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Re-Shaping Defense & Security Archive

The Perspective of the 9th Commander of MAWTS: LtGen Castellaw

12/08/2023
By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake

Laird had first met LtGen Castellaw when he was DCA. Laird at the time was working…

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Recollections on the Establishment of MAWTS-1

12/06/2023
By Howard DeCastro, LtCol USMC, (Ret.)

Trying to describe how MAWTS-1 and the WTI training concept began is very much like the…

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Col Paul Boozman and the Creation of MAWTS-1

12/05/2023
By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake

Col Boozman has had an extensive Marine Corps combat career. With his time in Vietnam, he…

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What MAWTS-1 Contributes to the Force

12/04/2023
By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake

We had a chance on November 16, 2023 to talk with Lt General Steve “Stick” Rudder…

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How MAWTS-1 Works on Combat Innovation: A Look Back with Col Michael Kurth

11/30/2023
By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake

We had the privilege to interview former Col Michael “Spot” Kurth on November 15, 2023, to…

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Institutionalizing Excellence: The raison d’être for Creating MAWTS-1

11/28/2023
By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake

We had a chance to look back at the creation of MAWTS-1 with Col James Davis…

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Shaping the Institution in Order to Standardized Advanced Training: The Perspective of the Second Commander of MAWTS-1

11/27/2023
By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake

We had the opportunity to talk with Major General Bobby Butcher on November 16, 2023, to…

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Industry 5.0 and The Future Direction of A&D Manufacturing

11/21/2023
By Matt Medley

Although Industry 5.0 is still an emerging approach, early understanding is that it is not just…

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Shaping the Ecosystem for Distributed Operations: C2/AI and Timely Decision-Making

10/30/2023
By Robbin Laird

During my visit to the DSEI conference in September in London, I noticed that Ultra Intelligence…

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Defence Procurement and Capabilities: How to Accelerate Military Development

10/26/2023
By Robbin Laird

I have just returned from Australia and have finished a projected annual publication embodying the year’s…

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Defense Decisions
08/07/2026
By Robbin Laird

Drop the Littoral, Keep the Argument: What Deptula’s Sharpest Objection Gets Right

David Deptula’s response to my piece on the “air littoral” made one argument I did not adequately answer, and it is the one worth sitting with rather than relitigating. It…

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07/01/2026
By Robbin Laird

Tracking the MISR Effort: From Pilot Program to Kill Web Enabler

The coverage of Maritime ISR (MISR) Weapons and Tactics Instructors across Second Line of Defense and Defense.info spans five years and represents one of the most sustained independent analytical efforts…

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07/19/2026
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The Marines Impact Force and Chaos Management

Building the Impact Force  contends that the United States Marine Corps is in the midst of a decisive shift from a traditional, crisis‑response organization toward an “impact force” designed to…

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Interview of the Week
07/05/2026
By Robbin Laird

From Kill Chain to Kill Web: The MISR WTI and the Navy’s Quiet Revolution

When the history of the Navy’s transition from kill chain to kill web is written, the creation of the Maritime ISR Weapons and Tactics Instructor — the MISR WTI —…

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Book Reviews

Before the Pivot: John Blaxland’s The Australian Army from Whitlam to Howard and the Long Road to Today’s Force

Review by Robbin Laird

A Bridge Between History and Transformation: Reviewing The United States Marines: A History (Fifth Edition)

Review by Robbin Laird

The Age of Chaos: Kill Web Warfare, Authoritarian Coercion, and the Democratic Advantage

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Op Eds: Danny’s Corner
04/17/2026

Two Judges Riding Circuit in Rappahannock County Virginia Just Make a Huge Public Mistake

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07/08/2025

Perspectives on the BRICS Meeting: July 2025

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06/02/2025

The High Cost of Appeasement: How Two Decades of Failed Deterrence Led to Ukraine and What It Means for Future Conflicts

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Partner's Corner
05/03/2026
By Jason Van der Schyff and James Corera

Microsoft’s Investment Positions Australia as Regional Digital Node: If Policy Keeps Pace

Microsoft’s A$25 billion investment in Australian AI and cloud infrastructure positions the country as a significant node in the Indo-Pacific’s trusted digital architecture. That creates a strategic opportunity – one…

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Australia’s Strategic Advantages and How to Exploit Them: Rounding Up the Williams Foundation Seminar Insights

By Robbin Laird

The “Fight Tonight: Exploiting Australia’s Strategic Advantage” seminar produced a remarkably coherent and candid body of analysis across all its presentations. Rather than a checklist of capabilities, what emerged was a serious examination of genuine advantages — geographic, human, technical, alliance-based, and industrial —

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