Fighting The Heat

Explore heat mitigation strategies for maintaining combat effectiveness in austere conditions, focusing on load plans, heat conditioning, nutrition, and heat casualty prevention. Lessons from JRTC 24-10 highlight the importance of minimizing unnecessary equipment weight, ensuring proper hydration and nutrition, and conducting effective climatization training.

Soldier setting up a camo net for concealment from the enemy and heat mitigation.

Soldier in full battle uniform walking towards a sunset, surround by smoke.

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Psychiatric Physician Assistants in LSCO: Utilization of Psychiatric Physician Assistants in preparation for Large Scale Combat Operation

Psychiatric Physician Assistants (PAs) can effectively address the growing mental health needs in large-scale combat operations by providing front-line psychiatric care, reducing evacuations, and enhancing combat readiness. With affordable, fast training and integration into Brigade and Division units, Psychiatric PAs can manage psychiatric casualties close to the battlefield, improving recovery and retention. Their role will also support preventive mental health initiatives and combat operation.

By CPT James L. Lain

Ukrainian soldiers pack up a drone used for aerial observation on the side of a road with a grassy field and forest in the background.

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The War in Ukraine: How Multi-Domain Formations Are Combatting Russia

The U.S. Army's Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) concept is exemplified by Ukraine's resistance to Russia's 2022 invasion, where the use of independent maneuver, cross-domain fires, and human potential maximization through advanced technology, including AI and GIS systems, proved pivotal. Ukraine's adaptability in a contested environment, leveraging modern weaponry alongside traditional tactics, successfully countered Russian advances, demonstrating the importance of multi-domain formations.

By CPT Bradley Thrasher

Military personnel in combat gear reviewing documents in a field.

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To Conserve the Fighting Strength: Placing Medical Assets Closer to the Fight

Twenty years of the GWOT have conditioned the U.S. Military and public to exceptionally low casualties and a survival rate greater than 90 percent. This experience has ill-prepared the U.S. for war under the conditions of large- scale combat operations. A fight with a near-peer adversary will incur casualties to U.S. forces not seen since WW2. Warfighter simulations show casualty rates in LSCO of more than 50% percent. If these rates prove true, they will strain combat power, medical evacuation, and treatment.

By COL Patricia Brown

Futuristic soldier in a room with multiple screens touches works on device.

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Embracing Co-Intelligence in Military Leadership: The Future of Human-AI Collaboration

As artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly permeates various sectors, military leadership must adapt to harness its collaborative potential. By harnessing the synergy between human intuition and AI capabilities, this article advocates for a transformative vision of military leadership that embraces innovation while balancing technological advancement with human insight and addressing associated challenges.

By MAJ Lamanda Jackson