[Editor’s Note: The mission of Army Mad Scientist is to explore the Operational Environment (OE) and the changing character of warfare on behalf of the U.S. Army. The OE underpins how the Army is organized, trained, equipped, and operates … Read the rest
498. Baltics, August 2040: Asymmetric Envelopment
[Editor’s Note: Crowdsourcing remains one of Army Mad Scientist’s most effective tools for harvesting ideas, thoughts, and concepts from a wide variety of interested individuals, helping us to diversify thought and challenge conventional assumptions about the Operational Environment.
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497. The Dictator’s Dream – A Conversation with COL John Antal (USA-Ret.)
[Editor’s Note: Last week’s Mad Scientist Laboratory blog post featured a timely “what if?” nightmare scenario by COL John Antal (USA-Ret.), set in a not-too-distant-future — imagining an Operational Environment where today’s National Defense Strategy threat members, colluding … Read the rest
496. The Dictator’s Dream
“Yet Let’s Be Content and The Times Lament…”
[Editor’s Note: Over recent years, we’ve witnessed increased bi-lateral cooperation between our five National Defense Strategy threats — China, Russia, North Korea, Iran, and Violent Extremist Organizations (VEOs). Most notably, cooperation … Read the rest
495. Training Transformed: AI and the Future Soldier
[Editor’s Note: Army Mad Scientist has teamed with the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy (SGM-A) at Ft. Bliss, Texas, in executing their annual writing contest for the fifth year in a row. As in years past, we received a … Read the rest