The Warning Signs We Ignored: How 2021 Telegraphed Putin’s Invasion and What It Means for Future Threats
In December 2021, as President Biden hosted the first Summit for Democracy, declaring America’s commitment to…
Read More »Leveraging the Force We Have with Modified Concepts of Operations
Recently I talked with my colleague Brian Morra, who served in the USAF and worked in…
Read More »Shaping Enhanced Force Effectiveness Now: “Bristle Up” and “Bulk Up”
Recently, I talked with Secretary Michael W. Wynne about the core challenge of how to enhance…
Read More »The Trump Administration: Facing the Challenge of Enhancing the Ready Force in the Short to Midterm
President Trump has announced that there will be a shipbuilding office in the White House and…
Read More »The Core USMC Air Assets: 2025
The lynchpin of rapid force insertion for the USMC is clearly the Osprey. This aircraft is…
Read More »The Operational Re-Set: Distributed Aviation Operations
In my interview with MajGen Benedict, shortly before his retirement from the USMC as the Commanding…
Read More »A Look at this Year’s USMC Aviation Plan: Shaping a Way Ahead
In January 2025, the USMC released its latest Aviation Plan. As was noted in the press…
Read More »How did we get where we find ourselves today?
We clearly are entering a new phase of global history. It does no good to wring…
Read More »Shaping Distributed Maritime Effects the Marine Corps Way: A Discussion with LtGen (Retired) Heckl
As the United States faces the challenge of the strategic shift in maritime operations in a…
Read More »The Headless Crisis: A Lame Duck Presidency Escalates the War in Ukraine
When we had the Cuban missiles crisis, we had President Kennedy and an Administration. When we…
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