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Where We Stand: Position-Centric vs Momentum-Centric Leaders

By CPT Nikolas Baldwin

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CPT Nikolas Baldwin contrasts position-centric vs. momentum-centric military leadership, using McClellan vs. Grant, OODA loop theory, and a personal Stryker platoon combat vignette to argue warfighters must embrace risk and decisive action.

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Figure 2 — Example of Overhead Persistent Infrared Satellite Coverage (Image courtesy of Northrop Grumman)
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Leveraging Space-Based ISR within MBCTs

To mitigate the loss of traditional cavalry squadrons, mobile brigade combat teams must integrate space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance though the newly fielded Intelligence Support Package to effectively tip, cue, and enhance the capabilities of the smaller multi-functional reconnaissance companies.

By CPT Jonathan Fearing

U.S. Army Soldiers aboard a Zodiac establish security during a wet-gap crossing as part of Freedom Shield 25 in the Republic of Korea on 20 March 2025. (Photo by PFC Christopher Antwine)
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Combat Water Survival: Critical Training for Large-Scale Combat Operations

This article details how Blackhorse Company, 2-3 Infantry, prepared for a complex wet-gap crossing of South Korea's Imjin River during Exercise Freedom Shield 25 by integrating combat water survival, Stryker egress, and Zodiac boat training. By cross...

By CPT Travis B. Smith and 1LT Samuel K. Wishon

Soldiers walk through smoke beneath the 'From This Gate Emerge the Finest Soldiers the World Has Ever Known' arch during a nighttime military training event, illuminated by firelight
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Calling Infantry Captains!

Serving as an Infantry One Station Unit Training (I-OSUT) company commander at Fort Benning provides a highly predictable yet demanding leadership role focused on transforming civilians into disciplined Soldiers. This assignment dispels common myths...

By LTC James I. Vansandt III

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Deep Reconnaissance: The Need for Long-Range Reconnaissance and Surveillance in LSCO

1SG Kyle Ward argues that near-peer electronic warfare exposes the vulnerability of technology-centric ISR, making human-centered long-range surveillance and reconnaissance essential. He traces LRS history and calls for re-establishing LRS teams for ...

By 1SG Kyle C. Ward

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