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  • Before Mission Command

    The Air Force is not prepared to implement Mission Command (MC.)[1] Although an increasing number of Air Force senior leaders embrace the idea of MC, at least rhetorically, if it is to become a reality, there is much to overcome.[2]Conferences, new doctrine, and General Officers espousing the

  • Dynamic Command, De-Centralized Execution

    By examining how authority has been delegated historically, this article considers the application of mesh-node architecture in the military’s command hierarchy to develop decentralized, dynamic commands for future conflicts against a peer adversary, identifying

  • Not Your Grandfather’s Nukes

    From 1950-1980, the United States (US) nuclear weapons program experienced its share of accidents with 32 on record in the opening decades of the Atomic Era. Practitioners call these events Broken Arrows. Analysts often illuminate the danger of these near misses and the trial-and-error safety

  • Atlantis Rising: Re-posturing the Azores for the Era of Strategic Competition

    Disclaimer: I’ve spent a lot of time studying the strategic significance of the Azores and am applying that while serving there. I’m not an expert but I think I can help illuminate the decision space for some choices that need to be made. They are Portuguese Islands. Portugal has their own plans and

  • Beware the Wunderwaffe

    The recent announcement by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak that the U.K. will send 14 Challenger II 3rdGeneration Main Battle Tanks (MBT) to Ukraine was met with jubilation in Kiev – which has long sought the latest Western tanks, aircraft, and air defense to liberate its Russian-occupied


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