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Month: January 2021

Posted on January 28, 2021January 27, 2021

300. “Once More unto The Breach Dear Friends”: From English Longbows to Azerbaijani Drones, Army Modernization STILL Means More than Materiel

[Editor’s Note: Mad Scientist Laboratory welcomes back returning guest blogger Ian Sullivan, Special Advisor for Analysis and ISR for the TRADOC G-2, with another insightful and probing post, building upon the observations from his previous post, The Myth … Read the rest

Posted on January 25, 2021January 22, 2021

299. From Legos to Modular Simulation Architectures: Enabling the Power of Future (War) Play

[Editor’s Note: Mad Scientist welcomes today’s guest bloggers Jennifer McArdle, Product Strategist at Improbable LLC and an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), and Caitlin Dohrman President of Improbable LLC and General … Read the rest

Posted on January 21, 2021January 20, 2021

298. The Convergence: Hybrid Threats and Liminal Warfare with Dr. David Kilcullen

[Editor’s Note: Mad Scientist is pleased to announce our latest episode of “The Convergence” podcast, featuring Dr. David Kilcullen — bestselling author, leading researcher in the field of unconventional and guerrilla warfare, former professional soldier and diplomat, … Read the rest

Posted on January 14, 2021January 13, 2021

297. Dense Urban Hackathon – Virtual Innovation

[Editor’s Note: The Mad Scientist Initiative’s mission is to connect the intellect of the Nation to the Army and serve as an on-ramp for academia, industry, other Government agencies, and citizens at large to share their ideas and innovations. … Read the rest

Posted on January 11, 2021January 11, 2021

296. The Erosion of National Will – Implications for the Future Strategist

[Editor’s Note: Mad Scientist welcomes back returning guest blogger Dr. Nick Marsella, former Devil’s Advocate/Red Team for the U.S. Army’s Training and Doctrine Command.   In today’s post, Dr. Marsella explores the importance of national will — “the … Read the rest

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Click here for information on how to enter the Mad Scientist Writing Contest on Competition, Crisis, Conflict, and Change (S: 15 March 2021)

Click here to read the Army Future Command’s new AFC Pamphlet 525-2, Future Operational Environment: Forging the Future in an Uncertain World 2035-2050 addressing the mid- to far term OE and watch the associated video!

Watch the TRADOC G-2’s new The 2 + 3 Threat video addressing the near-term OE (i.e., 2020 to 2028)!

Watch the new TRADOC 2028 video [via a non-DoD network]!

PRIMERS ON THE OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

The Changing Character of Future Warfare video

TRADOC Pamphlet 525-92, The Operational Environment and the Changing Character of Warfare

Potential Game Changers handout

TP 525-92-1, The Changing Character of Warfare: The Urban Operational Environment

The Arctic Through 2035: An Overview of the Operational Environment and Competitor Strategies for U.S. Army Training, Doctrine, and Capabilities Development

The Information Environment: Competition & Conflict anthology

MORE OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT RESOURCES…

Foreign Military Studies Office OE Watch

Watch The Future of Unmanned Maritime Systems Webinar [via a non-DoD network]

“THE CONVERGENCE” — Army Mad Scientist Podcasts

Dr. David Kilcullen, bestselling author and expert on unconventional warfare, discusses how the U.S. Army must prepare to engage “Dragons” and “Snakes” as they employ Liminal Warfare and blended cyber-kinetic operations to avoid our conventional warfare dominance.

Mr. Doowan Lee, Senior Director, Zignal Labs, discusses disinformation, changes over time in approaches to information warfare, and collaboration between Russia and the Chinese Communist Party on information operations.

MAJ Delaney Brown, CPT Jay Long, and 1LT Richard Kuzma provide an insightful “Young Turks” perspective on Soldiering and talent management, and offer up several “sacred cows” on the altar of Army modernization and readiness.

Dr. Aleks Nesic, co-founder of Valka-Mir, discusses how humans remain at the center of great power competition and how we must understand the human domain and synchronize social science in the non-kinetic, non-lethal space if we are to successfully out-compete our adversaries.

Michael Kanaan, Director of Operations for U.S. Air Force and MIT Artificial Intelligence, discusses the impact of AI on the armed forces

Click here to listen to other episodes of “The Convergence”

Mad Scientist Partner Sites

Modern War Institute Podcasts

Former Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work Assesses the Future Battlefield

Dr. Moriba Jah on What Does the Future Hold for the US Military in Space?

Elsa Kania on China and its Pursuit of Enhanced Military Technology

Small Wars Journal Mad Scientist Page

U.S. Army War College War Room

Australian Army The Cove

Australian Defence College The Forge

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