[Editor’s Note: Regular consumers of Army Mad Scientist content — via this blog site and The Convergence podcast — already know how wargaming can enhance Professional Military Education (PME), hone cognitive warfighting skills, and broaden our understanding of the … Read the rest
500. Precursor to Victory: Understanding the Operational Environment
“It’s got to start with knowing the enemy. Everything always starts with knowing the adversary.”
[Editor’s Note: Army Mad Scientist is pleased to publish its 500th post! Since its inception on 09 November 2017, the Mad Scientist Laboratory… Read the rest
499. The Operational Environment 2024-2034: Large-Scale Combat Operations
[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