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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.

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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) Military Police
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Detention Operations in Large-Scale Combat Operations Against Near-Peer Threats

By CPT Timothy E. Newton

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

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

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

By Captain Mitchell Klema and First Lieutenant Christopher Doyle

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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.

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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.

Statue of the ancient Greek historian Xenophon in front of the Austrian Parliament Building in Vienna (Photo by MrPanyGoff; image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
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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.

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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.

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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.

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Saving Talent While Improving Lethality and Readiness

By CW3(P) Viktor Pejic, Aviation

Integrating Individual Mobilization Augmentee aviators into active-duty combat aviation brigades preserves hard‐won expertise, boosts readiness, and strengthens lethality while eliminating redundant reserve aviation structures under Army transformation efforts.

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10 min read

Improving Corps Deep Fires: NATO’s Innovations for U.S. Forces

By LTC Scott Clark

NATO experimentation is reshaping corps deep fires for large‐scale combat. Lessons from Ukraine highlight new concepts—corps‐level JAGICs, airspace battle management, and procedural controls—that shorten the kill chain, improve air‐land integration, and increase the speed and lethality of Allied fires in depth.

A U.S. Army Soldiers with the 300th Military Police Brigade, perform military police duties during Mojave Falcon 25 at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., June 6, 2025.
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Military Police Survivability in LSCO: Rebuilding the Military Police Corps for the Modern Battlefield

By CPT Nicholas Maule

The days of operating in "safe" rear areas are over. As the U.S. Army shifts to Large-Scale Combat Operations (LSCO), the legacy habits of counterinsurgency—high visibility, static command posts, and purely mounted operations—have turned the Military Police Corps into an easy target for peer adversaries armed with advanced drones and precision artillery.

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14 min read

Friendly Force Information Requirements as Protection-Informed Decisions

By LTC Michael Carvelli

While battle plans rarely survive first contact, military headquarters still struggle to translate critical friendly-force failures into timely, life-saving command decisions. Through the sobering lessons of Operation Anaconda and Combat Outpost Keating, this article reveals how a redesigned Friendly Force Information Requirements (FFIR) framework can force deliberate, protection-informed actions when conditions on the ground degrade.