as a low-probability event is a recipe for tactical disaster. This article breaks down why a single, default posture for Hazard Response companies destroys operational flexibility, and offers a decisive framework to task-organize based on persistent versus nonpersistent chemical threats. Discover how proactive CBRN integration can preserve your unit's tempo and regenerate combat power before the first strike even lands.

Protection

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10 min read

Breaking the Box: Self-Modernizing WIN-T Stacks to Fight Tomorrow's Wars

By Col. Kurt W. Page and Capt. Noah R. Ogrydziak

Reserve signal brigades are modernizing legacy WIN-T systems through virtualization, stack consolidation, pLEO SATCOM, 5G tactical cellular, and cloud backhaul to strengthen communications, improve readiness, and bridge the transition to next-generation tactical networks.

Army Communicator

A humvee belonging to the 11th Military Police Brigade sits parked on top of a hill at sunrise during a Combat Support Training Exercise (CSTX) at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, July 21, 2018. During the exercise scenario, military police are responsible for a Theater Detention Facility to processes and secure up to 4,000 enemy prisoners of war and also manage a Detention Holding Area to house displaced civilians. Military police have a wide range of responsibilities during combat operations which also includes combat support and area security. This rotation of CSTX runs through the month of July. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)

13 min read

Detention Operations in Large-Scale Combat Operations Against Near-Peer Threats

By CPT Timothy E. Newton

As the military prepares for large-scale combat against near-peer threats, mass surrenders could overwhelm slow detainee processes. Captain Timothy E. Newton examines the need for a rapid, expeditionary detention model that maintains combat momentum while upholding international legal standards.

Military Police

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8 min read

A System at Risk: America's Strategic Vulnerability in GPS

By LTC David Paddock, CPT Bradley Warren, and Dr. Bhiksha Ramakrishnan

While GPS has underpinned America's military dominance since the Gulf War, near-peer adversaries now possess the capabilities to degrade or destroy this critical space-based network in an opening conflict. To prevent catastrophic tactical blindness, military innovators are leveraging advanced AI and groundbreaking biological brain-cell research to pioneer radical, un-jammable alternatives.

Engineer

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7 min read

Smoking Guns: Lessons Learned from M75 SOM Squad Live Fire Integration

By Captain Mitchell Klema and First Lieutenant Christopher Doyle

How can paratroopers effectively maneuver under fire when standard smoke grenades fall short? Discover how the Arctic Dragons braved freezing Alaska temperatures to test the ground-breaking M75 Smoke Obscuration Module, revealing critical lessons about weather, timing, and tactical adaptability. Dive into this gripping analysis of how a chemical unit is revitalizing the lost art of battlefield obscuration to empower the modern infantry squad.

Army Chemical Review

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12 min read

Doing More with Less: Automating Human Intelligence Data Analysis with SOAR HI

By SSG Benjamin Greenspan

In the article, Staff Sergeant Benjamin Greenspan introduces SOAR HI, a locally developed Python application designed to address the challenge of managing massive volumes of intelligence information report metadata such as priority intelligence reports, locations, and source identifications. Traditionally, analyzing these trends required hours of manual spreadsheet work. SOAR HI automates this process in seconds, generating interactive dashboards that support: situational understanding, information collection, and targeting and performance management.

Military Intelligence

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21 min read

Artificial Intelligence as a Judge Advocate’s Force Multiplier

By CPT Bridget R. Reineking

Army Judge Advocates must embrace AI or risk becoming a brake on operations. CPT Reineking provides practical LLM applications—from continuity books to contract review—and protocols for safe, responsible use on authorized platforms.

Army Lawyer

9 min read

The Illusion of Transparency

By LTC Scott Dawe and LTC Alan Hastings

Large-scale combat operations demand more than pervasive sensing and drone surveillance. Success in the first fight depends on cavalry scouts, counter-reconnaissance, masking, and creating temporary battlefield opacity to achieve surprise and seize the initiative.

Armor

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10 min read

Promote or Stay Technical?: A Cyber Force Shouldn’t Force the Choice

By MAJ Francis “Peter” McKee

A proposed U.S. Cyber Force model would let cyber professionals build deep technical expertise before choosing a management path, mirroring industry practice and helping retain top talent without forcing a tradeoff between promotion and hands-on technical work.

Gray Space

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21 min read

Preparing for JRTC and Beyond: Training for Walking Blood Bank Operations and Changing Acceptable Risk Tolerance in LSCO

By CPT Spencer Cavotti

How 2-14 Infantry trained walking blood bank operations for JRTC Rotation 25-10, using autologous transfusions and replicated kits to extend casualty care. CPT Cavotti argues units must raise medical risk tolerance, store whole blood forward, and prepare for LSCO-scale mass casualties.

Infantry

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the Austrian Parliament Building in Vienna (Photo by MrPanyGoff;
image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

29 min read

Leadership and Management: A Comparison and Contrast

By Dennis C. Bradford, PhD

Dr. Bradford examines leadership and management across nonprofit, public administration, and Army contexts, concluding both are distinct yet complementary functions that skilled Army civilian professionals must master together.

Army Civilian

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9 min read

C-sUAS and the Criticality of Detection

By Major Dennis "Chip" Stanford

Small unmanned aerial systems are reshaping the battlefield, making early detection a decisive factor in survival and mission success. Effective C-sUAS operations depend on timely warning, information sharing, and rapid decision-making to counter evolving aerial threats and preserve freedom of maneuver.

Air Defense Artillery

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47 min read

Lust, Duty, and STDs: Fraternization and Disobedience in American-Occupied Germany, 1945-1946

By Jessica Luepke

Explores fraternization between U.S. soldiers and German women during the American occupation of Germany, 1945–1946. Examines how soldier defiance of the JCS 1067 nonfraternization ban fueled a venereal disease epidemic that reshaped Army policy, morale programs, and War Brides law.

Army History

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14 min read

Genetic Diseases in Children of U.S. Military Service Members: Data Strategies Current Therapies, and Leveraging Federal Resources for Global Impact

By MAJ Justin T. Albrecht

Genetic diseases affect many military families, yet relocations and care gaps hinder diagnosis and treatment. A proposed TRICARE-based databank, expanded therapy access, and federal partnerships could accelerate rare-disease research, improve readiness, and drive global health innovation.

Pulse of Army Medicine

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11 min read

The Forgotten Mission-Essential Task: Reprioritizing Army Aviation's Battle Damage Assessment, Repair, and Recovery in Contested Environments

By CPT Caleb M Kifer

Army Aviation’s ability to recover and repair downed aircraft faces doctrinal gaps, training shortfalls, and task-organization challenges that threaten combat power in large-scale combat operations, demanding renewed focus on BDAR and DART readiness.

Aviation Digest

9 min read

Guns AND Butter: How SOF’s enduring relationships provide value for the Joint Force

By MAJ Bobby Kava

MAJ Bobby Kava argues that Special Operations Forces deliver both "guns" and "butter," using a values-based, Apple-inspired strategy to identify shared values with allies. Civil Affairs, PSYOP, and Security Force Assistance help the U.S. out-compete China and Russia for partners.

Special Warfare

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