The Operational Alchemist
@jameskgreer77
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Student of the dark art of campaign design
Joined May 2014
Mission Command best said. "part of your culture" Everyday, NOT just when your Comms go down, integrated into everything you do, empower others, build Mutual Trust! That takes Reps and Sets, build it into your Culture!
@KTB_500 And you have to practice it all the time so it is part of your culture. Leaders need to be able to let go and encourage decision making at lower levels. You can’t get alerted to deploy and just decide you are going to practice mission command. That is too late. Hint to
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Buying drones in bulk won't guarantee success for the US Army. The key is figuring out how to integrate them in a way that enhances the Army's preferred way of war—maneuver warfare.
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Drones won’t save us? That’s the argument Matthew Revels and Eric Uribe made in a recent MWI article urging caution as the US Army, reacting to the drone-saturated battlefields of the Russo-Ukrainian...
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"Imagine if H. R. McMaster, leading a formation integrated with piloted and autonomous drones, had conducted a deliberate attack at 73 Easting instead of a react to contact."
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Drones won’t save us? That’s the argument Matthew Revels and Eric Uribe made in a recent MWI article urging caution as the US Army, reacting to the drone-saturated battlefields of the Russo-Ukrainian...
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"This was the doctrinal environment that German tank development and broader mechanization occurred in, allowing for relatively free experimentation within a combined arms framework."
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In the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, drones now define the conflict—from the ubiquitous small commercial reconnaissance quadcopter drones that give units down to the squad level persistent situational...
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Gen. Christopher T. Donahue, Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR-AF) and Commander of NATO Allied Land Command (LANDCOM), visited U.S. Army Garrison Black Sea at Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base in Romania on Tuesday, meeting - alongside Romanian Minister of
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A really important article about how airpower would have to work to be part of any security guarantee to Ukraine, by one of the greats in the field. @Deptula_David
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No peace agreement in Ukraine can endure without credible security guarantees, and nowhere are those guarantees more essential—and vulnerable—than in the air.
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This is what we Must get back to!! Anti-fragile learning works! If we continue doing what we are doing now, the "every unit gets a Trophy" strategy we are missing key learning and Lethality lessons.
@KTB_500 Yes sir. I was a young EN 1LT at the time. It left a lasting impression. Learning from failure can lead to the greatest of wisdom. 😎
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**BCT COMMAND POSTS ARE SUICIDE MAGNETS IN 2025** and pretending otherwise is getting good leaders killed for doctrine written in the 1990s. The battlefield is transparent. Full-motion video drones loiter 24/7. Commercial satellite imagery refreshes every 20 minutes. OSINT
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Drones Aren’t Antithetical to Maneuver Warfare—They’re the Key to Unleashing its Effectiveness
mwi.westpoint.edu
Drones won’t save us? That’s the argument Matthew Revels and Eric Uribe made in a recent MWI article urging caution as the US Army, reacting to the drone-saturated battlefields of the Russo-Ukrainian...
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"Division-level maneuver is never rehearsed outside of a combined arms rehearsal or digital warfighter exercise. Current exercise design and training environments do not adequately recreate the enemy kill web possible on the modern battlefield."
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Military leaders and analysts consistently highlight the importance of predicting what the future formation should look like to win the next war. Current conflict areas and the rise of drones...
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The widespread use of drones in the Ukraine war doesn't signal a new era of warfare, but rather a transition period toward a new era, the exact character of which is uncertain. What does that mean for the US Army?
mwi.westpoint.edu
Military leaders and analysts consistently highlight the importance of predicting what the future formation should look like to win the next war. Current conflict areas and the rise of drones...
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New Revolution in Military Affairs is out. In this episode I talk with Franz-Stefan Gady about the Russia-Ukraine War. https://t.co/hbNVELqj6p
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On November 24, 1863, the “Battle Above the Clouds” began. Union forces climbed the slopes of Lookout Mountain, just southwest of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and forced the Confederate defenders to abandon their high ground. After the bloody struggle at the Battle of Chickamauga
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"At a critical moment in Ukraine’s 2023 summer counteroffensive, a single Russian infantry platoon emplaced on a hilltop stalled the Ukrainian Army’s push south for twenty-four hours."
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Picture kilometer-long columns of destroyed tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. Drones fly overhead while electromagnetic sensors silently parse through frantic radio transmissions. Thousands of...
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New Revolution in Military Affairs is out. In this episode I talk with @HoansSolo about the Russia-Ukraine War.
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Transition Period Warfare: How the US Army Should Organize to Fight in a Time of Rapid Change
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Military leaders and analysts consistently highlight the importance of predicting what the future formation should look like to win the next war. Current conflict areas and the rise of drones...
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The Future of Drones in the US Army: Learning from Germany’s Successful—and France’s Failed—Tank Integration in the Interwar Years
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Black Jack Brigade wrapped up the FIRST Armored TiC Rotation, employing new tech and new formations to enable rapid maneuver to close with and destroy the enemy. #BeLegendary #TransformingInContact @USArmy @iiiarmoredcorps @SecArmy
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"Warfare is quickly moving past the era of traditional maneuver, which defined the character of warfare from World War II until the invasions of the post-9/11 wars. This period of warfare will never return."
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Military leaders and analysts consistently highlight the importance of predicting what the future formation should look like to win the next war. Current conflict areas and the rise of drones...
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If you supported my #ManeuverWarfare #cardgame from @FoundationDietz—this is a great reminder how each purchase makes the academic goals of the future generation possible. Thx for making dreams possible! & if you haven’t got your copy yet, you still can! https://t.co/SNpVkzVaRd
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