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October 20, 2022October 20, 2022

421. Avoiding the “Circular Failing Squad” Modernization Trap

[Editor’s Note: Army Mad Scientist is pleased to welcome returning guest blogger Chris Kramer, with an especially salient and timely submission as we continue … Read the rest

October 13, 2022October 13, 2022

420. There Will Be Data

[Editor’s Note: Army Mad Scientist is pleased to present our latest episode of The Convergence podcast, featuring our interview with Inderpal Bhandari, IBM’s Global … Read the rest

October 7, 2022October 6, 2022

419. Army Mad Scientist Conference — Back to the Future: Using History to Forecast, 8-9 November 2022

SAVE THE DATE! Plan on joining Army Mad Scientist and the National Museum of the United States Army (NMUSA) for our Back to the Future: Using … Read the rest

October 6, 2022October 6, 2022

418. The Battle of Rioni River Valley: A Story of Future Warfare in 2030

[Editor’s Note: Army Mad Scientist welcomes returning guest blogger MAJ James P. Micciche, G-5 at the Security Force Assistance Command (SFAC), with today’s fictional … Read the rest

September 29, 2022September 29, 2022

417. Forging the Future to Find the Next Great Disruptor

[Editor’s Note: Army Mad Scientist is pleased to present our latest episode of The Convergence podcast, featuring a provocative conversation with Amy Webb, futurist, … Read the rest

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Explore the latest TRADOC G-2 OE content on the Operational Environment Enterprise

Download and check out our new OE Assessment — TRADOC Pam 525-92, The Operational Environment 2024-2034: Large-Scale Combat Operations

Learn more about how our Pacing Threat fights in ATP 7-100.3, Chinese Tactics

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 Threats to 2030 video addressing the challenges facing the U.S. Army in the current OE (i.e., now to 2030)

“THE CONVERGENCE” — Army Mad Scientist Podcasts

Former Undersecretary of the Navy James F. “Hondo” Geurts and Dr. Zachary S. Davis, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Security Research, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, discuss Strategic Latency Unleashed: The Role of Technology in a Revisionist Global Order and the Implications for Special Operations Force and how to think radically about the future, capitalize on talent, and unleash technological convergences to out-compete our adversaries, and when necessary, defeat them decisively in conflict.

COL John Antal (USA-Ret.), author and innovator in the interactive gaming and learning industry, discusses the implications of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, the psychological effects of drone warfare, and the future of maneuver.

COL Scott Shaw, Commander, U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group, discusses the future of ground warfare, including lessons learned from the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in 2020 and the realities of combat for tomorrow’s Soldiers.

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, CEO and co-founder of VAST-OSINT, discusses disinformation, changes over time in approaches to information warfare, and collaboration between Russia and the Chinese Communist Party on information operations.

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