“Subterranean is a huge force multiplier, and I think that any adversary that has the ability to do so, is going to use it.”
[Editor’s Note: It has almost been a decade since U.S. forces and coalition partners assisted … Read the rest

… Exploring the Operational Environment
“Subterranean is a huge force multiplier, and I think that any adversary that has the ability to do so, is going to use it.”
[Editor’s Note: It has almost been a decade since U.S. forces and coalition partners assisted … Read the rest
[Editor’s Note: Several years ago, the Mad Scientist Laboratory featured Ian Sullivan‘s insightful post addressing how China and Russia were striving to achieve Decision Dominance by maintaining Information Advantage. In today’s post, we revisit the information environment with … Read the rest
“You can focus on building a level of competence at every level — all three components, all ranks — on the enemy threat and what it can do so that we maintain overmatch.”
[Editor’s Note: Grizzled readers of the … Read the rest
[Editor’s Note: With our sights trained on a rapidly evolving Operational Environment (OE), Army Mad Scientist continues to track emergent trends affecting the U.S. Army’s ability to deter aggression, or failing that, decisively defeat any adversaries in the Twenty-first … Read the rest
“Indeed, the ability to adapt is probably the most useful to any military organization and most characteristic of successful ones, for with it, it is possible to overcome both learning and predictive failures. In the interim, however, the cost … Read the rest