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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.

Paratroopers of Charlie Company, 3-509th Parachute Infantry Regiment maneuver under concealment of the M75 SOM

Army Chemical Review

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Military Intelligence

LATEST RELEASE

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

By SSG Benjamin Greenspan

Military personnel in a futuristic command center studying a large holographic globe displaying threat data and satellite imagery over Africa and Europe.

Army Lawyer

LATEST RELEASE

Artificial Intelligence as a Judge Advocate’s Force Multiplier

By CPT Bridget R. Reineking

Armor

LATEST RELEASE

The Illusion of Transparency

By LTC Scott Dawe and LTC Alan Hastings

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

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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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10 min read

Expanding Operational Dentistry in the Brigade: A Starting Framework

By LTC Mike Sanford and CPT Becky Lee

From WWII to Ukraine, dental emergencies have long threatened combat readiness. See how 703rd BSB's field exercise proved mobile dental platforms can deliver preventive and emergency care, cutting MEDEVACs and boosting Soldier readiness.

Army Sustainment

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5 min read

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.

Warrant Officer Journal

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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.

Field Artillery

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11 min read

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.

Military Police

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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.

Protection

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6 min read

By Engineers, For Engineers: Reflecting on 20 Years of JEOC

By Michelle Kokoski and Ed Lefler

Marking 20 years, the Joint Engineer Operations Course (JEOC) prepares Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine engineers for joint, multidomain operations in the Indo-Pacific. Learn about the two-phase joint-certified curriculum, 1.5 JPME points, enrollment, and facilitator opportunities.

Engineer

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8 min read

The Lasting Effects and Dangers of Not Training on CBR Threats: The Impact of the 2025 U.S. Army Policy Change

By MAJ Karl Jahrsdoerfer

The U.S. Army’s 2025 policy change removing the mandate for annual Chemical, Biological, and Radiological (CBR) training trades critical battlefield survivability for short-term resource reallocation. While intended to free up time for modernization and cyber priorities, neglecting routine CBR training rapidly degrades Soldier muscle memory, erodes institutional expertise, and leaves the force highly vulnerable to both traditional and emerging asymmetric threats.

Army Chemical Review

Staff Sgt. Jonathan Nichols, 15th Signal Brigade, demonstrates a signaling technique using a Wig-Wag flag. The Wig-Wag systems dates back to 1860, when Army Maj. Albert Myer proposed that the Army use his suggested means of communication in battle. (Photo by Spc. Samantha Powers, Cyber Center of Excellence Public Affairs)

7 min read

Beyond Connectivity: Measuring Mission Command Through Decision Velocity

By Sgt. Jermaine S. Sayers

Connectivity alone isn't enough on the modern battlefield. Discover why decision velocity—not bandwidth or uptime—should be the Signal Corps' true measure of mission command success in an AI-saturated fight.

Army Communicator

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

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