Key Developments
From Cobra Pilot to Digital Warrior: The Evolution of Marine Corps Digital Interoperability
Five years ago, the cockpit of a Marine Corps AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopter was a very…
Read More »Restoring Strategic Coherence: The 2026 National Defense Strategy as Industrial and Operational Realism
The 2026 National Defense Strategy has generated considerable controversy for its blunt language about allied burden-sharing…
Read More »The Monroe Doctrine’s Convenient Amnesia: Historical Reality versus Contemporary Rhetoric
The recent U.S. intervention in Venezuela prompted predictable invocations of the Monroe Doctrine, with policymakers and…
Read More »F-35 Quarterbacks and CCAs: The Behavioral Path to Sixth-Generation Airpower
The concept of fifth-generation air warfare was clearly articulated by former Secretary of the Air Force…
Read More »Learning from Colonel Spaid: The Osprey’s Indispensable Role Across Two Decades
Colonel Wes Spaid’s journey with the V-22 Osprey spans nearly two decades, from flying the first…
Read More »Marine C2’s Shift from Enduring Bases to Expeditionary Hubs: A Perspective from Steel Knight 2025
The Marine Corps has long understood that the character of warfare is shaped not merely by…
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Book Review
01/13/2026
No one knows what tomorrow will bring and there are conflicting views on how benign or otherwise the future might look. But it is the responsibility of military practitioners and security officials to weigh up the current state of affairs...
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